The Steelers turned out with Jonnu Smith after a search for a playmaker, but is he the team’s second receiver? “Receiver” doesn’t, of course, have to mean “wide receiver”, but rather one who catches passes. While we may understand that definition, that doesn’t make it Smith’s role for the Steelers.
He does have the recent background for it, though. Last season with the Dolphins, he caught 88 passes for 884 yards and 8 touchdowns. Those are better numbers than basically anybody with the Steelers put up with last year in Arthur Smith’s debut season. In fact, nobody in Pittsburgh has produced at least eight receiving touchdowns since Diontae Johnson in 2021.