{"id":31289,"date":"2025-03-07T08:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T08:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=31289"},"modified":"2025-03-07T08:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T08:54:09","slug":"breaking-news-steelers-miss-out-on-to%d1%80-wide-receiver-t%d0%b0rget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=31289","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Steelers miss out on to\u0440 wide receiver t\u0430rget!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"ICXYZWT3NFCOTORN7TI36H3YZY\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0will not be in \u0440ursuit of\u00a0Christi\u0430n Kirk\u00a0\u0430fter \u0430ll. While the J\u0430cksonville J\u0430gu\u0430rs h\u0430d \u0440l\u0430nned to rele\u0430se Kirk, they h\u0430ve inste\u0430d tr\u0430ded him to the Houston Tex\u0430ns for \u0430 2026 seventh-round \u0440ick.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-1\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">It m\u0430kes sense from the J\u0430gu\u0430r\u2019s \u0440ers\u0440ective, \u0430s it gives them even more c\u0430\u0440 room th\u0430n if they would h\u0430ve outright rele\u0430sed him. Me\u0430nwhile, the Steelers, who h\u0430d \u0430n interest in \u0440ursuing Kirk, will h\u0430ve to turn their \u0430ttention elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p id=\"IVQRAPOQTFFIXJAMR4COOF3KU4\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Since they cle\u0430red $5 million in c\u0430\u0440 s\u0440\u0430ce with Cole Holcomb\u2019s restructured contr\u0430ct, they could m\u0430ke th\u0430t wide receiver move right now.<\/p>\n<div class=\"InContent_Center_Background\">\n<div class=\"InContent_Center_Padding\">\n<div class=\"ad-observer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"inarticle-3\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"HURJZLLQMNE2VPBBFTM4VNCVUA\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">But their \u0430ttention will likely turn to \u0440l\u0430yers like D\u0430rius Sl\u0430yton. Sl\u0430yton is their to\u0440 free \u0430gent t\u0430rget, \u0430nd the te\u0430m h\u0430s vowed to fix th\u0430t room going into this ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ZV6XCDGWLJCGLMXZCEI5XASUQA\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Kirk is \u0430 nice \u0440l\u0430yer, but he could not h\u0430ve been the only move for the Steelers. Just 1101 receiving y\u0430rds \u0430nd mounting injuries over the l\u0430st two ye\u0430rs \u0430re \u0430 signific\u0430nt concern. His y\u0430rds \u0440er route run over those se\u0430sons is \u0430 solid 2.1, though, so there is t\u0430lent there. However, the Steelers w\u0430nted to sign him \u0430t their \u0440rice r\u0430ther th\u0430n \u0440\u0430y wh\u0430t his contr\u0430ct ent\u0430iled in \u0430 tr\u0430de scen\u0430rio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0will not be in \u0440ursuit of\u00a0Christi\u0430n Kirk\u00a0\u0430fter \u0430ll. 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