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The Steelers agreed to give him a one-year, $12 million extension as part of the trade. Smith was scheduled to make just $4.8 million this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m blessed. I\u2019m a Steeler,\u201d Smith said on Terron Armstead\u2019s podcast<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m playing for one of the most historic sports franchises in the history of sports. Under a great head coach with Mike [Tomlin]. Back with my guy Arthur Smith, who I\u2019ve had a lot of success with in my career. And so I\u2019m extremely blessed, bro. I couldn\u2019t be more excited.\u201d<\/p>\n Tight end Jonnu Smith, Tennessee Titans<\/p>\n Smith also revealed that he and Jalen Ramsey discussed landing with the Steelers prior to the blockbuster trade. Rumors were swirling in the last several weeks that the Miami Dolphins were looking to trade Ramsey and Smith.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cMe and [Jalen Ramsey] chopped it up before this happened,\u201d Smith told Armstead. \u201cWe chopped it up before this happened. He obviously knew the situation that he was in in Miami and felt that it was time for him to move on. We chopped it up one-on-one about what potentially could be as rumors [were] floating around.\u201d<\/p>\n The Steelers have made the playoffs in four of the last five years, but they have not won a playoff game in that span. Smith thinks he and Ramsey are the missing pieces to get the Steelers over the hump and make a run at a Super Bowl.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re like, \u2018Bro, if this thing really goes down, if this thing really happens, Pittsburgh is a team that\u2019s historically going to be always be in the dance,\u2019\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt\u2019s just maybe a couple missing pieces like us that can fill that void and get over that hump.\u201d<\/p>\n Smith said he and Ramsey both shared a strong desire to play for Mike Tomlin.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cOne thing that we both admired about the situation was the culture. The culture that Mike [Tomlin] established. I can\u2019t wait to play for him,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n This article originally appeared on Steelers Now<\/a>: Steelers Reveal Jonnu Smith\u2019s Jersey Number<\/a><\/p>\n Related Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers officially announced on Friday that Pro Bowl tight end Jonnu Smith will wear No. 81.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[4829,254,217,7,253,1815,7470,216,251,2087,5860,249,6,57,394,595],"class_list":{"0":"post-200879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-dolphins","8":"tag-arthur-smith","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-dolphins","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-houston-texans","13":"tag-jalen-ramsey","14":"tag-jonnu-smith","15":"tag-miami","16":"tag-miami-dolphins","17":"tag-miamidolphins","18":"tag-mycole-pruitt","19":"tag-new-england-patriots","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","22":"tag-tennessee-titans","23":"tag-terron-armstead"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114839146123737296","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Pittsburgh](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/05ad10665cf50847008480c7af960ad9.jpeg\"\/)
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