{"id":53217,"date":"2025-06-04T02:35:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T02:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53217"},"modified":"2025-06-04T02:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T02:35:20","slug":"breaking-steelers-rumored-interest-in-jonnu-smith-back-on-per-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53217","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Steelers Rumored Interest in Jonnu Smith Back On per Report.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">This possible trade is on-again-off-again more than a Hollywood romance.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>This possible trade is on-again-off-again more than a Hollywood romance.<\/p>\n<p>It all began on Thursday when Adam Schefter reported that the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0were showing interest in a trade for\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0tight end Jonnu Smith.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Dolphins have had trade discussions with the Pittsburgh Steelers about their lone Pro-Bowl selection last season, tight end Jonnu Smith, per league sources,&#8221; Schefter wrote on Twitter. &#8220;Those talks came after Smith expressed an interest in reworking his deal that is scheduled to pay him $4.8 million this season. 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