Steelers WR Calvin Austin III hears all the discussion about the team needing more wide receivers and the ensuing speculation. It doesn’t faze him and their young wide receivers, though—if anything, it drives them, he told reporters. While Pittsburgh has a somewhat young, unproven receiving corps, there is talent there, and they mean to show it.
“I don’t know if it’s necessarily blocking it out. It’s just, really, honestly, I feel like for guys like me and Roman [Wilson], it’s just more motivation than anything”, Austin said via the Steelers’ website. “The way me and him talk and the way we work, that stuff is [insignificant].