With the Pittsburgh Steelers trading away slot receiver Chase Claypool to the Chicago Bears prior to the NFL’s trade deadline, one of the biggest potential beneficiaries in terms of targets and increased opportunities is tight end Pat Freiermuth. Claypool and Friermuth oftentimes both operated around the middle of the field, so with Claypool gone, there’s a chance that Freiermuth sees an uptick in work. The second-year tight end isn’t worried about that though and said he’s just focused on helping the team win.
“I don’t really care about the extra targets or numbers or the stats or anything like that.