The Pittsburgh Steelers have several new wide receivers for veteran quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to break in this offseason as not only was one drafted, but another one was signed during the early portion of free agency. That veteran free agent wide receiver that was signed was Donte Moncrief, who has already played five seasons in the NFL with two other teams on his way to registering 200 total receptions for 2,543 yards and 21 touchdowns.
At the conclusion of the Steelers first OTA practice of 2019 on Tuesday, Roethlisberger talked about the importance of being able to work with his new wide receivers, and especially Moncrief, during this part of the offseason program.
“Like today with ‘Crief [Moncrief] a couple of times, I was asking him, ‘Hey did you feel good on your depth there?’ And just working different things out,” Roethlisberger said. “So, it’s definitely going to take some big focus.”
Moncrief also reiterated the importance of him being able to work a lot with Roethlisberger during OTAs these next several weeks during his post-practice chat with the media.
“I mean, like I say, it’s OTAs, but I’m a new guy. He’s [Roethlisberger’s] trying to learn me and I’m trying to learn him and so I’m coming here every day trying to show him the best routes that I have so I can gain trust and stuff like that,” Moncrief said.
While Moncrief has only played with two other NFL teams prior to signing with the Steelers this offseason as an unrestricted free agent, he’s had to already catch passes from 8 different quarterbacks in those 67 total regular season games played in. 5 of those 67 games that Moncrief has already played in were against the Steelers so he already had a pretty good understanding about what kind of quarterback Roethlisberger is prior to becoming a teammate of his this past March.
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