After missing five games due to a hamstring injury suffered back in Week Four against the Houston Texans, TE Pat Freiermuth was in need of a get-right game to get his 2023 season back on-track.
The third-year veteran out of Penn State had been off to a dismal start to the season, catching just nine passes on 14 targets for 60 yards and two touchdowns heading int Pittsburgh’s Week 12 matchup against the Cincinnati bengals, being held down by Pittsburgh’s porous passing attack as well as missing time while being on IR to rehab his hamstring. However, Freiermuth managed to break out for the first time this season against the Bengals, catching nine passes on 11 targets for 120 yards, a single-game career high for the former Nittnay Lion.