Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth received high praise from none other than Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, arguably the greatest tight end ever to play the game. Kelce believes Freiermuth is highly underrated and doesn’t get the flowers that he deserves.
“Pat is actually one of my favorite tight ends to watch, man,” Kelce said on the New Hights podcast. “He’s savvy in his route running. He is very quarterback friendly, which he knows angles coming out to where he knows he can get a guaranteed catch. And quarterbacks love it when you come out of breaks at certain angles.”
In the last three games, Pat Freiermuth has 13 receptions for 175 yards and two touchdowns. Freiermuth’s emergence in Arthur Smith’s tight end-friendly offense is starting to come to light. Russell Wilson connected to Freiermuth on a 20-yard touchdown down the seam in Sunday’s 27-14 win over the Cleveland Browns.
“He does a great job of feeling voids like that and feeling how he needs to get in and outta breaks. And then on top of that, he’s just a tough football player, man,” Kelce said. “I think he embodies the Steeler kind of way to play, which is like, it’s that Steel Curtain, that toughness that you gotta play with, man. He’s willing to stick his face in the fan and do whatever he needs to do for his team.”
The fourth-year tight end out of Penn State has been solid this season, but his numbers have drastically increased over the last three games.
“I’m a big believer in the football gods,” Freiermuth said after his breakout game against the Bengals. “I was just doing the gritty work. Trying to impact the game as much as I can. I knew it was gonna come. I knew we have the big games late in the year and they are gonna count on my number.”
Freiermuth will play against Kelce and the Chiefs on Christmas Day.
