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JuJu Smith-Schuster Says Slot More Mentally Demanding Than Playing Outside

One of Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster’s favorite topics to discuss this offseason has been the differences between playing in the slot and on the outside, and that he expected to get more playing time on the outside than he has had the opportunity to in recent years.

The fifth-year veteran recently sat down with Jim Rome—while promoting some Snickers thing I’m not interested in, to explain his latest media barrage—to talk about a number of subjects, but he also went into why he believes playing in the slot is a more draining assignment.

Mentally, it’s tough.