For WR Diontae Johnson, It’s a “next man up” and a “step up” mentality in order to replace JuJu Smith-Schuster, lost for the season after suffering a shoulder injury in Sunday’s win to the Denver Broncos. Speaking with reporters on a Zoom call Monday, Johnson described what the feeling of the room is without Smith-Schuster in it.
“It’s football at the end of the day,” he said via Steelers.com. “Injuries are going to happen and it’s next man up. So whoever is vying, you gotta step up. Ray-Ray, you gotta step up. And that’s how it’s always been.