In their Week 3 matchup on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET, WR Quentin Johnston and the Los Angeles Chargers square off against the Pittsburgh Steelers, who sport the 15th-ranked pass defense in the NFL (184 receiving yards allowed per game).

Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Quentin Johnston had about as bad a rookie season imaginable. The 2023 first-round pick played 65% of the team's snaps, but managed just 38 receptions for 431 yards and two touchdowns -- even after the Chargers lost Mike Williams for the season and then Keenan Allen for the home stretch.

The feelings crept in, slowly, menacingly. Quentin Johnston is human, after all. Down the stretch of last season and into the offseason, the criticism — some of it warranted, some of it not — was unavoidable.