Seriously you can get no I draft pick from Juju, all he wants to do is be on social media!
— Rod Woodson (@RodWoodson26) September 5, 2020
The proliferation of social media use by professional athletes has created a great diving between current players and players of the past as well as a large portion of the fanbase. Many old-school players believe players dedicate too much of their life on social media and not enough on their craft.
This seems to be the case for former Steelers star and Hall of Famer Rod Woodson. Woodson piped up in a Twitter thread where he suggested the team should sign Josh Rosen to groom behind Ben Roethlisberger. An idea we fully endorse.
One user suggested training wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster to draft a young player to which Woodson fired back that you can’t trade him because all he wants to do on social media.
Smith-Schuster does dedicate a lot of time to his brand and expanding his earning opportunities well beyond football. As long as he continues to produce on the field, it really shouldn’t matter to anyone. But Smith-Schuster is heading into free agency so this year is big for him.
Smith-Schuster gets something of a pass for his miserable 2019 season because of the poor quarterback play but if he doesn’t have a bounceback in 2020, his off-field endeavors will come up again.
Do you agree with Woodson? Should Smith-Schuster put more energy into football and slow down with the social media stuff? Let us know.
