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Juju Smith-Schuster

WR, Steelers

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Juju posted elite fantasy numbers last season as the second-best receiver in his offense. Now that Antonio Brown is out of the picture, Juju is going to be the focal point of the Steelers passing game and should lead the league in targets. The thought of combining Smith-Schuster's catches and yards with Antonio Brown's touchdown production from last year is mind-boggling. He didn't score a ton of touchdowns last year, but that was because he had a ton of catches where he was tackled inside the five-yard line, so if he can get some more of those in and get Antonio Brown's red-zone targets from last year, he will be in the discussion to lead the league in receiving touchdowns. Many people make the argument that Juju won't be as productive this year because he will be double-covered now that he is the number one receiver in the Steelers, but in games that Antonio Brown has not played, Juju has averaged 6.67 catches for 85 yards and one touchdown. That would give him 107 catches for 1,360 and 16 touchdowns over the course of one season. With Brown on the field, he would have 92 catches for 1,258 yards and seven touchdowns, so he is obviously a lot better when Brown is off the field. Juju wouldn't be affected by double-coverage because in the NFL, double-coverage is primarily executed by having a cornerback on the receiver with safety help, but Juju is more of a slot receiver, so the safety won't be able to help and Juju won't be affected, so this argument doesn't make sense. Overall, Juju has the ceiling of the top receiver in fantasy and the floor of around what we saw last year, so he is worth drafting is the second round.​

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