Chiefs reach deal with WR JuJu Smith-Schuster

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs agreed to contract phrases with JuJu Smith-Schuster on Monday.

Smith-Schuster, who was the main huge receiver on the Chiefs’ 2022 Tremendous Bowl championship staff, was in uniform and training with Kansas Metropolis on Monday.

Smith-Schuster caught 78 passes for 933 yards in 2022, his solely season with the Chiefs. He left after the season as a free agent for the New England Patriots, signing a three-year, $25 million contract with the staff as one of many major free agent targets of the previous regime led by Invoice Belichick.

He spent one season with the Patriots and caught 29 passes for 260 yards and one landing in 11 video games. He was launched by the Patriots this month after totaling 29 catches for 260 yards and one landing in 11 video games in his solely season for New England.

Smith-Schuster, 27, spent his first 5 NFL seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. His greatest season with the Steelers got here in 2018, when he caught 111 passes for 1,426 yards. He additionally caught 97 passes in 2020.

At huge receiver this season, the Chiefs added veteran free agent Marquise Brown and drafted Xavier Worthy within the first spherical. Brown dislocated his shoulder within the preseason opener and his standing for the Sept. 5 common season opener in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens is in query.