DK's Daily Shot of Steelers: More Pat Freiermuth, please!

More Pat Freiermuth, please!
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[@agentcam2033]

It’s coming for Pat. 1 thing about this offense is I bet we something different or new to the offense every week of the season. Can’t wait.

[@MarkCunningham-of7kj]

Sup DK, not questioning Muth's character or anything but he did just get PAID! So he's not worried about his stats going into free agency next year because he's locked up, he can literally AFFORD to wait for his targets. Man you're on a roll with your choice of topics my man! 😎

[@MarvyG23]

Muth should be getting atleast 6 targets a game

[@jerryyeager1307]

I agree DK. More Pat Freiermuth. I believe this game will have less penalties. I want to see what I know they can do and receivers get open. I hope Seumalo comes back healthy. Thank you DK

[@mobilepwr2]

I think opponents have keyed on 'Muth bc they didn't believe JF could push it down the field to his WR's. Like DK said, focus may shift to Pickens and now 'Muth may free up and is due for a big game

[@kylemundy8871]

@jerryyeager1307 I drafted Muth heavy in fantasy because I thought he'd have a massive season. Fingers crossed Tomlin gets over his fear of touchdowns and puts his foot on the gas pedal. Turnovers aren't good, but never scoring touchdowns is worse

[@shinski8114]

More darnell washinton plz!!

[@petegdula4749]

G'morning, Dejan!

[@craigjacobs6249]

Dotson was replaced by Seamulo. The Steelers brought in a veteran Super Bowl wiining guard for his experience. I just don't understand some Steelers fans. Thanks DK

[@seanmatthews2082]

A year after they brought in Daniels to take his RG job

[@spicecreations1416]

Sometime you just have to blame these players for their poor play. You can only coach them up so much, but the player have to do the work particularly in the offseason to get better. Broderick looks like he didn’t do anything to get better and that’s why he’s struggling. Can’t think you’ve arrived because you got a starting position. You have to keep that position.

[@kylemundy8871]

Glad you said it. I've felt the same. Used a 1st round pick and he's aiming to dissapoint. Does it make sense to trade him before the league finds out he's (maybe) not going to pan out

[@spicecreations1416]

@@kylemundy8871 I wouldn’t trade him, but he needs to put in more work to develop.

[@kylemundy8871]

@spicecreations1416 if he's already disinterested this early into his nfl career, will it get better

[@LittleBitofCoin]

It's time for Tomlin to take the reigns off Arthur Smith and get this offense going this week! We need Roman Wilson out there, as we really need another competent WR! Let's go Steelers!!

[@selaxlife7621]

Battle of the Justins! Unfortunately, we got the Temu Justin.

[@70bluesville]

Having Darnell Washington coming out of the backfield would stop the double on 14, Broderick could be his lead blocker and use his best trucking skills.

[@glockensig]

This game will say a lot about the Steelers and our OC.......

[@jlw2358]

How so?

[@josephdonovan9125]

The quarterback as well

[@robotfox1987]

@@jlw2358they’re facing a solid defense as well as a great qb

[@brianbrown6404]

Leave James Daniels alone... The man has a sock on his head!🥁🤣

[@jeffpriest4017]

Got to have better offense line play. Need our guard back and get these tackles set and playing well

[@DavidKfilmmaker]

We need 1st and 2nd rounders now. Munch could take guys un drafted or never played the line and make them pro bowl players.

[@DougShauger-ov8pj]

DK if you watch the old 22 he’s open a lot may not be the first read because the defense of call but often then not when fields comes of his first read he moves from pocket and also at some point we have to accept Fields has never be comfortable throwing to the middle of the field

[@jameschestnut6463]

Where was Kelce before Mahomes? I don't remember Kelci taking over games when Alex Smith was there, correct me if I'm wrong.

[@Vinteroffer]

Kelce was coming off back to back 1k receiving yard seasons and 80+ catches with over 5tds a year good first 4 years.

[@spicecreations1416]

Dotson was getting far too many penalties. He was killing drives like Broderick is doing now. Dotson isn’t playing that great in L.A. yes he got a new contract , but stop acting like he is thriving in L.A.

[@jordellfreshbreeze7133]

But he’s doing better

[@MarkCunningham-of7kj]

Facts Spice! Plus DK reported that he got in the coaches doghouse for failing to do whatever he was supposed to do one off-season, once we signed Isaac the writing was on the wall

[@kylemundy8871]

J1Q: most teams that made the playoffs have been heavy offense. The refs put their whistles away for a lot of holding calls (unless you're Jones). Was this team designed backwards? What's the point of paying these guys huge money when the league has told refs to give oline a clear advantage. Not saying you need to do what everyone else is doing for success, but this formula hasn't exactly been successful the past couple years. Love the Show! Feel free to grill me for the opinion lol

[@DKPS_Steelers]

Hey, Kyle! Email me, please: [e-mail] -

[@frankfischer1281]

Isn't Dotson playing his natural position of RG for the Rams? And wasn't Dotson playing LG in Pittsburgh? That might have something to do with Dotsons' quality of play.

[@123biggame]

In my opinion, the greatest teams move the ball around to multiple players, and I believe the Steelers is one of those teams. So the Chargers doubling Pickens is a non-issue.

[@lifelongfan07]

There’s something wrong with Broderick Jones, either mentally or physically. He deserves the benefit of optimism. Coach Tomlin said, “Jones is going to get opportunities” not verbatim but whatever it is. Snap out of it Broderick Jones!!

[@James_Dolensky]

I heard someone say he is injured which is why he keeps getting beat which is why he keeps holding. I don't know if there's any truth to it, but he should be benched until he's 100% if that's the case

[@MartyMcFly-ow9tt]

He needs a competent QB to get him the ball Go Russell

[@ChrisHasak]

Chicago troll

[@leapingcatproductions1777]

@@ChrisHasak ikr, Marty is angry that his guy Caleb is a bust

[@jordellfreshbreeze7133]

I think it’s because of the Bears

[@NobleVagabond2552]

Muth should be the WR2 rn I have no idea why he is so underutilized, especially for routes over the middle of the field that we have been freaking allergic to the past couple years

[@mikeboone8140]

Did anybody watch these first 2 games? Or are y'all just looking at the box score and jumping to conclusions? I get the frustration of not scoring a touchdown, or throwing it in the middle of the field against the Falcons. But, that was by design. Jessie Bates is really good, and Arthur Smith obviously knows this, so he devised a game plan to avoid them, and it worked. Obviously it would have been nice to get a touchdown, but the offense was otherwise moving the ball well, and the important thing is that we won. I'm sure all of you that are whining about it, would've been crying a river if Fields had indeed threw down the middle and have been picked off. And in the Broncos game, the offense was also moving the ball well, and the scoreboard likely would have shown it more, if it weren't for Broderick Jones' penalties. If it's silly to crown the Steelers as contenders after going 2-0, then it's equally silly to suggest that they're pretenders, just because they don't look like the 2nd coming of 'the greatest show on turf'. Maybe y'all should start enjoying the games and look at the positive strides we've taken on offense, and stop being so damn pessimistic and negative. We're 2-0, and right now that's the ONLY thing that matters.

[@skunkworksstudios]

DK you always say “Mike Tomlin’s fingerprints are all over the defense “ or something like that. Well if the last 5 years is any indication …Tomlin’s fingerprints appear to be all over the offense as well. 3 coordinators and the offense still looks the same.

[@mikeboone8140]

If it still looks the same to you. you either have been focusing on the box score and not the games, or you're just a negative Nancy like far too many Steelers 'fans'...

[@sonsofliberty3081]

DK. They're purposely not targeting pat. They're putting stuff on tape to set up stuff later. The td to Mt Washington was a prime example. If those 3 passes last week weren't killed by penalties, they'd have scored at least 23 pts. They have a lot to work out and are lucky their d was able to hold for the win. They're going to have a good o.

[@nolashawn]

Agree to disagree: the current rookies at C and RT owe most of their success to their collegiate development. Dotson’s country strength benefited from his adjacency to Pouncey as a rookie. There remain valid concerns about the lack of development in future years post-Munchak.

[@manolopmb]

😂😂😂 get out of here with that you just tryna make it fit now they college program the reason they having success in the nfl yeah tell that to all the other college athletes

[@lesterholmes8473]

There are many positives things happening with the Pittsburgh Steelers, but some fans refuse to acknowledge it because of their hatred for Tomlin. Can’t give too much praise to players because you would also have to praise their coaches and eventually the head coach.

[@Thisguy5]

We all know That Broderick Jones is playing with 1 arm.. If he was healthy, he would be starting.

[@chrisrobinson8339]

I need some points this week or i need to see Russell

[@Anthony-dj7ek]

Exactly! Offensive line needs to step up. I want to see Fields sit in the pocket and throw the ball. Always running , i want to see o line give him time, and recievers need to get open.

[@Keefer24]

Has nothing to do with fields bruh. He’s doing what he’s told to do. He’s made some big throws that unfortunately fell to penalties. They aren’t going to put him in a position to fail just so the “fans” can see some points on a score board. I for one only care about Ws.

[@shinski8114]

Penalties left a bunch of points on the board

[@chrisrobinson8339]

@@Keefer24 I'm looking at the "Big Picture" . Pause. I understand that there was some points left because of penalties. We don't have a huge investment in either quarterback contract wise. I don't want to keep hearing excuses about points not being put up every week. I don't want to hear that after this week. If we don't put up points regardless of excuses as why. I would like to see if Russell can put up some points if he's healthy.

[@mikeboone8140]

@@chrisrobinson8339 if you're looking at the big picture, then the only thing that should matter is that we're winning. Period.

[@michaelandreini5977]

Yea I’ll save contender talks till I see how they perform once Week 10 gets here. Seen this ALL before DK, Defense is fresh in September. Can’t keep it up with no help from offense. Definition of insanity is a phrase I think I used in 2018/19/20/21/22/23

[@shawnwakattu28]

Any offense attempting to feature Najee Harris and PF is an offense destined for failure. PF is an average NFL TE, by all metrics is used to evaluate TE's. There is nothing dynamic about PF's game but Yinzers love saying "Muuuuthhh!" after every 6 yard reception.

[@jordellfreshbreeze7133]

What about Najee rushing for 1,000 yds

[@Keefer24]

Ok coach 😂😂😂

[@cc_golf]

The J1Q was reference to kdot being a left guard as his best position. We played him as a right guard. Same thing with Broderick a natural left playing right. Frazier and Troy both playing their natural positions are flourishing like kdot with the rams. He’s suggesting are we doing a disservice to Broderick by not trying him at left compared to dan. I do agree dan has been better but we don’t know for Broderick because we haven’t seen it. Thanks just wanted to clarify that it wasn’t that he thought we can’t develop talent.

[@DKPS_Steelers]

That doesn't matter at all. -

[@cc_golf]

@@DKPS_Steelers I get that… I was clarifying the question. At the same time I can acknowledge that people feel more comfortable in a certain position. I think Brodericks elbow is hurting more than is let on. His punch and straight arm hasn’t been the same. Thanks

[@JohnDavis087]

We win if they let Justin sling it more we can’t be too predictable like the first 2 weeks I don’t want our defense on the field the whole game

[@CoachCarter102]

All in favor of trading Broderick jones?

[@mikebogush6437]

Muth. Most overrated player.

[@jordellfreshbreeze7133]

More overrated than Caleb Williams?

[@Keefer24]

He hasn’t had a QB since Ben left.

[@mikec1147]

And over paid and under performed

[@steelerspittsburgh875]

Who's rating him?

[@yancyjenkinssr1824]

​@mikec1147 ..said something bout Diontae😅. Guess ya"ll run Muth outta town next

[@Shawn-n1r]

Id through to washington over muth i dont trust myrh he fumbles in big situations reminds me of diontae darnell is too big not to use

[@Shawn-n1r]

Throw damn phone

[@dancoe4489]

The reason Fri isn't getting the ball as much as he should, is Fields takes off running too much.

[@Keefer24]

He literally has to or do you just not pay attention to the line ever? lol