No wide receiver in the NFL has been more impressive out of the slot so far during this young season than has Pittsburgh Steelers second-year player JuJu Smith-Schuster, who according to Pro Football Focus led the league in yardage from out of the slot entering Sunday’s games—and it wasn’t that close.
Through the Steelers’ first two games, Smith-Schuster accumulated 207 yards when lined up in the slot on 12 receptions off of 19 targets, which also included his two-yard touchdown last week. That is two thirds of his 18 receptions in the year, and over 86 percent of his 240 total receiving yards.