Diontae Johnson is a #1 Receiver

I’m looking at how badly most of this post aged

 

Being old also comes with a long memory

 

Now go look at the one about giving Him a new contract, and See who said.....Maybe We should just wait.

 

I actually found this one looking for that one

 

Don't throw the baby out with the Bathwater. Our Passing offense was terrible last year, give it another year and see what he can do with a more complete 2nd year QB. We have all season long to remake the offense for Kenny's abilities. You can't blame DJ for what he was not able to do in last year's offense.


If Pickens takes another step forward, it will be curious to see how DJ feels about being the "sidekick" next year.

 

Yes I can

Catch the ball and don’t drop it

Run towards the right goal when you do catch the ball

Don’t dance and stutter step when we need 2 yards

 

You can’t have 0 TDs in an entire season and be considered a number 1…..

 

Look I like Diontae Johnson but I don't know if he could quite be considered elite. He had 0... ZERO... touchdowns. That is a remarkable stat. The only other two players to have over 350 yards receiving and no receiving touchdowns are Derrick Henry and Josh Jacobs. The man is an AMAZING route runner but he often down way too much after the catch, I cannot be the only one that has seen him lose yards in a critical situation trying to reverse directions and break off a play. His trouble with dropping catches that a pro just CANNOT drop, although improved is another knock against him. He just cannot find the endzone to save his life.

 

Elite? That is JJ, devantae, Tyreek, aj brown, Diggs, chase, etc... those caliber of guys

He's very good. Idk if he's currently top ten but I wouldn't call DJ elite

 

He needs to stop doing the 180. Backwards is not a good trait. He does seem to get the dropsies at the most crucial times.

Like you said his route running and ability to get open are very solid.

I want to see Pickens get more into the mix and not just be used as a one trick pony.

Issue is we have a lack of a real offensive coordinator. I hope they bring in an offensive senior assistant unless they make Sullivan that and hire a QB coach. Leftwich doesn't impress me.

 

frisman jackson was carolina's passing game coordinator and now our WR's coach. https://www.steelers.com/team/coaches-roster/frisman-jackson





mike sullivan. https://www.steelers.com/team/coaches-roster/mike-sullivan


we have people in place that can do this. we also have the youngest offense in the league. it does take time.

 

I tend to only partially agree with this. His drops at least the ones I saw had nothing to do with the QB and subsequent throws. He needs to work on himself and it appeared for a time he had the dropsies figured out only to come back again. Additionally he could improve on his up-and back techniques. He goes north and then south far too much.

 

But do we have the right people? Carolina's passing game was atrocious the last few years. I don't care what DJ Moore did, he's a great WR. The passing game as a whole was horrible.

 

I don’t recall the Steelers really developing anyone under Mann.

 

people around here don't like "i told you so's", i have found...

he ain't a #1, that is a fact jack....

 

drops, fumbles and running backwards does not equal a #1, esp now after what, 4 years in the league? One of the best route runners i have ever seen. but, that is it.

no one really loses sleep the night before playing him

 

All guys that were already here. None of those guys that were drafted while he was here did squat.

 

DJ had 6 drops this year. The most drops were 7 and there was a 6 way tie for the most (7). Believe it or not Kelce was in that group. George Pickens had 5 to put it in perspective. Now to do it properly and get a more accurate picture we would have to look at number of times DJ was targeted compared to other WR this year.