Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Eli Rogers tangles with kicking net
Monday 26 December 2016 07:58, UK
Eli Rogers has become one of Ben Roethlisberger's favourite targets this season.
The wide receiver was an undrafted free agent, but signed a three-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2015. After spending his entire rookie season on injured reserve, Rogers has become the second choice pass-catcher for the Steelers, after Antonio Brown.
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Of Rogers' eight starts this season, his best performance came against the Baltimore Ravens in week nine, where he had 103 receiving yards.
He impressed once against the Steelers' AFC North division rivals, collecting 123 yards from the line of scrimmage. Thirty-nine of those came on a catch-and-run during the third quarter.
After securing the ball, Rogers accelerated away from defenders, before being pushed out of bounds at Baltimore's 26-yard line. With no room to slow down, he crashed into the kicking net, taking a tumble as he did so. Luckily for him and the Steelers, no-one was injured.
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Let's hope Odell Beckham Jr wasn't watching at the time. OBJ infamously has a love-hate relationship with the net, but last time we checked, he had proposed!
