There were two immediate reactions from Steelers’ fans seeing the official news Saturday that WR JuJu Smith-Schuster had come off injured reserve and would play tonight against the Chiefs.
1. Hooray for JuJu.
2. Why did Corliss Waitman get released?
In his weekly Q&A with Steelers.com’s Bob Labriola, Mike Tomlin had an answer for the latter. According to him, the decision to keep Pressley Harvin III over Waitman came down with the comfort of Harvin’s ability to hold on field goals and extra points.
“The inclement weather conditions and the continuity that we had at the snap-hold-kick component of it was a part of the equation a week ago,” Tomlin told Labriola when asked why the team chose Harvin over Waitman last Sunday.