There seems to be a lot of skepticism, even pessimism, about JuJu Smith-Schuster, at least within a certain segment of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ fan base. There are even those who have overly concerned themselves with how much time he spends on social media, and have convinced themselves that it means he’s not working hard enough at his game.
His numbers last season don’t help anything. He caught just 42 passes for 552 yards and three touchdowns, numbers that represent a precipitous drop, even from what he put up during his rookie season.
But those numbers came wit ha series of asterisks, including the loss of Antonio Brown, the injury of Ben Roethlisberger, and his own injuries that he dealt with, including a knee injury that cost him a full quarter of the season.