Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster ruled out for rest of Week 5 matchup vs. Broncos with shoulder injury

It is a rollercoaster of a day for the Pittsburgh Steelers as they host the Denver Broncos in Week 5. They’ve gone from seeing flashes of prime Ben Roethlisberger by way of deep passes to some reminders of his ageing methods, however they’re engaged on pulling away from the Broncos going into halftime — figuring out there’s an opportunity they may should take the sphere within the second half with out broad receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster. 

The proficient younger wideout was helped off of the sphere after struggling what’s being labeled as a shoulder damage within the second quarter. He has now been ruled out after initially being listed as questionable to return.

The difficulty is made arguably worse by the actual fact Smith-Schuster did not go down on a receiving play, as he has solely been focused as soon as and has no catches on the day. It was on a handoff — his second of the day — whereby he went down laborious after he was taken down laborious by security Kareem Jackson.

Smith-Schuster hit NFL free company this previous offseason however waved off gives to affix different golf equipment, one being the Baltimore Ravens, to stay with the Steelers on a one-year deal price $8 million. He is principally taken a backseat to breakout star Chase Claypool and is trying to regain prime kind. However by means of the primary 4 video games of the season, he is mustered solely 129 mixed receiving yards with no touchdowns on simply 15 receptions (on 27 targets).

If he misses any time going ahead, his time with the Steelers will run headfirst into one other rocky season.

It is a creating story.