December 20, 2019 7:40 AM EET
The Pittsburgh Steelers might not have made it to the Super Bowl this year
Womens T. J. Watt Jersey , but that has not stopped JuJu Smith-Schuster from enjoying some of the festivities in Atlanta this week. In town to promote EA Sports Madden 19 among other brands, the young receiver was a popular guest along radio row on Wednesday, appearing on a number of national radio talk show to discuss the Steelers 2018 season.With Antonio Brown the main topic of conversation wherever he went, most of the radio show hosts essentially asked the same questions, with Smith-Schuster giving pretty much the same answers each time he spoke.While some website have written as many a five separate articles about the repetitive remarks from his interviews
JuJu Smith-Schuster Jersey White , the responses Smith-Schuster gave barely merit one. Doing his best to avoid any controversy, the second year receiver reiterated his desire to see both Brown and Le’Veon Bell back with Pittsburgh in 2019 and denied there was an animosity between him and AB over the MVP award.Believing the situation between Brown and the team can be fixed, Smith-Schuster clearly feels the Steelers are better with AB on the roster.Admitting that he thought about his fumble against the New Orleans Saints constantly, the Steelers leading receiver in 2018 believes his mistake cost Pittsburgh a playoff berth. Asked if the Steelers would have made the postseason if the fumble had not happened, Smith-Schuster was is no doubt about the significance of his mistake.And when asked about the images of Brown in a San Francisco 49ers uniform that AB had posted on Instagram
https://www.thesteelerslockerroom.com/authentic-juju-smith-schuster-jersey , Smith-Schuster would dismiss that as just “AB being AB.” Among the more notable comments from his all of his multiple interviews was the revelation that his knee was feeling good despite leaving the game early during the Pro Bowl on Sunday. As he told Shannon Sharpe on the Fox Sports show Undisputed.However. perhaps his most telling quote of the day might have been one of his final remarks from his interview on Undisputed. The leading receiver in the NFL over the last five seasons is available in a trade, and 28 teams have shown no interest at all.General Manager Kevin Colbert’s recent comments: Colbert said three teams have reached out to express interest in a trade for wide receiver Antonio Brown. Meaning 28 teams have not reached out.Brown has 576 catches over the last five seasons, by far the most of any wide receiver in the NFL. What does it say about Brown that Steelers owner Art Rooney II declared on January 10 that the Steelers were like to trade Brown, and as of February 22 only three teams had even bothered to pick up the phone and call the Steelers to ask what it would cost to acquire him?It says that teams think Brown is a problem in the locker room. It says that teams think Brown, who will turn 31 in July
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