A day after Devlin Hodges insisted he hasn’t lost confidence in himself, his coordinator and a wide receiver said they haven’t either.

Randy Fichtner and JuJu Smith-Schuster said they want Hodges to stay aggressive during the Pittsburgh Steelers’ regular-season finale Sunday at Baltimore — although Smith-Schuster added a caveat.

“Yeah, you can be aggressive — just throw it to the right person,” the Steelers’ third-year receiver said with a sly smile.

“That’s it. ‘Duck, c’mon man, we’re not playing duck-duck-goose. Throw it to the right person, Duck. Let’s get it.’”

Devlin Hodges is positive he can shake the #Steelers offense from its recent slumber of eight touchdowns in the past seven games.https://t.co/mjnw3zuK2z

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Hodges has thrown six interceptions in his past six quarters played, leading to him being benched during last Sunday’s game against the New York Jets. But when Mason Rudolph suffered a season-ending shoulder injury later in that game, Hodges got his job back and will guide the Steelers’ offense against the Ravens.

“I would expect that he would eliminate any mistakes that he’s made, and whatever mistake he makes in this game would be a new one,” offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner said Thursday. “He’s been pretty good at that, minus a handful of balls that just could have been in other places (or when he) could have been more protective with the football. As far as game management and some of the things he’s done with protection and learning the system, he’s done really well.”

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