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 | | Subject: Wheaton wants to produce after injury-plagued rookie year Sun Jul 27, 2014 10:51 pm | |
| By Mark Kaboly
They could have brought in a more high-profile free agent.
They could have drafted a wide receiver higher than at No. 118.
If the Steelers are concerned that Markus Wheaton isn't ready to make the leap from a nondescript, injury-plagued rookie year to replacing at least a portion of free-agent defectors Emmanuel Sanders' and Jerricho Cotchery's combined 113 catches and 16 touchdowns, they didn't proceed that way in the offseason.
In fact, they gave Wheaton a vote of confidence by doing what they did with their wide receiver crew in the offseason, which was not much at all.
“Now, he has got to be the man,” Steelers receiver coach Richard Mann said. “Somebody has to pick up that slack. The good thing about him is that he doesn't need a lot of reps. It doesn't take him long to get it.”
“I consider myself a quick learner, and I have been like that for a while,” Wheaton said.
Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/6503317-74/wheaton-receiver-steelers#ixzz38jBETSuY
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