Talk about NFL Network insider @RapSheet says the #Steelers have been in contact with the JuJu Smith-Schuster team. The team wants him back, but JuJu will see what’s going on in FA first. #Steelers
– SteelerNation (@SteeIerNation) March 12, 2021
According to NFL reporter Ian Rapoport, the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster want to return and have been in touch with his team about a new contract.
This situation sounds like a case where the Steelers front office is going to number Smith-Schuster in terms of a contract, let him go out to test his worth in free agency and he can either sign somewhere else or Pittsburgh will welcome him with open arms.
However, it will be interesting to see if Smith-Schuster gets a fair deal from the Steelers if he even goes to the trouble of looking elsewhere. He’s made it clear he wants to be in Pittsburgh this off-season, so this could be a rare opportunity with loyalty and a strange salary ceiling situation coming together to bring some luck to Pittsburgh.