Steelers' Kenny Pickett excited for the return of Diontae Johnson
The Pittsburgh Steelers' offensive struggles have largely fallen at the feet of OC Matt Canada. But the truth is, there is plenty of blame to go around. Some of that is bad injury luck though, something Pickett and the rest of the Steelers just received great news on behalf of: 'We Miss Him A Lot' […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers' offensive struggles have largely fallen at the feet of OC Matt Canada.
But the truth is, there is plenty of blame to go around.
Some of that is bad injury luck though, something Pickett and the rest of the Steelers just received great news on behalf of:
'We Miss Him A Lot'
"He's a really talented guy," quarterback Kenny Pickett said Tuesday at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on behalf of Diontae Johnson. "We miss him a lot. He helps move the chains. He gets great separation. He's been a great teammate and leader in that room as well and helping guys out. So, getting him back is going to be massive for our offense."
This came off the heels of Diontae Johnson saying "Hell Yea" when asked if he would be ready to go against the Rams coming out of the bye week.
"I think just by watching this, you can see that we've missed him," Pickett said. "I think it'll help George [Pickens out. It'll help Allen [WR Allen Robinson] and Cal [WR Calvin Austin] and kind of those guys have been really working hard and playing a lot of snaps. So I think it'll be great for us as a whole."
Any time you insert a Pro Bowl talent at WR into your lineup, your life as a quarterback will become a lot easier. Even more so when you consider that Johnson's ability to separate off the snap is something that evades the rest of Pittsburgh's wideouts and has been desperately missed over the past five weeks.
So maybe Johson's return will be the spark teh offense needs. That's a lot of pressure to put on one man's shoulders, but something tells me Johnson is up for it.
Steelers Diontae Johnson set to come off IR, play at Rams in Week 7
Here is what the Pro Bowl WR had to say about his injury status.
