After grading outside linebackers on Monday, we flip to the offensive side of the ball and look at the Steelers' high-flying receivers. The Steelers added reinforcements to the group after 2016 in the form of Justin Hunter and JuJu Smith-Schuster, while knowing that Martavis Bryant would be back from his suspension.
After seeing Antonio Brown work alongside Eli Rogers, Cobi Hamilton, Demarcus Ayers, Darrius Heyward-Bey and a broken-fingered Sammie Coates in the AFC Championship game loss to the Patriots the previous season, the team made sure to keep six wide receivers on the roster throughout 2017. The decision ended up paying off when they called upon Hunter as a fifth option once Brown went down late in the season.
Those reinforcements brought the Steelers receivers group back to being a complete unit:
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