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This year, Washington, Ben hook up early ☕

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Steelers receiver James Washington (13) -- MATT SUNDAY / DKPS

It didn't take long for James Washington to catch more passes from Ben Roethlisberger at the Steelers' OTA sessions this week than he did in all of last year's practices.

In fact, he got that out of the way with his first reception on Tuesday. It is, after all, tough to catch the football when you don't get a single rep with the starting quarterback.

That, however, wasn't the fault of Washington or the Steelers' coaching staff. Roethlisberger only showed up for the first day of OTAs a year ago, then left on a family vacation.

Forget the WiFi not connecting, as Brown famously said about he and Roethlisberger early last season, Washington and the quarterback had no connection.

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