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JuJu Smith-Schuster says Chiefs, not Ravens, were his second choice

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Sammy Watkins believes Lamar Jackson has the talent to make receivers thrive in the Ravens' offense. Mike Florio and Chris Simms look at whether that'll happen with Watkins in Baltimore in 2021.

The Chiefs got involved late in the running for receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster. The recruiting effort, which included coach Andy Reid texting photos of a Lombardi Trophy, didn’t keep Smith-Schuster from returning to the Steelers. However, it apparently made the Chiefs the first runners up.

Via Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com, Smith-Schuster told Michael Irvin that the Chiefs, not the Ravens, were Smith-Schuster’s second choice. Apparently, Smith-Schuster wasn’t interested in playing receiver in an offense that doesn’t throw much to the receivers.

“Lamar [Jackson]'s a really, a heavy run offense with the backs that he has,” Smith-Schuster said. “I just, just point being facts. His No. 1 target was [Mark] Andrews, who’s a tight end.”

It’s possible that the Ravens really were Smith-Schuster’s second choice at the time, but now that he’s back on the Pittsburgh payroll he needs to re-embrace the Baltimore rivalry. While a far cry from a Browns is the Browns-style remark from Smith-Schuster, Smith-Schuster’s position on the Baltimore offense is something that the Ravens surely will remember when the two 2021 games against the Steelers are approaching.