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Pittsburgh Steelers offensive player stat predictions for 2019

By Tommy Jaggi

NASHVILLE, TN - AUGUST 25: James Conner #30 of the Pittsburgh Steelers runs the ball against the Tennessee Titans during week three of preseason at Nissan Stadium on August 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN - AUGUST 25: James Conner #30 of the Pittsburgh Steelers runs the ball against the Tennessee Titans during week three of preseason at Nissan Stadium on August 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /
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CINCINNATI, OH – OCTOBER 14: Vance McDonald #89 of the Pittsburgh Steelers runs with the ball against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium on October 14, 2018, in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
CINCINNATI, OH – OCTOBER 14: Vance McDonald #89 of the Pittsburgh Steelers runs with the ball against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium on October 14, 2018, in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

Vance McDonald:

2018 season stats:  50 rec, 72 targets, 610 yards, 12.2 ypr, 4 rec TD
2019 stat prediction: 62 rec, 83 targets, 765 yards, 12.3 ypr, 6 rec TD

Sure, Vance could probably haul in 75 to 80 catches for 1,000 yards if he could stay healthy enough and he was allowed to play more snaps. Unfortunately, Vance has never played a 16-game season, and Randy Fichtner already made it clear that McDonald’s workload isn’t going to increase much.

The Steelers used Jesse James on 50.36 percent of snaps in 2018. But even with him gone, it doesn’t look like McDonald (50.54 percent of snaps last year) is going to be the every-down tight end we were hoping for. Expect a slight increase in production, assuming he stays healthy.

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It’s hard to predict exactly how the offense will run without Antonio Brown, and just how much Randy Fichtner plans on running the ball this year. If the game plan doesn’t change a lot from 2018, these are some ball-park estimates of the numbers you may see from the Steelers skill players in 2019.

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