The Pittsburgh Steelers should want to bring back JuJu Smith-Schuster. If the cap and finances allow it, the team probably will. But Smith-Schuster won’t be cheap. And if he puts pen to paper to remain a Steeler, the way Pittsburgh uses him will have to change.
That’s not to say what Smith-Schuster did in 2020 wasn’t valuable. It was. He was the Steelers’ go-to guy in any high-leverage moment. Third down, red zone, whenever Ben Roethlisberger scrambled, Smith-Schuster was often the intended receiver. He came up with clutch catches, fought for extra yards, and bounced back from an injury-plagued 2019 season.