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Ike Taylor describes Steelers’ rookie Chase Claypool as ‘Lebron James playing receiver’

On Wednesday, I was given the privilege along with Brian Anthony Davis to have an exclusive interview with Steelers’ legend Ike Taylor. Discussing a number of topics related to the 2020 Steelers, Taylor was asked to compare several of the Steelers’ receivers to someone who they reminded him of. After comparing JuJu Smith-Schuster to Hines Ward and Diontae Johnson to Santonio Holmes, Taylor was unable to find a comparison for James Washington. Instead, he called the Steelers third-year receiver “country strong” before following it up with “grandpa strong.