It seems the Steelers have been searching for one since about six seconds after Rob Gronkowski burst onto the scene with three touchdowns in a Sunday night loss to the Patriots at Heinz Field way back in 2010.
What has Pittsburgh been searching for, you ask?
That athletically freakish tight end with the kind of size that makes it look ludicrous to match him up with a defensive back, along with the type of speed that makes it look equally foolish to task a linebacker to do the same.
I believe the Steelers’ experiment to find their own freakish tight end began in 2011 with the signing of undrafted free-agent Weslye Saunders.