{"id":56210,"date":"2025-06-16T03:11:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T03:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56210"},"modified":"2025-06-16T03:11:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T03:11:59","slug":"te-pat-freiermuth-speaks-out-on-steelers-qb-turnover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56210","title":{"rendered":"TE Pat Freiermuth Speaks out on Steelers QB Turnover.."},"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\/GettyImages-2219174775.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\/GettyImages-2219174775.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2219174775.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2219174775.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Pat Freiermuth\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"146\" data-dom-ready-time=\"194\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth addressed playing with another new quarterback during the 2025 NFL season.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0are a franchise known for continuity. They have had just three coaches in 56 years. But the Steelers have had anything but continuity behind center in recent seasons. In fact, tight end\u00a0Pat Freiermuth\u00a0is entering his fifth season with the team, and in all five of those seasons, a different quarterback has started in Week 1 for Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Freiermuth admitted that\u2019s been difficult. But the veteran also sees the bigger picture for the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s tough, but obviously, we\u2019re looking for whoever can help us compete and win a Super Bowl,\u201d Freiermuth said,\u00a0via The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette\u2019s YouTube channel. \u201cSo, I embrace the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s difficult, but I feel like it means well for tight ends, just because we\u2019re running certain routes. Most tight ends are running similar routes and stuff like that, so yeah, it\u2019s fine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited for the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Freiermuth\u2019s opportunities this season will come with\u00a0Aaron Rodgers\u00a0behind center. Last season with\u00a0Justin Fields\u00a0and\u00a0Russell Wilson\u00a0throwing him passes, Freiermuth\u00a0posted 65 catches for 653 yards and seven touchdowns.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Rodgers Better Equipped to Use Skillset of TE Pat Freiermuth?<\/h2>\n<p>Freiermuth led\u00a0the Steelers in receptions and touchdowns. His seven scores also matched a career high that he reached during Ben Roethlisberger\u2019s final season in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the tight end\u2019s receiving yardage was second on the team behind only\u00a0George Pickens. Those are strong numbers in an offense that featured a run-first mentality.<\/p>\n<p>But even with Wilson and Fields, quarterbacks who are more talented and experienced than\u00a0Kenny Pickett, the Steelers often failed to utilize the middle of the field in their passing game. It\u2019s been an ongoing issue with the organization since Roethlisberger\u2019s retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Mike Tomlin has often suggested to reporters\u00a0more interceptions happen on throws over the middle of the field. So, the Steelers passing game hasn\u2019t attack that area since the future Hall of Fame quarterback left.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s also great reward over the middle for the Steelers with Freiermuth. With Rodgers, the hope has to be the team\u2019s passing game is less conservative.<\/p>\n<p>If that\u2019s the case, Freiermuth has a chance to post some of the best statistics of his career.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Steelers QB Turnover Since Freiermuth Joined the Team<\/h2>\n<p>Pittsburgh\u2019s lack of continuity behind center isn\u2019t sustainable and helps explain why the team hasn\u2019t won a playoff game in eight years. Teams that go five year stretches with five different quarterbacks in Week 1 aren\u2019t going to be winning a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Roethlisberger, Pickett, Fields and\u00a0Mitch Trubisky have started in Week 1 the past four years. None of those quarterbacks are on the 2025 Pittsburgh roster.<\/p>\n<p>But quarterback is hardly the only offensive position where the Steelers have experienced massive turnover. Freiermuth is the only Pittsburgh offensive player remaining from the Roethlisberger era.<\/p>\n<p>While the end of the quarterback\u2019s career feels like a long time ago, it really wasn\u2019t. For a team to only have one player on offense last longer than his first contract is a huge indicator that the entire offense, not just quarterback, is constantly changing.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing to going to change about the constant changes for Pittsburgh\u2019s offense, either, at least not in the short term. Rodgers is expected to start Week 1 in 2025, and he\u2019s only signed to a one-year deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth addressed playing with another new quarterback during the 2025 NFL season. The\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0are a franchise known for continuity. 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