The Athletic's Mark Kaboly writes of Pat Freiermuth's season-high receiving yardage of 58 in 2021: "With Eric Ebron gone, that number will go up."

28 June 2022

"[Freiermuth] will be a top-10 tight end in the NFL, or maybe higher, at the end of the season," Kaboly notes. Ebron had just 84 receiving yards last year, so it's not like he was the primary culprit holding Freiermuth back from a bigger role. But it is possible that he takes a second-year leap and overtakes Chase Claypool as the No. 2 fantasy target on Pittsburgh's radar. He also is the main red zone threat for the Steelers as he had 20 targets and seven scores despite playing only 62% of the snaps. Diontae Johnson led the team with 21 red zone targets, but in 91% of the snaps.