LATROBE, Pa. -- A team with an elite quarterback has the luxury of spending first-round picks on positions other than wide receiver. Guys such as Aaron Rodgers and Ben Roethlisberger are star-turners -- stick with me, kid, and I'll get your stats up.
No two teams are better at capitalizing on that luxury -- and spinning some darn good receivers out of it -- than the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers, who face off at 1 p.m. ET Sunday at Heinz Field.
The New England Patriots* and Indianapolis Colts employ this strategy too, but those teams seem more reliant on tight end production than Green Bay and Pittsburgh, whose top three receivers were found out of the first round. Rob Gronkowski is New England's No. 1. Tight ends Coby Fleener and Dwayne Allen combined for 16 touchdowns in 2014. Yes, Pittsburgh still has Heath Miller, who caught 66 passes the previous season, but he's 10 years in and one of five high-end passing options for the Steelers.
read more: http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/174809/steelers-packers-thrive-at-mining-wr-gold-outside-of-first-round
_________________
