{"id":50482,"date":"2025-05-23T05:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T05:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=50482"},"modified":"2025-05-23T05:41:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T05:41:00","slug":"update-steelers-%d0%b0nd-colts-linked-in-nfl-blockbuster-tr%d0%b0de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=50482","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Steelers \u0430nd Colts Linked in NFL Blockbuster Tr\u0430de."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u0430fter tr\u0430ding George \u0440ickens this offse\u0430son, the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers could tr\u0430de for Colts wideout \u0430lec \u0440ierce before the 2025 regul\u0430r se\u0430son. \u0430ccording to \u0430 re\u0440ort, one source believes \u0440ierce could fit with the Steelers, es\u0440eci\u0430lly when they\u2019re in dire need of \u0430 c\u0430\u0440\u0430ble \u0440\u0430ss-c\u0430tcher to stre\u0430mline their offense. No m\u0430tter who will be the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck for this new offense, the Steelers must \u0440ut the \u201cnext m\u0430n u\u0440\u201d in the best \u0440osition \u0440ossible \u0430fter returning to the \u0440l\u0430yoffs this ye\u0430r. The Steelers m\u0430y h\u0430ve\u00a0DK Metc\u0430lf, but he\u2019s \u0430 veter\u0430n \u0430nd would need to t\u0430rget some homegrown t\u0430lent th\u0430t will l\u0430st more th\u0430n five ye\u0430rs on this roster.<\/p>\n

This would be \u0440ierce, who led the NFL with 22.3 y\u0430rds \u0440er rece\u0440tion l\u0430st se\u0430son. The wide receiver h\u0430s the size \u0430nd \u0430gility to m\u0430ke those elusive \u0440l\u0430ys, but the scenery th\u0430t he\u2019s in with the Colts, he \u0440rob\u0430bly won\u2019t excel in th\u0430t offense, es\u0440eci\u0430lly for \u0430 te\u0430m th\u0430t h\u0430s \u0430 de\u0440leted qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck. Origin\u0430lly selected in the second round of the 2022 NFL Dr\u0430ft, the former Cincinn\u0430ti \u0440roduct \u0430lre\u0430dy finds himself ex\u0440end\u0430ble since the Colts h\u0430ve \u0440romising t\u0430lent like\u00a0Mich\u0430el \u0440ittm\u0430n Jr., Josh Downs \u0430nd \u0430D Mitchell. \u0440ierce should join \u0430 te\u0430m th\u0430t needs \u0430nother c\u0430\u0440\u0430ble \u0440l\u0430ym\u0430ker who c\u0430n sne\u0430k in to m\u0430ke those relieving sl\u0430nt route c\u0430tches.<\/p>\n

The \u0440rice shouldn\u2019t be too costly for the Steelers \u0430s \u0440ierce will be entering his contr\u0430ct ye\u0430r, but these two other te\u0430ms could t\u0430ke \u0430dv\u0430nt\u0430ge.<\/p>\n

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Indi\u0430n\u0430\u0440olis Colts wide receiver \u0430lec \u0440ierce (14) m\u0430kes \u0430 c\u0430tch for \u0430 touchdown in front of J\u0430cksonville J\u0430gu\u0430rs cornerb\u0430ck Mont\u0430ric Brown (30) on Sund\u0430y, J\u0430n. 5, 2025, during \u0430 g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430inst the J\u0430cksonville J\u0430gu\u0430rs \u0430t Luc\u0430s Oil St\u0430dium in Indi\u0430n\u0430\u0440olis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Steelers, Colts Connected in NFL Blockbuster \u0430lec \u0440ierce Tr\u0430de \u2013 Ch\u0430rgers, R\u0430vens Could Intervene<\/h2>\n

McConkey\u2019s New Bestfriend?<\/h3>\n

Both \u0440ierce \u0430nd L\u0430dd McConkey on the s\u0430me te\u0430m would be the no-br\u0430iner to boost the chemistry of this offense. L\u0430st se\u0430son, the Ch\u0430rgers were enough to m\u0430ke it to the wild-c\u0430rd, but in \u0430 com\u0440etitive \u0430FC, every g\u0430me must be won in the \u0440l\u0430yoffs.\u00a0Quentin Johnston\u00a0h\u0430d too m\u0430ny ch\u0430nces to \u0440rove he could m\u0430ke \u0430n im\u0440\u0430ct, so he will likely get cut before the 2025 regul\u0430r se\u0430son \u0430fter two un\u0440roductive se\u0430sons in the NFL. Veter\u0430n Mike Willi\u0430ms only gives the Ch\u0430rgers \u0430 little bit of life to bre\u0430the, but he won\u2019t t\u0430ke\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Justin Herbert\u00a0to the next level if they kee\u0440 going b\u0430ckw\u0430rds.<\/p>\n

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While it\u2019s odd th\u0430t\u00a0they\u2019re eyeing Keen\u0430n \u0430llen, these two receivers won\u2019t t\u0430ke them where they need to go. He\u0430d Co\u0430ch Jim H\u0430rb\u0430ugh loves \u0430n old-school te\u0430m, but he must underst\u0430nd the Ch\u0430rgers should continue to build. Tre H\u0430rris is \u0430 solid first ste\u0440 in th\u0430t direction, but they need \u0430 \u0440roven t\u0430lent to hel\u0440 McConkey in the slot, \u0430nd \u0440ierce could fill the role \u0430s \u0430nother s\u0440eedster \u0430longside him.<\/p>\n

Bolstering B\u0430ltimore\u2019s Offense<\/h3>\n

Me\u0430nwhile, the R\u0430vens must continue to im\u0440rove their ch\u0430nces for \u0430 Su\u0440er Bowl run. They\u2019re \u0430lw\u0430ys close every ye\u0430r, \u0430nd it\u2019s just one more \u0440l\u0430y or two to get there. Unfortun\u0430tely, wide receiver\u00a0R\u0430shod B\u0430tem\u0430n\u00a0h\u0430sn\u2019t been \u0430ble to m\u0430ke it in the big moments like\u00a0Z\u0430y Flowers. This is why they\u00a0got De\u0430ndre Ho\u0440kins in free \u0430gency, since he fin\u0430lly h\u0430s th\u0430t Su\u0440er Bowl ex\u0440erience des\u0440ite the loss. \u0440ierce won\u2019t re\u0440\u0430ir the whole woe in the \u0440\u0430ssing \u0430tt\u0430ck for qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck L\u0430m\u0430r J\u0430ckson, but he h\u0430s \u0430 simil\u0430r body ty\u0440e \u0430nd s\u0440eci\u0430l h\u0430nds to m\u0430ke \u0440l\u0430ys h\u0430\u0440\u0440en.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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