Washington Redskins wide receiver Steven Sims would like to model his career after a former Carolina Panthers and Baltimore Ravens standout, Steve Smith.
Sims is listed at 5-foot-10 and 176 pounds and he was told by his agent that Smith was the only “small” wide receiver who Ron Rivera ever coached. Although that isn't exactly true, Rivera did seem to favor bigger wide receivers.
Sims said it's not a bad thing, but he is just using it as motivation to try and get better heading into the 2020 season. Even though Sims is smaller in size, he believes he can be a standout wide receiver for the Redskins, per Sam Fortier of The Washington Post (via Pro Football Talk's Josh Alper):
“It wasn’t a bad talk … It was right after we signed [Cody] Latimer, right after the draft. It was like, “[Rivera] brought in bigger bodies. I was like, ‘Okay, that’s what he likes.’ I’m not saying I’m on the cut block. I’m just saying: ‘Be different. Be another Steve Smith.’ He started off the same guy. They only thought he was going to be a returner, and he’s a [potential] Hall of Famer … He was a small guy who played big. He wasn’t going to limit himself to being 5-foot-9.”
Sims was mostly used as a returner early in the 2019 season. However, late in the year, he found some success with Dwayne Haskins in the Redskins offense. In his last five games, Sims caught four touchdowns, a sign that he can be a solid wide receiver for Washington during the 2020 season.
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