Ben Roethlisberger is on pace to shatter the team record for passing yards and touchdown passes in a season.
Not bad for a guy working without a true No. 3 receiver.
While Antonio Brown and JuJu Smith-Schuster are both on pace for 100-catch, 1,000-yard seasons, the Steelers have spent the season searching for a third receiver to complement that duo.
At times, it's been tight ends Jesse James or Vance McDonald. At others, it's been rookie James Washington, at least in terms of snaps on the field, Justin Hunter or return man Ryan Switzer.
But none of that group have firmly taken a grasp of the spot. That's why Wednesday's news that Eli Rogers returned to practice was welcomed by the Steelers, who host the Chargers Sunday night at Heinz Field.
Rogers began the season on the PUP list after suffering a torn ACL in the team's Jan. 14 playoff loss. The Steelers now have 21 days to watch him practice and decide whether to put him on the 53-man roster or place him on season-ending injured reserve.
"I've been blessed. I'm thankful," Rogers told me. "It feels great. I never take this for granted. It definitely feels great to be back with my team."
Where Rogers might fit into the equation remains to be seen.
Switzer, who was acquired in a trade with Oakland just prior to the start of the regular season, has assumed many of Rogers' former duties as a return man and slot receiver.
He had a career-high six catches for 67 yards on eight targets in last Sunday's 24-17 loss at Denver and has caught 27 passes for 214 yards and one touchdown this season.
That is because the past two weeks the Steelers have moved Smith-Schuster more on the outside the past two week. Smith-Shuster has run 53 percent and 24 percent of his routes from the slot the past two games after 78.3 percent prior.
"(He's a) tough little bugger," Ben Roethlisberger said of the 5-foot-8, 185-pound Switzer. "He makes a lot of plays, gets hit a lot, but just doesn't make the same mistake twice."
Roethlisberger once had that same relationship with Rogers.
In 2016, Rogers caught 48 passes for 594 yards and three touchdowns. But with Martavis Bryant back from a year-long suspension last season and the the emergence of Smith-Schuster in his rookie year, Rogers saw his playing time diminish, especially after a key muffed punt in a loss at Chicago.
But he did manage 18 receptions for 149 yards and one touchdown. Then, he added five catches for 42 yards in the playoff loss to the Jaguars before being injured late in the game.
That would be more impactful than what Washington has provided for the Steelers. A second-round pick drafted to help replace Bryant after he was traded to Oakland, Washington has managed just eight receptions for 77 yards and one touchdown.
He was targeted three times by Roethlisberger against the Broncos and failed to come up with any of them, including a play midway through the third quarter on which he got behind the Denver defense but left his feet to attempt to make the catch and lost the ball when he contacted the ground.
Roethlisberger was critical of the rookie on his weekly radio show, saying he needed to just continue running on that play and it would have been a touchdown.
Now in his 15th season, Roethlisberger hasn't been afraid to be critical of his receivers in recent years, including Brown.
"Being around for a long time, dealing with a lot of different players, you have to know how to motivate guys in different ways and I think that is part of being a leader, being a captain, just understanding players," Roethlisberger said of his willingness to do that. "Sometimes you just grab them off to the side and sometimes you have to be honest with them. I think I’ve earned the right to do that with as long as I’ve been here. I’ll be just as critical on myself, as well (and) in front of you guys, as well."
How important is finding another receiver to complement Brown and Smith-Schuster?
Consider this: Roethlisberger has attempted 387 passes to his receivers and tight ends this season. Of those, 230 (59.4 percent) have been to Brown or Smith-Schuster. He has completed 147 of those passes, good for 63.9 percent.
He has attempted 157 passes to the team's other receivers and tight ends, completing 67.5 percent of those.
"It feels like we have a bunch of No. 1 receivers," Roethlisberger said. "I’d put James Conner in there. Vance McDonald, Switz, Ju, A.B. So, I’d put a lot of them as number ones."
He might feel that way, but the reality is that hasn't been the case.
McDonald, for example, has just three games in which he's topped 50 yards receiving this season. And he's nursing a hip injury this week.
And while Conner has 49 receptions for 453 yards out of the backfield, he has topped 50 receiving yards just four times and has served mostly as a safety-valve option.
As for Washington, he's caught just nine of the 25 passes with which he's been targeted.
"When I got drafted, I knew it wouldn't be easy," Washington said. "Whether it's college or high school, you have to go through adversity. That's what I'm going through right now."
Another threat to keep the chains moving and take some pressure off Brown and Smith-Schuster could be useful. That's where Rogers feels he can make an impact -- if and when he gets back on the field.
"I was born ready," Rogers told me. "It's up to them whenever I get activated, however that goes.
"What can I add? Being an older player now and an older guy in this system, I think I have some experience at the wide receiver position, whether it's in the slot or the outside. I've been in this system long enough now that I know what I'm doing."