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Oct 25, 2018 By Jim Wexell for The 5 min read

PITTSBURGH 无毛视频� Mike Tomlin talked Tuesday about the improvement made by the Cleveland Browns since the opener.

He talked first about rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield, the first pick of this year无毛视频檚 draft who stepped in for the injured starter and rallied the Browns to their first win in two seasons. Mayfield then directed a win over the Baltimore Ravens two weeks later.

The second name out of Tomlin无毛视频檚 mouth was David Njoku, the Browns无毛视频� second-year tight end. The 2017 first-round pick caught three passes for only 13 yards against the Steelers in the opener, but in the last three games he无毛视频檚 averaged 5.3 catches for 53 yards per game. His 15-yard touchdown catch last week was his second of the season.

So, OK, the Browns are making improvement at the tight end position. But it无毛视频檚 nothing like the improvement Vance McDonald is showing for the Steelers.

无毛视频淵eah, Njokus无毛视频檚 playing really well. Coach showed us some clips today,无毛视频� said Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey. 无毛视频淏ut he can无毛视频檛 compare to Vance.无毛视频�

McDonald didn无毛视频檛 play the opener in Cleveland, but has since become something of a Pittsburgh phenomenon with his bruising running style in the vein of another No. 89, former great Mike Ditka.

Not that the comparison is new to McDonald, though.

无毛视频淲hen I was a rookie,无毛视频� said McDonald, 无毛视频淐oach (Jim) Harbaugh tried to steer me down that path, so, yeah, I watched a little Ditka tape.无毛视频�

无毛视频淚ron Mac无毛视频� has been the ideal comparison for Steelers fans ever since McDonald violently stiff-armed Tampa Bay safety Chris Conte on his way to a 75-yard touchdown catch. Since then, McDonald has brutalized linebackers and safeties the way Harbaugh once envisioned.

无毛视频淲hen Vance McDonald gets here,无毛视频� Harbaugh told NFL Network on draft day 无毛视频�13, 无毛视频淚无毛视频檓 going to try to get him in the No. 89. Because what I have come to know of 无毛视频業ron无毛视频� Mike Ditka and the respect that I have for him through the years, I can无毛视频檛 wait for Coach Ditka to see Vance McDonald. Because I believe he无毛视频檚 going to see some very good similarities.无毛视频�

However, it wasn无毛视频檛 until McDonald无毛视频檚 third year with the 49ers that the comparison came to life. McDonald ran over an Arizona Cardinals safety and a columnist for the Sacramento Bee called Ditka.

无毛视频淗e looks very good,无毛视频� Ditka said that day, the second game he had watched McDonald play. 无毛视频淚f those two games were his best, he无毛视频檚 going to have better ones to come.无毛视频�

But they never really came, at least in San Francisco. McDonald finished that 2015 season with a career-high 30 catches, and then caught 24 in 2016 before the 49ers stunned McDonald by trading him to the Steelers just before the start of the 2017 season.

McDonald无毛视频檚 been in and out of the lineup with injuries, but appears on his way to shattering his career numbers this season. He无毛视频檚 moved next to Ben Roethlisberger in the locker room and is developing into that security blanket Roethlisberger无毛视频檚 missed since Heath Miller retired.

And that无毛视频檚 the other comparison being made in the Steelers无毛视频� locker room these days.

无毛视频淗e无毛视频檚 great. He无毛视频檚 all-around great,无毛视频� Pouncey said of McDonald. 无毛视频淗e reminds me a lot of Heath (Miller), the way he carries himself. Obviously, he has the physical ability to be better than Heath in a way, because of how fast he can run, the routes he does. Hands down, man, he无毛视频檚 one of the coolest guys on the team, one of my favorite guys the way he works. He doesn无毛视频檛 say much at all, but I watch him on film and tell him all the time, man, I love that (stuff).无毛视频�

In his five games this season, McDonald has 20 catches for 274 yards, an average of four catches for 55 yards per game.

That无毛视频檚 well above his average from last year, when he averaged 1.4 catches for 18.8 yards per game. And that was better than his average per game in San Francisco, where he averaged 1.3 catches for 18 yards per game.

But McDonald无毛视频檚 finally realizing his potential now, and inspiring teammates by the way he does it.

无毛视频淚 don无毛视频檛 get to see it until we come back and watch film,无毛视频� Pouncey said. 无毛视频淭hen we see some of the things he does like knocking guys down, hitting one guy and going to the next guy. Man, if Vance stays healthy, he无毛视频檚 going to be one of those guys people talk about for a long time.无毛视频�

NOTES: Roethlisberger had a sparkle in his eyes while talking about how good he无毛视频檚 feeling coming out of the bye week. 无毛视频淚 feel better, especially my knees,无毛视频� he said. 无毛视频淚无毛视频檝e had a couple knee surgeries and for those not to have fluid on them or have to ice them every day is really beneficial.无毛视频� 无毛视频� Morgan Burnett missed the last four games with a groin injury, but returned to practice Wednesday. Teammate Mike Hilton confirmed that Burnett played the dime linebacker spot that had been previously manned by 188-pound cornerback Cam Sutton. Burnett is a 209-pound safety. 无毛视频� L.J. Fort (ankle) was also a full participant, but TE Xavier Grimble (concussion) and WR Darrius Heyward-Bey (ankle) were limited.