Robert Woods embraces the comparison, and why wouldn’t he? The Pittsburgh Steelers’ newest veteran wide receiver is surely familiar with the franchise leader in all major receiving categories.

Now, the Steelers receiver is hoping to follow franchise icon Hines Ward’s footsteps. “Hines was getting involved in the blocking,” Woods said, via The Athletic’s Mike DeFabo.

Woods said he’s always watched the Steelers from afar and, in some ways, modeled his game after Hines Ward. Wearing No. 16, he joked that he has one half of Ward’s old No. 86 jersey.

Steelers' Robert Woods Hoping To Follow Hines Ward's Footsteps originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Pittsburgh Steelers willingly made themselves less talented on offense when they traded ...

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Officials in Washington, D.C., have selected Hines, the Houston-based investment and development giant, to quarterback a major mixed-use district project in the northern outskirts of the nation’s ...

This summary is reviewed by TRD Staff. Hines has overcome a second appeal to construct a 13-story, 435,000-square-foot office building at 2045 East Violet Street in the Arts District of Downtown ...