{"id":53474,"date":"2025-06-05T03:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T03:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53474"},"modified":"2025-06-05T03:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T03:08:08","slug":"breaking-forgotten-steelers-prospect-described-as-chiseled-freak-at-otas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53474","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Forgotten Steelers Prospect Described as \u2018Chiseled Freak\u2019 at OTAs.."},"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\/2025\/06\/Mike-Tomlin37-e1749087687358.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mike-Tomlin37-e1749087687358.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mike-Tomlin37-e1749087687358.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mike-Tomlin37-e1749087687358.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Mike Tomlin watches Roman Wilson and company at Steelers OTAs.\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" data-img-load-time=\"113\" data-dom-ready-time=\"214\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">A Pittsburgh Steelers prospect is the talk of the town at OTAs after a lost season.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019\u00a0need at wide receiver is often talked about, but what if 2024 draft pick Roman Wilson can develop into the perfect complementary weapon behind\u00a0DK Metcalf?<\/p>\n<p>That might seem farfetched, given Wilson pretty much redshirted his rookie season after suffering nagging injuries throughout, but the year two hype train has already left the station at Steelers OTAs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteelers WR\u00a0Roman Wilson\u00a0looks like a chiseled freak this year after missing most of last year,\u201d veteran beat reporter\u00a0Mark Kaboly relayed on June 4. Adding: \u201cHe is always one of the last ones off the field after practice, so the desire is there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI liked how [Wilson] looked last year when he was trying to return from injury, and he looks better now,\u201d Kaboly continued in the same post. \u201cSomething didn\u2019t compute with him being able to get back last year, but that seems like it is in the distance now. He needs to go into camp ON that moving train, and I think he will be just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The long-time Steelers insider finished by pondering: \u201cLegit WR2? Possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Roman Wilson Gets National Hype at Steelers OTAs<\/h2>\n<p>Cassidy Wood of KDKA shared a video\u00a0of quarterback\u00a0Mason Rudolph\u00a0throwing to Wilson at Steelers OTAs on June 4, and it was quickly picked up on the national level\u00a0by B\/R Gridiron.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"ql-video\" src=\"https:\/\/video.twimg.com\/amplify_video\/1930295768541253632\/vid\/avc1\/1920x1080\/bbM4Kjd0p1maEHR0.mp4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoman Wilson is looking QUICK \ud83e\udd2f\ud83c\udf2c\ufe0f,\u201d B\/R Gridiron captioned the repost.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Wilson runs a relatively simple 10-yard out route, but he does it with the crispness that separates the upper echelon route-runners from the average\u00a0NFL\u00a0wide receiver. And that got fans excited in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s going to be the next Cooper Kupp,\u201d one user\u00a0wrote. While another\u00a0compared him\u00a0to ex-NFL wide receiver Santana Moss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy confidence in Roman Wilson has grown to an unhealthy amount,\u201d a third fan\u00a0voiced. \u201cI am fully expecting a MASSIVE 2025 season from Rome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And a fourth\u00a0reacted: \u201cWas Pittsburgh right on this guy the whole time?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, not everyone was willing to buy the hype just yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoman Wilson finna be the next in the long line of \u2018camp gods\u2019 who turn into cardio kings on Sundays, \ud83d\udc80\u201d one naysayer\u00a0replied.<\/p>\n<p>A less confident Steelers supporter also\u00a0responded: \u201cHope he tries that in a real game.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Steelers WR Roman Wilson Is Off to Another Strong Start Without Pads<\/h2>\n<p>Wilson has gained attention early on this spring, similar to last year. Steelers Now reporter\u00a0Alan Saunders noted\u00a0that \u201cRoman Wilson continues to look like an improved player for 2025\u201d on June 4.<\/p>\n<p>While The Athletic\u2019s\u00a0Mike DeFabo published an entire feature on the second-year wide receiver earlier that morning.<\/p>\n<p>Toward the end of that feature, DeFabo wrote: \u201cWhen general manager Omar Khan traded\u00a0George Pickens\u00a0to the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys, he reopened an enormous void on the depth chart behind DK Metcalf. If Wilson is again slow to contribute, the Steelers might continue to have questions about who catches the ball other than Metcalf. But if Wilson can get up to speed quickly and prove himself as a reliable weapon, a position group that looks thin might turn out to be deeper than expected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>93.7 The Fan also shared a video of a slo-motion Wilson route at Steelers OTAs on June 3, too. And, of course, the aforementioned Kaboly has been high on the wideout since last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs expected, the star of the week in my eyes was Roman Wilson,\u201d\u00a0Kaboly wrote on May 29. \u201cNow, OTAs are perfectly made to show off Wilson\u2019s talent of being a speedy, quick-twitch, excellent route-running receiver, and he didn\u2019t disappoint. Can he be a No. 2 receiver? Who knows but what was seen by my own two eyes during the open portion of OTAs, he\u2019s going to be a contributor this year. You can count on that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty A Pittsburgh Steelers prospect is the talk of the town at OTAs after a lost season. 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