{"id":9636,"date":"2024-10-09T08:02:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T08:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=9636"},"modified":"2024-10-09T08:02:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T08:02:43","slug":"calls-mount-for-steelers-to-consider-starting-another-rookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=9636","title":{"rendered":"Calls Mount for Steelers to Consider Starting Another Rookie.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2054421175.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2054421175.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2054421175.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2054421175.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Roman Wilson\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"771\" data-img-load-time=\"872946\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>NFL pundits are wondering if the Pittsburgh Steelers should turn to rookie wide receiver Roman Wilson for more receiving production.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over the past two weeks, rookies for the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0have made five starts. It could have been more if not for season-ending injuries to right tackle\u00a0Troy Fautanu\u00a0and safety\u00a0Ryan Watts. One rookie who has yet to see the field at all for the Steelers, though, is third-round wide receiver\u00a0Roman Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>But after\u00a0Pittsburgh receivers combined\u00a0for just 67 receiving yards in the 20-17 loss to the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0during Week 5, NFL pundits questioned whether it\u2019s time for Wilson to get more serious consideration for significant snaps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for WR Roman Wilson to be active and involved in this offense,\u201d\u00a0KDKA TV sports director Bob Pompeani wrote on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did the Steelers draft Roman Wilson when they continue to sit him week after week?\u201d\u00a0Asked Pittsburgh sports reporter Mike Drakulich.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one can tell me this kid can\u2019t contribute more than Van Jefferson.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why did the Steelers draft Roman Wilson when they continue to sit him week after week? <\/p>\n<p>No one can tell me this kid can\u2019t contribute more than Van Jefferson. <\/p>\n<p>Sometimes this team\u2019s decisions are infuriating.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Drakulich | Pittsburgh SportsNation (@PghSportsNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PghSportsNation\/status\/1843118400496927030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre we gonna see Roman Wilson at any point this year?\u201d Former Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger\u00a0asked on his\u00a0<em>Footbahlin\u00a0<\/em>podcast on October 7. \u201cWe\u2019ve been talking now for weeks about needing a No. 2 receiver. It was never more apparent than it was last night that we need at No. 2 receiver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers drafted\u00a0Wilson at No. 84 overall in the third round of the 2024 NFL draft. While his fellow Day 2 selections for the Steelers, center\u00a0Zach Frazier\u00a0and linebacker\u00a0Payton Wilson, have started a combined six games this season, Wilson hasn\u2019t been active yet.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth-round rookie guard\u00a0Mason McCormick has also started the past two weeks for Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>WR Roman Wilson Getting Closer to Playing for Steelers?<\/h2>\n<p>Wilson suffered\u00a0an ankle injury during training camp on July 30. For that reason, he wasn\u2019t ready to make his NFL debut in the season opener on September 8.<\/p>\n<p>But Wilson returned to fully practice once ahead of Week 2. His practice repetitions have only increased since then. Yet, the Steelers have kept Wilson on the bench on gamedays.<\/p>\n<p>Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin explained to reporters ahead of Week 5 that Wilson has been a healthy scratch because he is not ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo there are some developmental things, there are some physical plays and conditioning and learning and things that go into his process that are not reflective of the overall process,\u201d Tomlin said,\u00a0via PennLive.com\u2019s Nick Farabaugh. \u201cRoman doesn\u2019t have a whole lot of in-helmet experience to draw from. He\u2019s healthy, but he still has a lot of work ahead of him in terms of being game ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette\u2019s Ray Fittipaldo was very positive when addressing Wilson\u2019s development on 93.7 The Fan on October 5. But Fittipaldo still predicted he wouldn\u2019t play versus the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is out there looking better,\u201d Fittipaldo said, via\u00a0Steelers Depot\u2019s Matthew Marczi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know there\u2019s gonna be a time when Roman Wilson is ready. I just don\u2019t sense that that time is this week?\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Steelers Need More WR Production<\/h2>\n<p>If not for injuries at guard, McCormick would still be on the bench for the Steelers too. But the team now needs the rookie to step up and start.<\/p>\n<p>One could make the same argument with Wilson at receiver.<\/p>\n<p>With Pittsburgh\u2019s wideouts, it\u2019s not injuries that are the problem. Simply put, the Steelers aren\u2019t getting much out of their wide receivers.<\/p>\n<p>The depth behind\u00a0George Pickens\u00a0was a major concern for pundits and fans coming into the season. That\u2019s only continued through the first five weeks, as\u00a0the Steelers have\u00a0just two receivers with more than 100 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Steelers wideouts have also caught only one of the team\u2019s five passing touchdowns this season.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not nearly good enough in today\u2019s passing NFL. So ready or not, it might be time for Wilson to get a chance.<\/p>\n<p>In college,\u00a0Wilson had\u00a0107 catches for 1,707 receiving yards and 20 touchdowns over 46 games. He averaged at least 15 yards per catch in each of his final three seasons at Michigan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyNFL pundits are wondering if the Pittsburgh Steelers should turn to rookie wide receiver Roman Wilson for more receiving production. 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