Kaboly Believes Prime WR Targets ‘Lengthy Gone’ From Steelers’ Radar, Will ‘Roll With What They Have’

Very like final offseason, the Pittsburgh Steelers have been linked to just about each obtainable or doubtlessly obtainable identify on the broad receiver market ever since they traded George Pickens in early Might. The Steelers insist they’re proud of 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 workforce 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 consider 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 is likely to be a greater deal than initially thought, although it’s potential they may circle again later. Allen was an attention-grabbing possibility, however he advised the world throughout a Twitch stream that he didn’t have curiosity in coming to Pittsburgh. Olave was all the time a protracted shot because the Saints’ finest receiver on a workforce that simply drafted a quarterback within the second spherical.

May 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was simply the worst of his 10-year profession and he’s approaching the tip of his taking part in days at 31 years outdated. Nevertheless it may make sense for the Steelers to wager on 2024 being an anomaly moderately 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 probably have the within monitor to be the beginning exterior WR reverse DK Metcalf to type a formidable tandem. He has Kansas Metropolis Chiefs reclamation mission written throughout him in the event you ask me, however he does stay an attention-grabbing 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 acknowledged his want to start out constructing a legacy aside from Rodgers. And the Steelers would wish 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?

Possibly the workforce actually is happy with its present group. Austin began to interrupt out final season and Wilson will lastly see the sector after shedding virtually his whole 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 price.