Steelers boast deep receiving corps
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward, center, records video while reporters question him as he arrives at football training camp at the team's facility in Latrobe, Pa. Sunday, July 27, 2008.
PITTSBURGH (AP) _ Hines Ward is in his 11th season with the Steelers, and in that time he has seen an almost endless parade of wide receivers line up alongside him. But the group he takes the field with in 2008 might be one of the best.
Ward has gone from wide-eyed rookie scratching just to get on the field to the franchise record-holder in several major receiving categories. Now at 32, he's an elder statesmen of what has become a deep and talented group of pass-catchers.
"I'm an old head of the team," Ward said Wednesday. "But those guys keep pushing me. Every time (receivers Santonio Holmes or Nate Washington) make a play, I want to go out there and make a play, too."
Ward will have plenty of people to push him this season. Holmes, a first-round draft choice in 2006, appears poised for a breakout season after averaging 18.1 yards per catch and scoring eight touchdowns last season.
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