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How Steelers rookie Diontae Johnson is emerging as 'a young JuJu'

PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner doesn’t have an official No. 2 wide receiver.

He doesn’t believe in numerically labeling his receivers.

He does, though, believe in having superheroes.

“You look across the league, and everyone has to have at least one Superman and one Batman,” Fichtner said. “It’d be nice to have two Supermen.”

With the departure of Antonio Brown, JuJu Smith-Schuster is one Superman heir apparent, but the other is still writing his origin story.

Halfway through his rookie season, Diontae Johnson is emerging as the other half of the Steelers' next dominant wide receiver duo.