Speaking on NFL Network insider @RapSheet says that the #Steelers have been in contact with JuJu Smith-Schuster’s team. Team wants him back, but JuJu will get to see what’s out there in FA first. #Steelers
— SteelerNation (@SteeIerNation) March 12, 2021
According to NFL reporter Ian Rapoport, the Pittsburgh Steelers want wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster back and have been in contact with his team about a new contract.
This situation sounds like a case where the Steelers front office is going to give Smith-Schuster a number in terms of a contract, let him go out and test his value in free agency and he can either sign elsewhere or Pittsburgh will welcome him back with open arms.
It will be interesting however, to see if Smith-Schuster gets a fair deal from the Steelers if he will even bother to look elsewhere. He’s made it clear this offseason he wants to be in Pittsburgh so this could be a rare occasion with loyalty and a strange salary-cap situation converge to work some good luck for Pittsburgh.