After linking the Pittsburgh Steelers to potential commerce curiosity in TE Jonnu Smith every week in the past, Adam Schefter is now placing an finish to that buzz.
“Pittsburgh has been searching for further receiving assist and has inquired about, however shouldn’t be anticipated to commerce for, Miami TE Jonnu Smith,” he wrote on X.
All the native beat writers in Pittsburgh dismissed the thought fairly shortly, and pointed to the potential of his agent Drew Rosenhaus attempting to drum up a market or elevate the asking value for his consumer.
It was plausible due to his ties to Arthur Smith, who he has performed for as both his TEs coach, OC or head coach for 5 of his eight seasons within the league. However the Steelers simply signed Pat Freiermuth to an honest sized contract final offseason and appear to love the trajectory of Darnell Washington.
Smith would have price them a few of their 2026 draft capital stockpile that’s anticipated for use to take one other swing at discovering a franchise quarterback. He additionally would have required a brand new contract on prime of it. Arthur Smith loves his tight ends, however how a lot cash did the Steelers actually wish to commit to the place?
He would have been an attention-grabbing resolution to their lack of a secondary receiving possibility reverse DK Metcalf. Regardless, it appears to be like like they’re nonetheless on the hunt for a playmaker. The primary a part of Schefter’s put up had former Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Payments WR Gabe Davis scheduled to go to Pittsburgh on Thursday.
This comes after FOX Sports activities’ Jordan Schultz reported final week that the Steelers had been placing feelers out across the league to seek out a further WR to play reverse DK Metcalf. That gap was left on the roster once they traded George Pickens a couple of weeks in the past.
So no Jonnu Smith for the Steelers, but it surely appears like they’re scorching on the path of extra receiver assist to make sure they don’t have a repeat scenario of the 2024 season.
