Good things happen when Darnell Washington is on the field
September 29, 2025
Good things happen when Darnell Washington is on the field
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I’d like to see a play where Mount Washington lines up in the backfields and takes a direct handoff
Muth and Highsmith becoming trade candidates.
Honestly hes always been extremely underutilized
I mean the guy looks like a physical beast. Get him to watch a week straight of Gronk film and we’ll be great. Also if Tomlin could make good personnel decisions that’d be great too.
I honestly think hes our best TE. Obviously not as dynamic as Freiermuth/Smith as a receiving threat, but long term I hope they keep him over any other TE
Worried this guy is never going to get the opportunity he deserves here and leaves for a starting role somewhere and balls out.
He’s an asset in the running and passing game — call me dumb, but why the hell doesn’t he play most snaps?
How would a Tush Push work with him? Is he the pusher or the pushee?
Just give the ball to Washington for tush pushes the guy could probably walk thru the whole pile
Your TE actually being able to block is extremely valuable.
I love Darnell, but this feels a bit like one of those stats that’s like ‘The Steelers are 7-0 when they run for more than 150 yards in a game.’ If you’re running the ball successfully, you’re likely winning. Which is also likely when Darnell is most utilized.
Big man good
He’s like an extra O-lineman that can also go out and catch
Snap count for TEs yesterday: Washington (48/91%), Heyward (16/30%), Freiermuth (15/28%), and Smith (13/25%).
Feel like that is a little on the extreme side lol, but if Steelers are really about their 2 TE offense then Washington should be 1 of the 2.
Its a little confounding in the data, though, because he is going to get more snaps in games we are winning and trying to grind clock. Does his usage correlate to the early sections of those games and did he directly impact what makes us score? Or does DK put us up 2 scores and then it is time to deploy Mt Warshington.
There’s so much creativity with a guy like him and for whatever reason the Steelers OCs haven’t utilized him. Monken had him lining up in-line, at the X, in the slot, H-Back, Full Back, had him motion, had him pull, just anyway they could get him to off-balance the defense.
What does Darnell Washington and the Tush push have in common….he fucking moves the mountain. Please utilize him more! He’s an instant cheat code..
Muth has been so disappointing. 12M for what?
Almost like having an “extra OT” sized player can help win in the run game.
Part of this is also selection bias as well to be fair. Darnell’s biggest strength as a tight end be is his ability as a run blocker. When we are already up in the game or the run game is contributing to positive enough outcomes on the scoreboard -> we run the ball more -> Darnell gets more snaps
He legit deserves more targets but I can’t figure out if he’s simply not getting them, or if we need to keep him in the box more often than not.
Given Muth and Jonnu don’t have a lot of targets either, I’m not sure which one it is. Overall I’d love to see us throw to TEs more across the board, but man I love me some Darnell Washington.
bc he’s a lineman who can line up as a TE and has the physique to be virtually unguardable.
this isn’t rocket science—size matters (don’t let your wife tell you differently)
This is a classic case of “correlation does not imply causation”. Really hard to say that we’re winning because he’s in more or if he’s in more because we’re winning. I would probably lean towards having a huge, run blocking TE get a bunch of snaps means that you’re in a position to run the ball, i.e. you’re winning.
Ive been advocating for him to play more since day 1. He is a monster in the run game, better than some oline guys. He is fun as hell to watch with the ball bc he is so hard to bring down, and in the redzone/short yardage situations, how do you guard someone 6’7″ 265lbs (and actually definitely more than that, but thats his listed).
The man is a problem everywhere
Saw him at the zoo last winter, biggest human I’ve ever seen in the wild
Perfect TE2/3 for us. We need more out of Pat though
I don’t think anyone has actually ever tackled him to the ground, and I don’t need to be shown any prior film to prove or disprove this stat
Well yeah, it’s like having The Big Show out there standing 2 feet over his matchup lol
Can we run a play where Washington just grabs CA3 by the belt and collar and toss him over the pile like Aragorn tossed Gimli
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I’d like to see a play where Mount Washington lines up in the backfields and takes a direct handoff
Muth and Highsmith becoming trade candidates.
Honestly hes always been extremely underutilized
I mean the guy looks like a physical beast. Get him to watch a week straight of Gronk film and we’ll be great. Also if Tomlin could make good personnel decisions that’d be great too.
I honestly think hes our best TE. Obviously not as dynamic as Freiermuth/Smith as a receiving threat, but long term I hope they keep him over any other TE
Worried this guy is never going to get the opportunity he deserves here and leaves for a starting role somewhere and balls out.
He’s an asset in the running and passing game — call me dumb, but why the hell doesn’t he play most snaps?
How would a Tush Push work with him? Is he the pusher or the pushee?
Just give the ball to Washington for tush pushes the guy could probably walk thru the whole pile
Your TE actually being able to block is extremely valuable.
I love Darnell, but this feels a bit like one of those stats that’s like ‘The Steelers are 7-0 when they run for more than 150 yards in a game.’ If you’re running the ball successfully, you’re likely winning. Which is also likely when Darnell is most utilized.
Big man good
He’s like an extra O-lineman that can also go out and catch
Snap count for TEs yesterday: Washington (48/91%), Heyward (16/30%), Freiermuth (15/28%), and Smith (13/25%).
Feel like that is a little on the extreme side lol, but if Steelers are really about their 2 TE offense then Washington should be 1 of the 2.
Its a little confounding in the data, though, because he is going to get more snaps in games we are winning and trying to grind clock. Does his usage correlate to the early sections of those games and did he directly impact what makes us score? Or does DK put us up 2 scores and then it is time to deploy Mt Warshington.
There’s so much creativity with a guy like him and for whatever reason the Steelers OCs haven’t utilized him. Monken had him lining up in-line, at the X, in the slot, H-Back, Full Back, had him motion, had him pull, just anyway they could get him to off-balance the defense.
What does Darnell Washington and the Tush push have in common….he fucking moves the mountain. Please utilize him more! He’s an instant cheat code..
Muth has been so disappointing. 12M for what?
Almost like having an “extra OT” sized player can help win in the run game.
Part of this is also selection bias as well to be fair. Darnell’s biggest strength as a tight end be is his ability as a run blocker. When we are already up in the game or the run game is contributing to positive enough outcomes on the scoreboard -> we run the ball more -> Darnell gets more snaps
He legit deserves more targets but I can’t figure out if he’s simply not getting them, or if we need to keep him in the box more often than not.
Given Muth and Jonnu don’t have a lot of targets either, I’m not sure which one it is. Overall I’d love to see us throw to TEs more across the board, but man I love me some Darnell Washington.
bc he’s a lineman who can line up as a TE and has the physique to be virtually unguardable.
this isn’t rocket science—size matters (don’t let your wife tell you differently)
This is a classic case of “correlation does not imply causation”. Really hard to say that we’re winning because he’s in more or if he’s in more because we’re winning. I would probably lean towards having a huge, run blocking TE get a bunch of snaps means that you’re in a position to run the ball, i.e. you’re winning.
Ive been advocating for him to play more since day 1. He is a monster in the run game, better than some oline guys. He is fun as hell to watch with the ball bc he is so hard to bring down, and in the redzone/short yardage situations, how do you guard someone 6’7″ 265lbs (and actually definitely more than that, but thats his listed).
The man is a problem everywhere
Saw him at the zoo last winter, biggest human I’ve ever seen in the wild
Perfect TE2/3 for us. We need more out of Pat though
I don’t think anyone has actually ever tackled him to the ground, and I don’t need to be shown any prior film to prove or disprove this stat
Well yeah, it’s like having The Big Show out there standing 2 feet over his matchup lol
Can we run a play where Washington just grabs CA3 by the belt and collar and toss him over the pile like Aragorn tossed Gimli