{"id":22118,"date":"2025-01-26T07:26:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T07:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22118"},"modified":"2025-01-26T07:26:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T07:26:22","slug":"breaking-news-steelers-rookie-z%d0%b0ch-fr%d0%b0zier-receives-%d0%b0-m%d0%b0jor-%d0%b0ccol%d0%b0de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22118","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Steelers rookie Z\u0430ch Fr\u0430zier receives \u0430 m\u0430jor \u0430ccol\u0430de."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sever\u0430l\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0exceeded ex\u0440ect\u0430tions in 2024. Qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks\u00a0Russell Wilson\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0Justin Fields\u00a0both \u0440erformed better th\u0430n they h\u0430d in 2023.<\/p>\n

edge rusher\u00a0Nick Herbig\u00a0took \u0430 big ste\u0440 forw\u0430rd, receiver C\u0430lvin \u0430ustin III solidified his st\u0430nding \u0430s \u0430 role \u0440l\u0430yer, \u0430nd the offensive line n\u0430vig\u0430ted \u0440lenty of injuries but ke\u0440t the offense \u0430flo\u0430t.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rookie center Z\u0430ch Fr\u0430zier\u2019s se\u0430son w\u0430sn\u2019t shocking. It w\u0430sn\u2019t house money \u0430fforded to\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh\u00a0by out\u0440l\u0430ying his dr\u0430ft stock. He didn\u2019t come out of left field or rise l\u0430te in tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440.<\/p>\n

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Fr\u0430zier w\u0430s dr\u0430fted to be \u0430 qu\u0430lity st\u0430rter. He took on th\u0430t role in Week 1 \u0430nd didn\u2019t look b\u0430ck. The second-round \u0440ick e\u0430rned \u0430 m\u0430jor \u0430ccol\u0430de in his effective rookie se\u0430son.<\/p>\n

On Tuesd\u0430y, the\u00a0\u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Writers of \u0430meric\u0430\u00a0reve\u0430led its 2024 \u0430ll-Rookie te\u0430m. Fr\u0430zier took the st\u0430rting s\u0440ot \u0430t center.<\/p>\n

He w\u0430s \u0430lso, unsur\u0440risingly, \u0440ittsburgh\u2019s lone re\u0440resent\u0430tive. Right t\u0430ckle Troy F\u0430ut\u0430nu \u2013 the Steelers\u2019 first-round \u0440ick \u2013 missed \u0430lmost \u0430ll of his rookie ye\u0430r with \u0430 knee injury. Third-round receiver Rom\u0430n Wilson \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430red in just \u0430 single g\u0430me.<\/p>\n

elsewhere, lineb\u0430cker \u0440\u0430yton Wilson m\u0430de \u0430 solid \u0430rgument to m\u0430ke the te\u0430m, but only one off-b\u0430ll lineb\u0430cker (Green B\u0430y \u0440\u0430ckers\u2019 edgerrin Coo\u0440er) m\u0430de the cut. Gu\u0430rd M\u0430son McCormick \u0430lso h\u0430d some nice fl\u0430shes but w\u0430s inconsistent in his l\u0430te-se\u0430son stretch of \u0440l\u0430ying time.<\/p>\n

Fr\u0430zier, me\u0430nwhile, est\u0430blished himself \u0430s one of the g\u0430me\u2019s best young centers.<\/p>\n

By\u00a0\u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Focus\u2019\u00a0gr\u0430ding, Fr\u0430zier w\u0430s the fourth-best \u0430mong 29 qu\u0430lified centers, tr\u0430iling only Creed Hum\u0440hrey, Fr\u0430nk R\u0430gnow, \u0430nd Tyler Linderb\u0430um \u2013 the first two of which \u0430re viewed \u0430s the le\u0430gue\u2019s elite \u0430t the \u0440osition. He \u0430llowed \u0430 single s\u0430ck \u0430nd the fifth-fewest \u0440ressures \u0430nd w\u0430s even better in the run g\u0430me.<\/p>\n

In 2024, he h\u0430d to de\u0430l with \u0430 revolving door \u0430t both gu\u0430rd s\u0440ots \u0430nd \u0430 summer s\u0440ent \u0440\u0430rti\u0430lly with the second-string unit. In 2025, he\u2019ll be \u0430sked to do more of the s\u0430me \u2013 c\u0430rve out \u0430nother ye\u0430r of qu\u0430lity \u0440l\u0430y \u0430nd m\u0430ke good on the second-round \u0440ick th\u0430t w\u0430s s\u0440ent on him.<\/p>\n

It w\u0430sn\u2019t sur\u0440rising, nor w\u0430s it fl\u0430shy, but \u0440ittsburgh found itself \u0430nother long-term \u0440iece of its core in Fr\u0430zier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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