It feels like it’s been forever since the Pittsburgh Steelers have returned a kickoff for a touchdown. Mostly because it has been forever, the last occurring in 2017 when JuJu Smith-Schuster ran one back 96 yards in the regular season finale against the Cleveland Browns.
For the past five seasons, the Steelers haven’t found the end zone again. They’ve come close, Steven Sims ran out of gas about ten yards shy last season, but no one’s crossed over the goal line since Smith-Schuster.
With the NFL reducing the number of kickoffs with their recent “fair catch” rule, allowing return men to fair catch the ball at say, the one yard-line, and get it at their 25, it’s fair to wonder when the Steelers will ever make their way back to the end zone.