SPREAD 'EM OUT, SPREAD IT AROUND: Maybe the wide receivers and tight ends are happy, in part, because they know the ball is bound to come to them eventually given how often the Steelers are throwing it.
"We talk about that all the time in practice, if we're in the right spot he's going to put the ball where it needs to be and we just need to make plays on it," Johnson said.
Johnson's 100-yard game was his second in a row and the second of his career.
Wide receiver Chase Claypool and tight end Eric Ebron caught touchdown passes from Roethlisberger.
Wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster leads the team in receptions (58) and trails Johnson by 2 yards for the team lead in that department (537-535).
Claypool's receiving TD was his eighth of the season and 10th overall.
It came from an empty set that included wide receivers Johnson, Ray-Ray McCloud and Smith-Schuster and Ebron at tight end on second-and-7 from the Jacksonville 31-yard line.
The Steelers have been particularly combustible when operating out of such formations ever since their second-half comeback on Nov. 1 against the Ravens at Baltimore.
"We feel like we have a lot of looks," Roethlisberger said of the empty-set approach. "We have a lot of different ways that we can move guys around and put them in different spots.
"I have to give those guys a lot of credit because we put them in different spots and they just respond and do what they're supposed to do and they make plays. The kudos goes to the skill guys in that."
Added Johnson: "We're very confident because we've got guys who can make plays and whatnot all across the field. We're just a special group. We like to make each other better. I feel confident because we have a quarterback that knows what he's doing back there, and he's been back there for a long time, so we trust him to put us in the right positions and we're going to make plays for him."
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