Written by Will Brinson at CBSSports.com
Any hype about the Pittsburgh Steelers before 2016 was fully warranted. The offense is ridiculous and absolutely loaded at the skill positions — and the Steelers are not even remotely at full strength yet.
Despite missing multiple key players, the Steelers took the Redskins to the woodshed during the Monday night early game, winning 38-16. It was an overwhelming offensive show led by Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown.
But remember who’s missing: Martavis Bryant is suspended for the season, Le’Veon Bell is missing for three games and Lardarius Green is on the PUP list and his contribution for 2016 is in question.
It helps when you have Brown, obviously, but give Kevin Colbert credit for stocking the cupboard in Pittsburgh. Jesse James stepped right up as a tight end for the Steelers, piling up dump-off yardage and looking like a poor man’s Heath Miller. Eli Rogers is a terror in the slot and a PPR machine. Sammie Coates made multiple big plays. DeAngelo Williams — I mean, not enough is said about what he’s done filling in for Bell. He was outstanding on Monday, cruising over 100 total yards and evaporating a couple of Redskins defenders on a beautiful touchdown run.
He scored on this pic.twitter.com/UZmiYImFci
— Steve Braband (@stevebraband) September 13, 2016
And yet he wasn’t penalized 15 yards for his filthy moves.
What that DeAngelo Williams cut just did to those Washington defenders was more vulgar than Antonio Brown’s dance.
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) September 13, 2016
His contract is also worth remembering because it’s one of the best deals in football given how he’s helped with Bell down.
Steelers signed DeAngelo to a 2-year, $4 million deal last March. Looks criminal now
— Gregg Rosenthal (@greggrosenthal) September 13, 2016
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