Is James Washington the key to the Steelers offense?
Former NFL receiver Greg Jennings joins Yahoo Sports' Matt Harmon to discuss if Steelers WR James Washington is the key to Pittsburgh's offense. Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
Video Transcript
MATT HARMON: If Johnson and Washington break out this year, which I'm buying that they both can, I think that's a really good signal for JuJu as well.
GREG JENNINGS: No question. Washington, in my opinion, is the guy.
MATT HARMON: Oh, OK.
GREG JENNINGS: He has to burst. And the reason why is because he's kind of filling that void of what Mike Wallace was where--
MATT HARMON: Sure, yeah.
GREG JENNINGS: --he just blew off the top. But he can make plays. He can run the drags, the unders. And you get the ball in his hands, and he just runs. JuJu needs a guy like that. Antonio Brown was that guy.
Did he run a lot of routes? Absolutely. Was he a great route runner? Of course. Could you do any and everything with him? Yes, but he could also take the top off as well.
And Ben knew that. JuJu knew that. JuJu is not that guy. He's a bigger, physical guy that once he gets the ball in his hands, he can make a lot of things happen. But he's not the guy who's gonna take the top off and just--
If you only have him, he's gonna be good. He's gonna make plays. If you put the ball where he can get it, he's gonna get it. He's physical enough, and he can catch the ball, and he will go and get it. However, we've seen that it can't just be that.
MATT HARMON: Yeah.
GREG JENNINGS: Their success can't rely on JuJu being everything without a second or third guy helping out, taking some of that load off. And I think that's not only gonna help JuJu out, but it's gonna help Ben out.
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