Pat Freiermuth couldn’t play for the Steelers and not draw comparisons to Heath Miller, so studying his game was inevitable. All Steelers tight ends who have followed him have done so, no doubt, including Jesse James and Zach Gentry. But Freiermuth didn’t have a choice, either, thanks to Ben Roethlisberger.
Asked by Donny Chedrick on Breaking Bread if he watches Heath Miller’s highlights, Pat Freiermuth spelled it out. “Yeah, I have watched them. When I first got here, Ben [Roethlisberger] would show cut-ups of Heath [Miller] and him”, he said. “You see [them] just talking through the game and just seeing how Heath saw it and the connection that Heath and Ben had was just unbelievable.