The Pittsburgh Steelers (4-2) have wanted a No. 2 extensive receiver ever since buying and selling Diontae Johnson to the Carolina Panthers in March, however may their reply already be on the crew?
Rookie extensive receiver Roman Wilson made his NFL debut in opposition to the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 6. He was very restricted, as he performed simply 5 snaps and obtained zero targets, however he admits it was good to get his first recreation out of the way in which.
“It was cool in my first recreation energetic,” Wilson stated. “Bought to play a bit bit, get my ft moist. It was fairly cool.”
Pittsburgh chosen Wilson within the third spherical (No. 84) of the 2024 NFL Draft following his 4 years at Michigan, throughout which he had 107 catches for 1,707 yards and 20 touchdowns.
Adjusting to the NFL all the time takes a while for rookies, however Wilson felt snug in his first motion.
“It simply felt like ball on the market,” Wilson said. “Guys are good. Guys are transferring a bit sooner, however on the finish of the day, it is nonetheless soccer. So it was good.”
If Wilson continues to regulate properly on the subsequent degree, the Steelers must significantly take into account increasing his function on offense.
By means of the primary six weeks of the season, extensive receivers not named George Pickens have mixed for simply 21 catches for 269 yards and one landing.
Wilson will not be given the No. 2 extensive receiver job in a single day, nevertheless it’s price seeing what he can do with extra snaps. That is precisely what he hopes will occur in Week 7.
“I hope so,” Wilson continued. “You do not all the time count on to play. I all the time get my thoughts prepared for that, and it is simply attempt to get higher on daily basis.”
Head coach Mike Tomlin has stated numerous occasions that it’s tough for gamers to “hop on a transferring practice.” Wilson has discovered that firsthand as he started the season recovering from an ankle harm. That is why he is simply making an attempt to enhance any a part of his recreation to get extra concerned.
“Simply every thing,” Wilson stated. “Route working, blocking, figuring out all of the positions, figuring out the play. Just a bit little bit of every thing.”
Solely time will inform how rather more taking part in time Wilson will obtain this week, however he’s assured he has been progressing in the appropriate course.
“I believe it is going actually good,” Wilson concluded. “Each week, I look again at it and I can confidently say that I am getting higher.”
If Pittsburgh provides Wilson an opportunity to show himself, he could clear up, or at the very least assist, the offense’s clear void at extensive receiver.
All quotes obtained firsthand except in any other case famous.
