Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. mad a huge play late in Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns, but it sounds like the veteran wishes quarterback Gardner Minshew would have looked his way more often.
Pittman caught a pass over the middle late in the fourth quarter and broke a couple of tackles en route to a 75-yard touchdown. The score gave the Colts a lead with 5:38 remaining, but they lost 39-38 when they failed to stop Kareem Hunt on 4th-and-goal at the end of the game.
Pittman finished with 83 yards and a touchdown, which many would consider a productive day. However, he had just one catch other than his 75-yard score and was targeted a total of 5 times. He admitted he was frustrated after the game.
“They just didn’t target me today, for whatever reason, via Nate Atkins of The Indianapolis Star. “Maybe I’m not a big part of the offense. … It was frustrating. I was frustrated. I was just trying to keep my composure to myself and not try to project that onto anybody else.”
Pittman added that he views himself as a big-play threat and is “just trying to show the coaches that I’m out there, too.”
Rookie wide receiver Josh Downs led the Colts on Sunday with 5 catches for 125 yards and a touchdown on 6 targets. Pittman still leads Indianapolis with 42 receptions for 489 yards on the season. He also drew a whopping 14 targets and had 9 catches in last week’s loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
If you go by the numbers, the Colts have called Pittman’s number quite a bit this season. The former USC star, who is in the final year of his contract, obviously feels he could be doing more.
