If the Pittsburgh Steelers are seeing the same stats as ESPN’s Adam Schefter, they might be even more motivated to acquire a wide receiver at the trade deadline. Weighing in on the team’s plans ahead of the Nov. 4 cut-off, Schefter offered his own “stat of the weird” to highlight Pittsburgh’s need.
“I think that they have to be monitoring the wide receiver market and I expect them to be monitoring the wide receiver market,” Schefter said Thursday on ESPN’s Get Up. “So far this season, their wide receivers are averaging 6.3 catches per game. There are four receivers by themselves who average more than that?