Kansas City Chiefs Free Agent JuJu Smith-Schuster nce qib hauv Super Bowl LVII

JuJu Smith-Schuster thawj koom ruam ntawm nws tus kheej.

"Nws vwm," nws hais tias, "kom tuaj ntawm no thiab ua si ntawm ib xyoos los caum lub nplhaib Super Bowl."

Nrog Smith-Schuster tus neeg sawv cev pub dawb thaum lub xyoo kawg, qee qhov xav tias Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver tej zaum yuav ua rau nws ua rau kom tau txais kev cog lus ntev dua yav tom ntej.

Nkag mus rau hauv Super Bowl LVII, Smith-Schuster tsis tau sau ntau dua 35 qhov tau txais yards hauv tsib qhov kev ua si ncaj nraim.

Tab sis nyob rau hauv Chiefs '38-35 Super Bowl yeej, nws nce qib thaum nws pab neeg xav tau nws tshaj plaws.

Cov Thawj Coj tau taug qab los ntawm 10 cov ntsiab lus ntawm ib nrab sijhawm, tau ua tiav hauv lub sijhawm muaj thiab tsis tau hloov dua siab tshiab thib peb.

Qhov teeb meem loj dua: Nrog 1:44 sab laug hauv ib nrab, quarterback Patrick Mahomes rov ua rau nws pob taws sab xis, uas muaj xav tau kev kho mob coj mus rau qhov kev ua si.

Qhov kev ua si ntawd tau pib tawm los ntawm qhov pib nrog qhov tsis zoo los ntawm Creed Humphrey, thiab raws li Mahomes tau sim ua tus tiv thaiv nrog lub suab, nws tau ua tsis txaus ntseeg los ntawm linebacker TJ Edwards, rov ua rau pob taws nws pib mob hauv kev sib tw ua si.

Tab sis thaum lub sijhawm tseem ceeb ntawm qhov kawg ntawm lub quarter thib peb thiab pib ntawm plaub ntawm Super Bowl, Smith-Schuster muaj plaub qhov kev sib tw hauv xya qhov kev ua si ntawm 8, 14, 13 thiab 3 yards, raws li. Peb yog thawj-down catches.

Nws qhov kev txais tos zaum kawg tau muab Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Philadelphia Eagles 'peb-yard kab ntawm kev sib tw tsav uas yuav ua rau Kansas City thawj thawj qhov kev ua si.

Nyob rau hauv tag nrho, Smith-Schuster muaj ib pab neeg-siab xya catches, thiab tsuas yog Travis Kelce muaj ntau tshaj nws 53 tau txais yards.

Tab sis nws yog Smith-Schuster lub hom phiaj kawg uas tej zaum yuav nco qab tshaj plaws vim muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm nws.

Ntawm 3rd-thiab-8 ua si los ntawm Philadelphia 15 nrog 1:54 sab laug, cov thawj coj hu ua cornerback James Bradberry rau lub txim tuav ntawm daim ntawv tsis tiav.

Thaum hu xov tooj raug thuam, Smith-Schuster tau tawm tsam tias nws raug tuav.

"Huag yog, 100%," Smith-Schuster hais tias, "kev hu yuav raug hu."

Qhov kev nplua ntawd tso cai rau Thawj Tswj Hwm khiav lub sijhawm ua ntej Harrison Butker, uas tseem tau ncaws lub hom phiaj ntawm kev ua si hauv AFC Championship Game, ncaws tawm lub hom phiaj 27-yard nrog rau yim vib nas this.

Nws yog qhov kev txiav txim siab xaus rau NFL lub caij ua tiav nrog cov teeb meem ua haujlwm, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum Thawj Tswj Hwm 'AFC Championship Game yeej tawm tsam Cincinnati Bengals, uas Butker tseem ncaws lub hom phiaj kev ua si.

Smith-Schuster tawm thaum ntxov hauv qhov kev ua si nrog kev raug mob, tab sis plaub-rau-tsib teev ntawm kev kho mob ib hnub tau tso cai rau nws los ua qhov tseem ceeb hauv Super Bowl LVII.

"Tom qab qhov kev ua si, AFC Championship," nws hais tias, "Kuv taug kev tsis tau."

Nws yog nws keeb kwm raug mob uas muaj cov neeg txhawj xeeb. Nws plam plaub qhov kev ua si hauv 2019 nrog lub taub hau thiab lub hauv caug raug mob thiab tag nrho tab sis tsib qhov kev ua si hauv 2021 nrog lub xub pwg raug mob.

Nws tsis nco txog Lub Limtiam 11 qhov kev ua si tom qab raug kev cuam tshuam los ntawm Jacksonville Jaguars.

Smith-Schuster, txawm li cas los xij, coj tag nrho Cov Thawj Saib Xyuas dav dav nrog 78 ntes rau 933 yards.

Nrog cov neeg txais khoom dav Mecole Hardman thiab Justin Watson kuj yog tus neeg sawv cev dawb, Cov Thawj Coj muaj qee qhov kev txiav txim siab ua.

Thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis Ntuj, Smith-Schuster cia nws paub nws xav mus ua si nrog cov Chiefs.

"Kuv xav nyob ntawm no, ua siab ncaj," nws hais. “Qhov kev ua txhaum no tsis txaus ntseeg. Kev cob qhia cov neeg ua haujlwm tsis txaus ntseeg. Yog hais tias nws yog rau kuv, ntawm chav kawm, yog vim li cas tsis? (Kuv) tau mus ua si nrog ib qho ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws quarterbacks hauv kev ua si. "

Tab sis nrog rau txoj kev txais nyiaj hli dav dav tau nce siab, suav nrog cov ntaub ntawv teev cov ntawv cog lus los ntawm Tyreek Hill thiab Davante Adams xyoo tas los, ib tus yuav xav tias Smith-Schuster tuaj yeem tau txais tsawg kawg $ 15 lab ntawm kev qhib lag luam.

Lub Denver Broncos 'Cutland Sutton nyob qib 26^th hauv AAV (tus nqi nruab nrab txhua xyoo) nrog $ 15.2 lab, thiab Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Allen Robinson nyob qib 25^th in AAV with $15.5 million.

Smith-Schuster yuav tsum ua kom ntau tshaj li tus phooj ywg Marquez Valdes-Scantling, uas yog khi rau 35th nrog $ 10 lab AAV tom qab kos npe rau peb lub xyoos, $ 30 lab kev cog lus kawg rau lub caij so.

Valdes-Scantling, uas tsis muaj kev sib tw hauv Super Bowl, muaj tsawg dua kev txais tos, yards thiab touchdowns (42, 687 thiab ob) dua Smith-Schuster xyoo no, thiab cov ntawv cog lus tshiab feem ntau ua tau zoo dua txhua lub caij so.

Smith-Schuster tsim nyog tau txais txiaj ntsig los pab Tus Thawj Coj rov qab los hauv lwm lub Super Bowl.

Tawm tsam San Francisco 49ers hauv Super Bowl LIV, Cov Thawj Coj tau taug qab 20-10 hauv lub quarter thib plaub thiab yeej 31-20.

"Cov txiv neej ib txwm ntseeg," Tus Thawj Coj Tus Thawj Coj Andy Reid tau hais.

Nrog ob lub Super Bowl yeej nyob rau hauv plaub lub xyoos dhau los, Cov Thawj Coj tuaj yeem muaj kev sib tw dynasty brewing.

Mahomes tsuas yog 27 xyoo xwb, thiab Cov Thawj Coj yeej txawm tias vam khom rau cov neeg tshiab, suav nrog plaub tus tiv thaiv rov qab ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv theem nrab. Qhov tseeb, raws li Zebra Technologies, 24.3% ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm 'kev tiv thaiv snaps tau ua si los ntawm rookies, uas yog qeb thib peb siab tshaj hauv NFL lub caij no.

Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws yav tom ntej yog qhov kaj, thiab Smith-Schuster tau ua nws rooj plaub los ua ib feem ntawm nws.