JuJu Smith-Schuster: ‘They’re the same Browns team I play every year’

JuJu Smith-Schuster says it’s the same old Browns

The Cleveland Browns have come a long way since 2017, which was JuJu Smith-Schuster’s first season as a Pittsburgh Steeler.

In 2017, Cleveland was winless. In the final game that sealed their 0-16 fate, Smith-Schuster had a kick returned for a 97-yard touchdown.

The 24-year-old TikTok dancing wideout is still dreaming of that tormented team ahead of a playoff rematch on Sunday Night Football, insinuating that they are “the same old Browns.”

"“I think they’re still the same Browns teams I play every year,” Smith-Schuester said via Tom Withers. “I think they’re nameless gray faces. They have a couple good players on their team, but at the end of the day, I don’t know. The Browns is the Browns.”"

This is the type of bulletin-board material that Smith-Schuster has given opponents all season long.

When the Steelers were puffing their chests about an undefeated season, the fourth-year receiver made waves on the internet for dancing on the opposing team’s mid-field logo. In Pittsburgh’s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, Vonn Bell laid a devastating hit on Smith-Schuster. While he claims he was simply “being himself” he vowed to stop dancing pregame, as other teams clearly took it as a form of disrespect.

Disrespect you might say? Leave the dancing shoes at home. Leave the iPhone for TikToks in the locker room. Smith-Schuster disrespected Cleveland in his media availability on Thursday, and the players have already taken notice.

Linebacker Mack Wilson has weighed in on Twitter, and the defense is certainly aware of these comments.

The Browns will be very short-handed in Pittsburgh on Sunday. Cleveland currently has eight players on the COVID-19 reserve list, as well as Kevin Stefanski and four assistant coaches.

Perhaps, even short-handed, Smith-Schuster could have provided all the help that Cleveland needs.