Our wide receiver corps

[Slaine]

The depth chart as of today on steelers.com is:

[table="width: 500"]
[tr]
[td]James Washington[/td]
[td]JuJu Smith-Schuster[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Johnny Holton[/td]
[td]Diontae Johnson[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Deon Cain[/td]
[td]Tevin Jones[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

I've been really impressed with the in-season pick ups that we made and how they've contributed. They have decent size and athleticism and I'm hoping that they translate into something good for this team so that we don't have to draft a WR in the 3rd round every year.

Obviously I don't want to get carried away with guys that have a total of six receptions in three games but the important thing for me is that when their number has been called they've come up with a play.

And just to be clear - I'm not talking about Holton (catch rate 14% per football outsiders)

What's your view on the current corps once JuJu is healthy again?

 

[Litos]

The depth chart as of today on steelers.com is:

[table="width: 500"]
[tr]
[td]James Washington[/td]
[td]JuJu Smith-Schuster[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Johnny Holton[/td]
[td]Diontae Johnson[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Deon Cain[/td]
[td]Tevin Jones[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

I've been really impressed with the in-season pick ups that we made and how they've contributed. They have decent size and athleticism and I'm hoping that they translate into something good for this team so that we don't have to draft a WR in the 3rd round every year.

Obviously I don't want to get carried away with guys that have a total of six receptions in three games but the important thing for me is that when their number has been called they've come up with a play.

And just to be clear - I'm not talking about Holton (catch rate 14% per football outsiders)

What's your view on the current corps once JuJu is healthy again?

I think deion Cain is like having an extra 5th rounder, the kid has talent and will help us not have to spend a pick at WR next draft.
Juju, Washington, DJ as top 3 plus Cain and Jones is a pretty young but talented and full of potential group

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[TDX27]

I posted a threat about the WR's after the game. They are definitely stepping up and when JuJu is healthy, the team could be that much better as they now have options across from him or they could even put JuJu back in the slot where he excelled so much last year. I definitely would not put Holton on the field unless absolutely necessary. Teams know he is terrible and that we run 90% of the time he is on the field. He is very good as a gunner on special teams but terrible as a WR. Cain and Jones are much better.