Heath Miller secured six passes for 53 yards and a touchdown in the Steelers' Week 7 win over the Bengals.
Miller spent most of the first half on the line helping rookie RT Mike Adams block Bengals LEs Robert Geathers and Carlos Dunlap, but he got free against CB Terence Newman for a red-zone touchdown at the end of the second quarter. The Steelers went for two, and Miller caught a fade ball for the additional points on the next play. Padding his stats in the fourth quarter, Miller streaked down the seam uncovered for a gain of 30. Miller remains ideally a TE2 in fantasy leagues, but you could do much worse for weekly fallback options.
This Rotoworld writeup totally ignores the fact that the Steelers have a new offensive coordinator this year, and this appears to have changed their offense in a way that favors getting the ball to Heath Miller more. Big Ben has said that it's more of a "dink and dunk" offense. Also, Ben has always trusted Heath when he gets into trouble and looks to Heath for short passes to avoid a sack or other disaster. They went away from Heath for a couple years (the 2010 and 2011 seasons), but nobody even remembers he had a great year in 2009. And you still coulda used him in 2010 and 2011 by starting him in good matchups. I'm probably starting him the rest of the way this year, and I have Greg Olsen too.
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djm180Tue 10/23/12 12:25 AM
This Rotoworld writeup totally ignores the fact that the Steelers have a new offensive coordinator this year, and this appears to have changed their offense in a way that favors getting the ball to Heath Miller more. Big Ben has said that it's more of a "dink and dunk" offense. Also, Ben has always trusted Heath when he gets into trouble and looks to Heath for short passes to avoid a sack or other disaster. They went away from Heath for a couple years (the 2010 and 2011 seasons), but nobody even remembers he had a great year in 2009. And you still coulda used him in 2010 and 2011 by starting him in good matchups. I'm probably starting him the rest of the way this year, and I have Greg Olsen too.