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Juju Smith-Schuster Profile: Was it Big Ben's Fault? (06/05 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Fantasy Football Today

CBS Sports

Sports, Football

4.68.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

We know Juju Smith-Schuster has struggled over the past two seasons, but how much of that is on him and how much of that was on the Steelers offense? Jacob Gibbs attempts to answer those questions. 

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0:00.0

Let's break down what looks like the number one wide receiver on the Kansas City Chiefs

0:08.6

Juju Smith Schuster.

0:09.9

And right now, as we talk about him on Fantasy Football today in 5, looking at average

0:14.4

draft position.

0:15.9

Since May 1st, Juju Smith Schuster is a little bit lower than I thought he'd be, 71st

0:19.8

overall wide receiver 31.

0:21.9

I'm Adam Azer, I'm joined by Jacob Gibbs of sportsline.com.

0:25.4

So what did you see when you looked into the metrics?

0:28.0

I started with the types of routes that Juju runs.

0:30.1

We know the A-dots been a lot lower lately.

0:32.2

He's changed a little bit over the course of his career.

0:35.8

But in terms of his route tree, what can you tell us about Juju Smith Schuster?

0:39.4

Yeah, it's definitely important to start with the route tree to just contextualize what

0:43.6

has happened because early in his career, this is a guy who's averaging over two yards

0:48.1

per hour run and then last year, average 0.88.

0:51.7

It's been really one of the most dramatic drop-offs we've ever seen.

0:56.2

And a lot of it does have to do with his route tree.

0:58.4

I mean, what we've seen from him and the way Pisserie is using him is really more like

1:03.5

what we would expect from a tight end.

1:06.1

And less what we'd expect from a receiver.

1:07.6

He's running to dead last among qualified receivers in average route depth and average

1:13.0

depth of target over the past two years.

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