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Tomlin Not Ruling Out Smith-Schuster For Sunday’s Wild Card Game

Steelers’ Nation got some good news Thursday afternoon with the team announcing WR JuJu Smith-Schuster returned to practice. Though he remains on injured reserve and his odds of playing Sunday night against the Chiefs aren’t high, Mike Tomlin isn’t ruling him out completely. That’s what he told reporters following Thursday’s practice via ESPN’s Brooke Pryor.

Mike Tomlin didn’t have many specifics on JuJu Smith-Schuster, but he also didn’t rule him out for Sunday. He said Thursday’s practice is “a start.”

— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) January 13, 2022

As her tweet notes, Tomlin called Smith-Schuster’s return “a start.