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Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth tried to explain his career success against the Cincinnati Bengals in an exclusive interview with Heavy Sports.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0could really use a second pass-catcher to be a bigger part of their passing attack in Week 11. Only\u00a0D.K. Metcalf\u00a0has eclipsed the 260-yard mark for the season. In more recent weeks, it\u2019s become too easy for opposing defenses to stop the Steelers attack by just double covering Metcalf.<\/p>\n
One pass-catcher who has the talent to play a bigger role is tight end\u00a0Pat Freiermuth. The good news for the Steelers is Freiermuth has a knack for excelling against the\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals, who is the next opponent on Pittsburgh\u2019s schedule.<\/p>\n
Freiermuth isn\u2019t 100% sure why he has performed so well versus the Bengals in the past. But he gave credit to his father.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy Dad\u2019s from Cincinnati, so maybe that\u2019s it,\u201d Freiermuth told Heavy Sports in an exclusive interview. \u201cMaybe he\u2019s given me some, like Cincinnati\u00a0magic\u00a0or something. I don\u2019t even know. But yeah, maybe that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they are just one of them teams, and schematically, I think I just play well against them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Freiermuth said his dad was a Bengals fan until the day he was drafted. The Steelers tight end has made a career out of carving up his father\u2019s former favorite team.<\/p>\n
In nine games against the Bengals, Freiermuth has averaged 5.3 catches and 66.7 receiving yards per contest. He has also scored six touchdowns.<\/p>\n
Overall,\u00a0Freiermuth has\u00a0600 receiving yards in his career versus Cincinnati. He doesn\u2019t have more than 199 career receiving yards against any other team in the league.<\/p>\n
During the 2023 season, Freiermuth did post zero receptions in a game against the Bengals. However,\u00a0he has\u00a0at least 75 receiving yards or a touchdown in the other eight contests versus Cincinnati in his career.<\/p>\n
In Week 7, Freiermuth had his best outing of maybe his entire career in the Queen City. The tight end posted five receptions for 111 yards and scored twice.<\/p>\n
Freiermuth doesn\u2019t have more than 33 receiving yards in any other game this season.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, head coach Mike Tomlin chalked up Freiermuth\u2019s success against Cincinnati as more than just fatherly magic.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey play a lot of zone, or they\u2019ve played a lot of zone, particularly with their previous coordinator, and that\u2019s why he\u2019s had some big games against those guys,\u201d Tomlin told reporters. \u201cThere is no secret that Muth has very good zone awareness, and he is a zone killer, and that\u2019s why he\u2019s had some of the games he\u2019s had against those guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Steelers would love for Freiermuth to be among the team leaders in receptions and receiving yards in the final seven weeks. Away from the field, the tight end is leading a blood drive to combat blood shortages around the United States.<\/p>\n
The global health leader Abbott and the Big Ten Conference created the blood drive campaign called\u00a0\u201cThe We Give Blood Drive.\u201d\u00a0In its second season, the drive is a competition among all Big Ten schools to see who will donate the most blood. The winning school will receive $1 million from Abbott to advance student and community health initiatives.<\/p>\n
The Steelers tight end is campaigning for Big Ten fans, students and alumni to donate blood. He is especially pushing for Penn State students and alumni to make donations.<\/p>\n
Freiermuth played at Penn State from 2018-20.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s super big because there\u2019s a blood shortage,\u201d Freiermuth said. \u201cEvery two seconds in the United States, people need blood. So this is obviously important.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the blood shortage, I\u2019m encouraging people to donate blood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Donations will be accepted through December 5. The Big Ten will announce the winning school at the conference\u2019s championship game on December 6.<\/p>\n
To sign up to donate blood for a particular school, visit\u00a0BigTen.Org\/Abbott.<\/p>\n
The New York Jets faced off against the New England Patriots on Thursday night without their top receiver in Garrett Wilson.<\/p>\n
Wilson was officially placed on the Injured Reserve on Thursday afternoon, which means he will miss at least the next three games for the team after the Patriots game. A stint on the IR means you miss a minimum of four games and the first for Wilson was against the Patriots.<\/p>\n
After losing against New England, the Jets sit at 2-8 on the season. New York’s next three games are against the Baltimore Ravens, Atlanta Falcons, and the Miami Dolphins. There’s an argument that all three are winnable. The Ravens are 4-5 and Lamar Jackson’s health is in question. Miami is 3-7 and is not even close to full strength at this point. The Falcons are 3-6 and have been struggling recently. All in all, all three are winnable.<\/p>\n
But, will Wilson return even though the playoffs are a pipe dream at this point? Jets head coach Aaron Glenn was\u00a0asked on Friday\u00a0if he thinks Wilson will play again this season.<\/p>\n
“I do,” Glenn said. “I do. But, again, a lot of that has to do with the (doctors). Him being on this short-term IR, obviously he gets to come back after four games. So, hopefully, he will be back with us.”<\/p>\n
At a time in which there is a lot of bad news around the franchise, this is the type of update that can at least be considered good news. Wilson is a certified star in the wide receiver room and had a great start to the season before a knee injury negatively impacted his season.<\/p>\n
Wilson now has missed three games and got re-injured in his return against the Cleveland Browns without making a catch. Despite this, he’s leading the team with 59 targets, 36 catches, 395 receiving yards, and four receiving touchdowns.<\/p>\n
No matter what happens over the next three weeks, at least there is something to look forward to with the expected return of Wilson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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