The topic of the slot receiver coming into 2022 has been a heavily debated topic for much of the offseason. Dave Bryan and Alex Kozora have mentioned numerous times on The Terrible Podcast that Chase Claypool should likely be moved from the outside Z receiver position into the slot to capitalize on his size and athletic prowess against slot corners and linebackers/safeties, being a better fit there in the big slot role that JuJu Smith-Schuster played the last couple years rather than on the outside where he tends to struggle stacking outside corners vertically.
When training camp practice kicked off at Saint Vincent College this week, Steelers Depot’s very own Alex Kozora mentioned that Claypool was indeed lining up more in the slot with the first team offense.