While I don’t think that JuJu Smith-Schuster would ever had previously been mistaken as a premiere deep threat—not to say that he can’t make plays down the field, as he certainly has—the fourth-year wide receiver’s evident transformation in 2020 into a downlow, dirty-work possession target has been really quite something to witness.
Just consider the fact that, through his first three seasons in the league and his first 211 reception, the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver averaged a pretty robust 13.7 yards per reception. On 39 receptions so far in seven games of the 2020 season, he is averaging 8.