The Pittsburgh Steelers had very specific and limited plans for rookie tight end Darnell Washington last year but the winds of change have swept through the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex and Washington believes that will lead to an increased role for him in the offense.
The Pittsburgh Steelers seem to have a need at wide receiver, although the front office hasn't rushed to fill an interesting room that consists of several number three and four wideouts.
The hype train for Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Darnell Washington might have started as a bit too much. That’s not to say Washington did not have a path to dazzling in his rookie season, but not in the way that his reps at training camp would have told anyone.
The Steelers are hoping to see big things from tight end Darnell Washington, who is heading into his second season in the NFL.
Washington, who is listed at 6-foot-7, 264 pounds, towers over other players.
The Pittsburgh Steelers, like every team during the NFL Draft process, is focused on not only getting impact players, but utilizing value when drafting them.
For the second consecutive draft, the Steelers have spent their last pick in the top 100 on a boom or bust prospect. If there has been one thing to learn
Ray Fittipaldo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette opined in a recent Q&A that the Pittsburgh Steelers were aware of tight end Darnell Washington having significant knee issues when coming out of Georgia.
The Pittsburgh Steelers waited patiently as monster tight end prospect Darnell Washington slipped down the draft boards in 2023. He landed in Pittsburgh in the third round at 95th overall.
The Pittsburgh Steelers, like the other 31 NFL teams have a longstanding tradition of welcoming their rookie players in a rather costly fashion. This time-honored tradition involves rookies picking up the tab for a lavish team dinner, and Steelers rookie tight end Darnell Washington recently found himself on the hook for a hefty bill.
The Pittsburgh Steelers waited until later in the season to give their rookies a welcome to the NFL moment, but they made sure not to disappoint. Just
The Steelers will likely have several positions they need to overturn in the offseason, but one of their former players doesn't believe it's close in terms of which group is the worst.
Steelers rookie tight end Darnell Washington is impressive. Even as the team as diversified their gameplan, Washington has turned out to be a massive reason why they can do that.
Over halfway through the Pittsburgh Steelers' 2023 season, it seems as if General Manager Omar Khan hit a home run with his first draft as the full-time head of the front office.
The Steelers offense looked better against the Cincinnati Bengals. Was it perfect? Far from it, but the team has solid building blocks to work with naturally coming out of that game.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have been finding a way to win this season, despite struggling and having inconsistencies on both sides of the ball. Through Week
One week might be a blip, but two weeks is a trend, and it’s pretty clear that the Pittsburgh Steelers have a lot more faith in second-year tight end Connor Heyward than rookie Darnell Washington with Pat Freiermuth out.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have had plenty of offensive problems throughout the 2023 season, but they have one specific problem that still does not have a clear answer: the tight end usage.
With the Steelers sitting at 4-2 in the AFC playoff race and facing a big set of three consecutive home games they have a chance to make a really big move.
Steelers tight end Darnell Washington is dealing with a knee injury, and he missed practice on Wednesday due to that injury. It is unknown what the Steelers’ level of concern with the injury is, but Mike Tomlin did not name him on the list of injuries in his Tuesday press conference.
Darnell Washington is ready to don the black and gold. On Wednesday, the NFL rookie discussed his excitement for the Pittsburgh Steelers training camp in Latrobe, Pa.
The Pittsburgh Steelers may have gotten a steal in Darnell Washington. An injury flag caused him to slide into the third round of the NFL Draft, but the Steelers are happy to have the tight end on the roster.
Multiple NFL scouts and executives have named TE Darnell Washington, the Steelers' 2023 third-round pick, as the "biggest steal" of the draft. Pittsburgh has big plans for its new big tight end.
NFL Network analyst Peter Schrager released his first mock draft with just nine days until night one and he has the Bengals landing maybe the biggest playmaker QB Joe Burrow has ever played with.
Darnell Washington is one of several highly-touted prospects in a deep tight end class this draft, and has drawn interest from multiple teams in the pre-draft process.
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