JuJu Smith-Schuster receiving interest from Raiders

Quarterback isn’t the one place that might see some main motion on this NFL offseason. Not less than one high-profile huge receiver may very well be altering franchises through free company this yr.

In response to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, Pittsburgh Steelers huge receiver Juju Smith-Schuster may very well be headed out west. Though the Steelers want to preserve Smith-Schuster round, Fowler expects the Las Vegas Raider to make a push to signal him. The Raiders’ entrance workplace loves Smith-Schuster’s sport, and he can be one other weapon for quarterback Derek Carr.

“JuJu Smith-Schuster, let’s go together with the Las Vegas Raiders,” Fowler stated on SportsCenter. “I feel the Steelers could have productive talks with him, attempt to preserve Smith-Schuster. Large Ben would love him again. However I do know the Raiders like his sport, his toughness. They may add a brand new dimension there. Smith-Schuster can do plenty of various things on offense with Derek Carr and that assault.”

Smith-Schuster himself has already laid out what he’s in search of in a brand new contract. In a conversation with ‘The Doug Gottlieb Show,’ Smith-Schuster stated he desires to land with a perennial playoff contender with the wage cap area to pay him what he believes he’s price.

“I’m at all times about successful,” Smith-Schuster stated. “I need to be on a workforce that’s preventing and competing for the playoffs yearly. So far as the enterprise facet and the cash, I need to be paid for what I’m price. Clearly for what I do for the workforce significantly.”

Close to the top of January, McAfee mentioned the notion of Smith-Schuster basically wanting out of Pittsburgh for an even bigger market. Smith-Schuster quoted the McAfee tweet, capturing down these rumors.

“Sources inform me that is fully 100% false lol,” Smith-Schuster wrote on Twitter.

After exploding for a large season with the Steelers in 2018, Smith-Schuster hasn’t been in a position to recapture that magic. An harm hampered the huge receiver in 2019, and the 2020 season was a irritating one for the complete Pittsburgh offense. Final fall, Smith-Schuster caught 97 passes for 831 yards and 9 touchdowns, which was a profession excessive.

Since being drafted out of USC by the Steelers within the 2017 NFL Draft, Smith-Schuster has totaled 308 receptions for 3,726 yards and 26 touchdowns.