If there is one thing that has lagged behind in terms of the special teams units under Danny Smith for the Pittsburgh Steelers, it would be the return units. Especially the kick return group. The Steelers were toward the bottom of the league in average starting field position from kickoffs last season, though JuJu Smith-Schuster showed some potential there. I guess that’s what you would call a touchdown.
But with Smith-Schuster emerging as a starter, the team was clearly looking to go another way, and also have continued to search high and low for that elusive Anybody-But-Antonio–Brown Guy on punt returns.