I know nobody wants to hear it, but the Steelers decision to draft Chase Claypool may stretch beyond what he brings to the table in a closing Super Bowl window. It’s entirely possible that the plan could be for him to be JuJu Smith-Schuster’s eventual replacement.
Ed Bouchette, who covers the Pittsburgh Steelers for The Athletic, recently expressed that he thinks Pittsburgh will allow JuJu to walk after the 2020 season. In addition, Pittsburgh radio personality, Mark Madden, stated recently that JuJu won’t be on the team after this year:
There are several reasons to believe this could be accurate.