The Pittsburgh Steelers typically field a great offense. Despite losing wide receiver Antonio Brown in the offseason, the team is set to continue the tradition.
Third-year pass-catcher JuJu Smith-Schuster is expected to take on more responsibility in 2019. Part of that responsibility is taking on double-teams, and head coach Mike Tomlin believes he can do it.
“He’s used to that, he faced double teams a year ago. A lot of people [are] capable of doubling two people on possession-like situations. That was often a tactic that was employed against us a year ago where they doubled him and Antonio [Brown]. Him facing double teams particularly in situational football is not anything new. That’s why it’s important to strengthen ourselves as a collective unit then we are simply going to distribute the ball where the coverage tells us to and know that JuJu is going to get his opportunity to be impactful in the long run.” Tomlin said to Pro Football Talk.
Smith-Schuster definitely earned his respect last year. He notched 1,426 receiving yards to go along with seven touchdowns. There was lots of speculation on if the former USC Trojan would be able to replicate his production without the mercurial Brown to take the pressure off.
Tomlin clearly thinks Smith-Schuster is capable of it, but the season is not off to a hot start for him.
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