Chiefs Sign Juju Smith-Schuster

Signs for a 1 year deal for up to $10.75 million

The Kansas City Chiefs finally made another free agent signing. Former Steelers receiver Juju Smith-Schuster will join the Chiefs on a one-year deal.

Mike Garafolo @MikeGarafolo

The #Chiefs' deal for WR JuJu Smith-Schuster comes in around $3 million on the base value with the rest of the $10.75 million max value @RapSheet reported coming in the form of incentives, sources say.

After spurning the Chiefs a year ago to go back to Pittsburgh Juju adds a legitimate number two wide receiver to the mix in Kansas City. He may still be the third weapon in the offense but he should greatly help Hill and Kelce operating out of the slot.

It sounds like his deal will be for $3 million on salary and then incentives for the rest of the $7.75 million. We are still waiting to see how the incentives break out but they could be pretty low for Juju as he only played 5 games and had 15 catches for 128 yards.

Kansas City could easily give him incentives based on games available, catches, yards, TD’s and other accolades as well that would make them not able to be against the cap in 2022. That is the beauty of not likely to be earned incentives (NLTBE). Once that information is available I will update this story.

Several analysts across the NFL really like this signing for the Chiefs and I have to agree with them in both cost and fit for the team.

Matt Harmon @MattHarmon_BYB

Think JuJu has weirdly gone from one of the more overrated WRs in the game to one of the most underrated slot guys. Has been one of the best zone-beating WRs in #ReceptionPerception and thrives as an underneath chain-mover. KC needs that. Full RP profile: receptionperception.com/juju-smith-sch…

Matt does a lot of work with WR’s imparticular and is a great follow for more information on how receivers perform year to year.

Matt Bowen @MattBowen41

On WR JuJu Smith-Schuster to the #Chiefs Physical presence in the slot. Can play big between the hashes. Catch & run traits on the crossers/schemed throws in the KC offense.

Matt Miller @nfldraftscout

I really like the scheme fit. JuJu is a tough player to evaluate because Ben was regressing so much the last few years. If he's healthy, exactly what KC needed w/Tyreek and Kelce

Liam Riley @LiamCRiley

@nfldraftscout Thoughts on the move?

And from Juju himself on why he wanted to come to Kansas City:

Taylor Bisciotti @TaylorBisciotti

JuJu Smith-Schuster tells me he chose the #Chiefs because: “I am going to play with a future Hall of Fame QB, to play with one of the best to ever do it. My goal as a player is to win, so I’m going to Kansas City with the hopes of winning a Super Bowl.”