JuJu Smith-Schuster at 104 MPH full speed before Cleveland Browns game

Although he may not be playing against the Cleveland Browns this week, JuJu Smith-Schuster showed on Instagram he is not afraid to take a chance.

Incredibly, JuJu Smith-Schuster of the Cleveland Browns arch rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers, posted an Instagram video of himself, which shows him in a BMW driving 104 mph on the parkway in Pittsburgh.

This while still not practicing after a concussion from the Cleveland game on Thursday Night Football two weeks ago. It is not known whether Smith-Schuster will be well enough to play against Cleveland this week, but apparently he is well enough to travel 104 mph.

The video shows Smith-Schuster apparently driving with one hand and taking a selfie with his cell phone video in order to capture the speedometer.

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Smith-Schuster apparently took down the original post on Instagram, but it is too late. Josh Rowntree of KDKA-FM was thoughtful enough to post a copy of the video, with an appropriate commentary: “I can’t even imagine what JuJu Smith-Schuster, who was recently diagnosed with a concussion, was thinking tonight when he took and posted an Instagram video of himself driving 104 mph on the parkway.”

Conspiracy theorists from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have floated the ridiculous theory that perhaps the speedometer was reading 104 kilometers per hour, which would be a legal 65 mph.  Even they themselves probably do not believe that idea, but chose to offer that to gullible Steelers fans, presumably to allow them to feel better.

The video is not always in focus, but at points it clearly shows “MPH” not “KPH.” We can safely assume that the German engineers at Bayerische Motoren Werke do in fact know the difference between miles and kilometers and no mistake was made. So your guy was indeed traveling 104 MPH while making a selfie with one hand at the same time.

Incredible!

This is nuts, and we can only pray that this excessive speed and recklessness does not lead to a fatality or other accident.

Steelers fans and media are on fire right now. Comparisons to Antonio Brown are rampant on Twitter. In fact, Browns fans, if you want to entertain yourself, you are invited to just go on Twitter and read what Steeler fans are saying about their formerly beloved wide receiver. It is hilarious, and sure to entertain you.

My personal favorite comes from a fellow with the handle of @SuckMeter:  “It’s ok to say JuJu sucks whenever he does something that sucks & he most definitely sucks for driving 104 MPH. And if you think doing all these things on social media doesn’t suck when he’s out with a concussion ask yourself if you liked LeVeon’s rap promotions in between games.”

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin is going to want to have a talk with his star wide receiver, and the potential threat to life should not be minimized. But they are not likely to suspend him or do anything drastic.

On the scale of crazy things that football players do, this does not rank that high. Incidentally, Lamar Jackson did the same thing earlier this year, and so perhaps a lot more NFL players will try driving over 100 MPH.

Wide receivers in particular are often flamboyant, eccentric personalities, as explained in Cris Carter‘s book on that subject, Going Deep–How Wide Receivers Became the Most Compelling Figures in Pro Sports. In terms of headaches caused by wide receivers, this is far, far less than they had to put up with on a regular basis when Antonio Brown was on the team.

More than anything else this incident comes at a bad time for a potentially dispirited team that got its butts kicked by Cleveland and then struggled against Cincinnati. They found it necessary to replace the starting quarterback with a rookie, and now they have a wide receiver with a concussion blatantly pulling dangerous and crazy stunts. It is not a good situation for them, and we shall see whether they can pull it all together for the Browns this Sunday.