Very like final offseason, the Pittsburgh Steelers have been linked to just about each out there or probably out there title on the extensive receiver market ever since they traded George Pickens in early Could. The Steelers insist they’re pleased with their present group, however followers are struggling flashbacks of comparable statements final season that didn’t come to fruition on the soccer area.
Guys like Chris Olave, Gabe Davis and Keenan Allen have been essentially the most talked about names in Steelers media, however The Pat McAfee Present’s Steelers beat reporter Mark Kaboly thinks the staff has moved previous these choices.
“I’m on the level now that if it isn’t going to be Amari Cooper that they’re simply going to roll with what they’ve, and hope [Calvin] Austin [III] turns into a Dawg,” Kaboly wrote in his mailbag on X. “I do imagine Olave, Keenan Allen, and Gabe Davis are lengthy gone from their radar.”
The Steelers hosted Gabe Davis for a go to, however little or no has been stated about him since then. His knee points from final season could be a larger deal than initially thought, although it’s potential they may circle again later. Allen was an fascinating possibility, however he advised the world throughout a Twitch stream that he didn’t have curiosity in coming to Pittsburgh. Olave was at all times a protracted shot because the Saints’ finest receiver on a staff that simply drafted a quarterback within the second spherical.
Might Amari Cooper make sense as Kaboly indicated? The free agent final performed for the Buffalo Payments after the Cleveland Browns traded him final season. He appeared in 14 video games and had 44 receptions for 547 yards and 4 touchdowns.
His 2024 season was simply the worst of his 10-year profession and he’s approaching the tip of his taking part in days at 31 years previous. However it may make sense for the Steelers to guess on 2024 being an anomaly relatively than the start of the tip for him. He had two-straight seasons of 1,000 or extra receiving yards in 2022 and 2023 and 4 of his final 5 seasons have eclipsed that mark.
In the event that they did add Cooper, he would doubtless have the within observe to be the beginning outdoors WR reverse DK Metcalf to kind a formidable tandem. He has Kansas Metropolis Chiefs reclamation undertaking written throughout him when you ask me, however he does stay an fascinating possibility if the Steelers don’t like what they see in coaching camp from Robert Woods, Calvin Austin III, and Roman Wilson.
A much less thrilling, however maybe extra logical possibility can be WR Allen Lazard given his historical past with Rodgers on a number of groups.
“Did you watch the McAfee interview? Does that sound like an individual who would go to Mike Tomlin and make calls for?” Kaboly wrote. “And if that was the case, Lazard can be right here already.”
Lazard beforehand said his want to start out constructing a legacy other than Rodgers. And the Steelers would want to make a commerce to reunite the 2 in Pittsburgh. And would Lazard actually be an improve over among the guys they have already got?
Perhaps the staff actually is happy with its present group. Austin began to interrupt out final season and Wilson will lastly see the sphere after dropping nearly his complete rookie season to accidents. Rodgers stated there are guys most individuals “don’t find out about” whom he expects huge issues from this season, for what it’s value.
