To come into the league and be able to play the number two role alongside a wide receiver as talented as Antonio Brown, as Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster got to experience over the course of his first two seasons in the league, can be a blessing and a curse.
Even in Brown’s shadow, Smith-Schuster’s talent was able to shine through, in no small part because of that shadow that Brown casts. He consistent draws the attention of the defense, requiring them to put two or even three players on assignment on any given play to cover him, which leaves others in single coverage as a result.