Outside of a brief stop over in Chicago for a couple of seasons, Matt Spaeth had made for a solid one-two tight end combination for the Pittsburgh Steelers with Heath Miller since the 2007 season, when Spaeth was selected in the third round as the first offensive player drafted in the Tomlin era.
When he was let go by Chicago following the 2012 season, the Steelers scooped him back up, and he has been a valuable contributor for the past three seasons once again. But last week, he was conspicuously underused in favor of rookie tight end Jesse James, who played the majority of two-tight end sets with Miller rather than Spaeth.