Is JuJu Sending Signals?
The Miami Dolphins have been connected to a lot of pending free agent wide receivers these past few weeks, one of them being JuJu Smith-Schuster.
If folks are inclined to read into things and caught wind of social media freeze frames, maybe Smith-Schuster sent out a strong signal Wednesday night that he wouldn't mind ending up in Miami himself.
Smith-Schuster used social media to connect with fans while he was playing a video game and he did so with the tag MARCH 17, FREE MAN.
March 17, of course, is the date the 2021 NFL league year starts, which is when unrestricted free agents are free to officially sign with another team.
The character that Smith-Schuster was controlling in the game was captured wearing a Dolphins jersey with the number 19. So there's that.
But here's the thing: Smith-Schuster also wore jerseys from other teams during the two-hour-plus twitch event, including the Green Bay Packers, the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and even his current team, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The bottom line is that Smith-Schuster seems to be relishing the idea of his pending free agency.
And that also is not to say that the Dolphins won't eventually sign Smith-Schuster, who will be one of the many interesting options should Miami use free agency to upgrade the wide receiver position.
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Smith-Schuster finished the 2020 season with 97 catches and nine touchdowns, though he averaged only 8.6 yards per reception as the Steelers turned to a quick-passing offense.
A second-round pick in the 2017 draft, Smith-Schuster had a huge season in 2018 when he caught 111 passes for 1,426 yards and seven touchdowns and earned his first and only Pro Bowl invitation.
He had a 97-yard touchdown in each of his first two seasons.
We discussed Smith-Schuster at length in an earlier post.
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Alain Poupart has covered the Miami Dolphins on a full-time basis since 1989 as an editor for Dolphin Digest, write for miamidolphins.com and now publisher of SI All Dolphins. You can follow him on Twitter at @apoupartFins.
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