As Saints’ defensive lineman Sheldon Rankins stripped Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster with less than a minute remaining in Sunday’s contest, just about every football fan had the same reaction. It wasn’t necessarily joy for the Saints clinching the NFC’s No. 1 seed. Nor was it exactly a bemoaning of the Steelers for squandering a shot a solidifying their playoff chances. Nope. There was a collective “No! Not JuJu!” shouted across social media as the wideout coughed up the ball.
Smith-Schuster’s reaction on the sideline said it all.
Giants star wideout Odell Beckham Jr. was among the most prominent to console Smith-Schuster over Twitter.