Overview

• Freiermuth logged a career-low 15 offensive snaps in the Week 4 win over the Vikings.
• Darnell Washington played a season-high 48 snaps and sixth lineman Spencer Anderson logged 19, boosting heavier sets.
• Pittsburgh ran for a season-high 131 rushing yards in that game with Washington and Anderson featured.
• Tomlin said the plan targets 4-3 defenses with larger edge players and indicated more of this look in upcoming divisional games.
• The reduced role has drawn local pushback given Freiermuth’s $12 million average salary and his four-game total of seven catches for 65 yards.