Having a player of Jordan Addison's caliber in front could certainly not be a bad thing.
But with the former Biletnikoff Trophy winner moved on, it became Jared Wayne's time to become Pitt's top wide receiver, in the next era ushered in by a new quarterback and offensive coordinator.
And, with a new wide receivers coach, in Tiquan Underwood.
Through eight games, he has largely lived up to the billing, even while working through injury issues and with the passing game as a whole struggling to bridge any sort of consistency across weeks.