JuJu Smith-Schuster hangs up his dancing shoes

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There might be no extra on-field dancing for Steelers large receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster.

Smith-Schuster earned the ire of opposing players within the final two weeks for making social media movies of himself dancing on the midfield logos of opposing groups earlier than video games. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin mentioned on Tuesday that he didn’t suppose the dancing was a “reliable” motivating issue for opposing groups, however that he would communicate to Smith-Schuster about it as a result of it was a matter of respect.

On Wednesday, Smith-Schuster advised reporters that he’ll discontinue the dancing. He mentioned he didn’t really feel it was disrespectful, however that it has grow to be a distraction for the crew and he’ll cease doing it in consequence.

“For the betterment of myself and my teammates, I’m going to stop dancing on the logos,” Smith-Schuster mentioned, by way of Brian Batko of the Pittsburgh Put up-Gazette.

Anybody who has watched the final three Steelers video games is aware of that the explanations for his or her dropping streak lengthen manner past something that goes on lengthy earlier than kickoff, however, as Smith-Schuster famous, it had grow to be one thing for the crew to cope with at a second when their focus must be on fixing what’s improper as soon as the sport will get underway.