Scotty Miller Praises Russell Wilson’s Vintage Moon Ball

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson recently trained with Steelers wide receivers Quez Watkins and Scotty Miller at UCLA. In addition, Wilson’s former teammate in Seattle wide receiver DK Metcalf was also at the workout session.

Steelers running back Najee Harris also recently attended workouts with Wilson in Southern California.

During an appearance on the Green Light podcast with former Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammate Beau Allen, Miller raved about Russell Wilson’s vintage moon ball.

“[Wilson] is a super hard worker. He’s known for that deep ball,” Miller said. “You see him with [Tyler] Lockett, with DK [Metcalf], over and over again. First day when we came to work and we were throwing deep balls, I was just like, ‘Wow, this is amazing.’ He floats i so high up in the air and every time it just falls right in the breadbasket. For a guy like me, you couldn’t ask for anything more.”

Miller has been impressed with Justin Fields’ deep ball, as well.

“Also, Justin has a great deep ball. Can make plays outside the pocket. So, you kind of have the best of both worlds there,” he said.

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Miller is one of four offensive players that followed Arthur Smith to Pittsburgh this offseason. Miller, Cordarrelle Patterson, Van Jefferson and MyCole Pruitt all followed their former head coach to the Steel City and according to most of them, it is for a job, but more importantly it is to help mentor the other players on Smith’s playbook.

“Just trying to help out as much that I can,” Miller told reporters at Steelers minicamp in June. “In the meeting, any questions that they might have about the small little details. You might not think they matter too much but they are a huge detail within every single play so just trying to help out in any way that I can, especially with the offense.”

Miller is 5-foot-9 and 174-pounds. With the Falcons last season, he was the No. 5 wide receiver option in terms of targets. Miller played in all 17 games and was targeted just 16 times, catching 11 of them for 161 yards and two touchdowns. The last time that Miller was a featured piece in an offense was for Tom Brady and the Buccaneers in 2020 when he hauled in 33 passes for 501 yards.

Despite his small stature, Miller has spent most of his career playing outside receiver, and not in the slot. The Steelers have a need for an outside receiver to pair with George Pickens, though Miller’s history does not suggest he would be a better option than already-signed Van Jefferson for that role.

One of the main reasons that Miller chose the Steelers in free agency was due to his familiarity with Smith’s offense.

“That was one of the best things about coming here was that it made the transition super easy for me,” Miller said. “I came in day one just pretty much knowing everything, it is the same verbiage that we used in Atlanta.”