Pat Freiermuth

Freiermuth disputes Aaron Rodgers's claim of no-shows.

Freiermuth disputes Aaron Rodgers's claim of no-shows.

All four of Freiermuth's 2025 scores have come since Oct. 16, but he hasn't caught more than three passes or cleared 40 yards in any of his past five games. Rotating snaps and targets with Jonnu Smith and Darnell Washington, Freiermuth is on the outside looking in of TE2 status heading into Week 13 against the Bills.

Washington's emergence -- if you can call it that -- has knee-capped Jonnu Smith's TE2 prospects while making Pat Freiermuth a touchdown-or-bust option, but it hasn't really created any roto value of Washington's own. The big fella is a marvel to watch with the ball in his hands, but his spiked weeks are too difficult to predict to take him seriously as a TE2. The 24-year-old is a classic "more valuable in real life than fantasy" player, at least for now.

Freiermuth went for 6-111-2 a few weeks ago against the Bengals, but things looked a bit different this time around, as the veteran tight end was unable to get anything going, and was held to just one target on the day. Freiermuth remains in a three-way split with Jonnu Smith and Darnell Washington for playing time, which makes all three Steelers tight ends hard to trust in Week 12 against the Bears.