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The Pittsburgh Steelers know they can't replace Antonio Brown but that isn't stopping the players in the wide receiver room from trying to replace his numbers. New wide receiver Donte Moncrief said everyone is pushing to get better every day and it has brought out some healthy competition.
“Everybody’s pushing each other — you got a drop, you’ve got 10 push-ups,” new wide receiver Donte Moncrief said, via Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com. “Everybody’s trying to bring energy . . . Make plays, don’t come out here lagging . . . I feel like everybody’s going to be able to help. Everyone’s ready to play. Everybody knows JuJu is going to get a lot of attention. We have to be able to help him out, take some double-teams away and beat man so the defense has to cover everybody.”
Most are expecting that it will be JuJu Smith-Schuster will be the one to take over most of the production it can't be just one guy who the rest of the players like Moncrief also need to do their part.
In 2017 when Brown missed a few games Big Ben completed passes to nine different players and that is probably how the offense will look this year. The team also hopes that James Washington and rookie Dionte Johnson will also be key parts in the offense.
They are both young guys, but they have the potential to take over that second or third wide receiver spot, all they need to do is produce consistently throughout the season. As the off-season continues, look for these battles to heat up even more.
