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Nearly three days after the fieldwork offer period, there was little or no news regarding offers to free agent JuJu Smith-Schuster.
The Steelers’ 2018 MVP, Smith-Schuster, has completed his rookie contract and can be signed by any team.
Clearly, he has not received an offer he likes. Since his name did not even come up, it indicates that teams were aware of his contractual expectations, and that no one was willing to give him whatever he might be looking for.
The challenge in paying Smith-Schuster comes from the fact that he is a No. 2 recipient. So if he gets something like $ 18 million a year from a new team, the team’s number 1 receiver will immediately want more, unless it’s a team with a player on a rookie contract who has yet to do it again. does not become.
The fact that Smith-Schuster had a chance to win the no. Being the No. 1 receiver in Pittsburgh after the departure of Antonio Brown in 2019, makes it even clearer that Smith-Schuster will not be joining a team as No. 1.
Speaking of Brown, Smith-Schuster was recently asked in a podcast appearance to name someone he would bring in. Smith-Schuster said Brown. Like Smith-Schuster, Brown is a free agent and his name has yet to appear in the free agency.
Before free agency, there were conversations that connected Smith-Schuster with the Raiders and the Jets. The Raiders signed John Brown, and the Jets signed Corey Davis. It remains to be seen whether those teams or anyone else will make a turn at Smith-Schuster.
Eventually, he may have to sign a one-year deal and try to get the payday he is looking for next year if the limit rises.