Alejandro Villanueva Takes Shot at Former Steelers Teammate JuJu Smith-Schuster
By Liam McKeone
Earlier this offseason, longtime Pittsburgh Steelers left tackle Alejandro Villanueva became a free agent. The cash-strapped Steelers bid him adieu, and their divisional rival Baltimore Ravens will benefit. They signed Villanueva earlier this week after it became official that any free-agent signings won't affect a team's compensatory pick formula next offseason.
It's good tackle depth for the Ravens after trading Orlando Brown Jr. to the Kansas City Chiefs a few weeks ago. Villanueva made some headlines earlier today, though, when he appeared to take a very thinly-veiled shot at one of his former teammates, JuJu Smith-Schuster.
Alejandro Villanueva said it's better for linemen to play for a run-first team like the Ravens.
— Jamison Hensley (@jamisonhensley) May 5, 2021
"I’m assuming it’s not as much fun for the receivers because they’re not getting all of the catches, they’re making the Tik Toks and and they’re having fun on their social media."
Providing more evidence that the amount of attention football gets can be dumb, Smith-Schuster ended up in the sights of critics everywhere after he started posting Tik-Tok videos on opposing team's logos during the 2020 season. It pissed off their opponents and Smith-Schuster ended up aggravating his own teammates when they began to lose games and he posted Tik-Toks anyway.
It's just silly. Who cares if the guy is posting videos on the Internet? I get that it ended up being a distraction and that is bad, but the fact that it got to the point where it was a distraction is ridiculous in of itself.
Fortunately for Villanueva, he is now far away from Smith-Schuster and his antics. Any dancing will only be done by Lamar Jackson when he reaches the end zone.