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Scout’s Eye with Matt Williamson: D.J. Moore dilemma

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Sports, Football, Nhl, Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baseball, Pirates, Matt Williamson, Mlb, Dk Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Steelers, Steelers, Penguins, Pittsburgh Penguin, Pittsburgh, Nfl, Hockey

4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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0:00.0

Hello everyone. I am Matt Williamson. How's it going? Things are good here. I am getting really psyched for the new league year, free agency, all that good stuff. Every day we get something happening around the league, some big trades, McDuffie, DJ Moore.

0:21.6

I'm going to get to that in a minute.

0:23.4

But I guess the biggest stealer news since we got together was Johnny Smith is going to get released, save about $7 or $8 million against the cap.

0:31.2

I've told you this is coming.

0:32.9

This is a very, very easy one, in my opinion.

0:36.6

And I'm shocked it went this way.

0:38.2

I liked the pickup in the Ramsey Fitzpatrick deal of getting Smith.

0:44.5

I thought he was a useful matchup advantage guy.

0:49.6

And I really don't think that the Steelers misused him as much as he just fell off a cliff.

0:55.9

You knew he was never going to be a big time blocker by any tight end standards, but he couldn't

1:01.3

get safeties blocked.

1:03.3

I mean, really was pretty useless in that entire realm.

1:08.0

But what shocked me more was I saw very little twitchiness to him. I didn't see him

1:14.3

creating space as a coverage player, even against heavier linebackers or non-coverage players.

1:22.1

Didn't see a great feel for zone, which surprised me quite a bit. But maybe most surprising,

1:27.4

I saw very little after the catch.

1:30.1

You know, even, I know that some of the stuff is just low depth of target teams

1:33.8

have come up and tackle, but his average yards per catch was by far the last, the lowest

1:43.7

of his career. I don't know if he's done or not, or maybe he was

1:47.3

fighting an injury or something, the ailment, but saving the money for somebody that I thought

1:53.6

was honestly one of the worst players on the field when he was out there is very easy.

1:58.2

And then taking that up and launch, if they're going to live basically in three receiver sets,

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