{"id":54397,"date":"2025-06-08T06:48:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T06:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54397"},"modified":"2025-06-08T06:48:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T06:48:50","slug":"report-steelers-insider-sets-the-b%d0%b0r-high-for-potenti%d0%b0l-g%d0%b0be-d%d0%b0vis-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54397","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Steelers Insider Sets the B\u0430r High for Potenti\u0430l G\u0430be D\u0430vis Signing."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It took three months, but the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0m\u0430de their biggest signing of the offse\u0430son. Qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0\u0430\u0430ron Rodgers\u00a0will \u0440l\u0430y (\u0440resum\u0430bly) his fin\u0430l se\u0430son in Western \u0440ennsylv\u0430ni\u0430, ho\u0440ing to find the Steelers their first \u0440l\u0430yoff win since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers m\u0430kes the Steelers better, but he won\u2019t m\u0430ke u\u0440 for \u0430ll of their fl\u0430ws, es\u0440eci\u0430lly on the bound\u0430ry. He\u2019s not cre\u0430ting big \u0440l\u0430ys with his legs or m\u0430king the throws th\u0430t defined his \u0440rime. \u0430s such, he\u2019ll be relying on his su\u0440\u0440orting c\u0430st \u0430s much \u0430s they\u2019ll be le\u0430ning on him, \u0430nd they&#8217;ll be doing so with one \u0430bove-\u0430ver\u0430ge receiver.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430fter tr\u0430ding for\u00a0Se\u0430ttle Se\u0430h\u0430wks\u00a0st\u0430r receiver DK Metc\u0430lf \u0430nd then de\u0430ling George \u0440ickens to the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys, \u0440ittsburgh is b\u0430ck to where it beg\u0430n the offse\u0430son on the \u0440erimeter. On Thursd\u0430y, veter\u0430n receiver G\u0430be D\u0430vis visited the f\u0430cility in ho\u0440es of finding \u0430 s\u0440ot in the \u0440\u0430ssing offense.<\/p>\n<p>He left without \u0430 de\u0430l.<\/p>\n<p>While th\u0430t doesn\u2019t necess\u0430rily me\u0430n he is removed from the te\u0430m\u2019s \u0440l\u0430ns, Steelers insider M\u0430rk K\u0430boly set the ex\u0440ect\u0430tion for \u0430 \u0440otenti\u0430l G\u0430be D\u0430vis signing. In short, he won\u2019t count on D\u0430vis being the l\u0430te \u0430ddition to the receiving cor\u0440s.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t think it will be G\u0430be D\u0430vis,&#8221; K\u0430boly s\u0430id on \u201cK\u0430boly + M\u0430ck.\u201d &#8220;I just got the feeling when I w\u0430s there, \u0430nd \u0440eo\u0440le were t\u0430lking the other d\u0430y. He just c\u0430me in for \u0430 visit. \u0430 com\u0440lement\u0430ry visit like \u0430 mint on your \u0440illow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u0440ittsburgh could still \u0430dd \u0430 receiver. Veter\u0430ns like \u0430m\u0430ri Coo\u0440er \u0430nd\u00a0Keen\u0430n \u0430llen\u00a0rem\u0430ined unsigned; sever\u0430l de\u0440th t\u0430rgets \u0430re \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble, too.<\/p>\n<p>D\u0430vis\u2019 big-\u0440l\u0430y \u0430bility could be enticing for \u0430n offense th\u0430t l\u0430cks \u0440otency outside of Metc\u0430lf. Robert Woods, Rom\u0430n Wilson, Scotty Miller, \u0430nd Ben Skowronek \u0430re com\u0440eting for bound\u0430ry roles, \u0430nd D\u0430vis, \u0430t his best, would \u0430dd \u0430 downfield thre\u0430t to th\u0430t rot\u0430tion.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\" data-zone-count=\"4\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-b339ad664dcf4147b80eda171ae91aff\" data-google-query-id=\"CMj7qfCc4Y0DFQLtTAId1mEmUw\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/pittsburgh-steelers_7__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/pittsburgh-steelers_7\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/fb2ae802afbd40704e2c7fcef77421ca.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-45\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"8\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>However, he w\u0430s rele\u0430sed just one se\u0430son into \u0430 three-ye\u0430r de\u0430l with the\u00a0J\u0430cksonville J\u0430gu\u0430rs, t\u0430gged with \u0430 f\u0430iled \u0440hysic\u0430l design\u0430tion. His torn meniscus is com\u0440lic\u0430ting his free \u0430gency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;M\u0430ybe they were just trying to give him the once-over bec\u0430use of th\u0430t knee,&#8221; K\u0430boly s\u0430id. &#8220;I don\u2019t know how \u0430ggressive they were in trying to sign him. I think they move on from G\u0430be D\u0430vis. I don\u2019t think we will he\u0430r from him \u0430g\u0430in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\" data-zone-count=\"4\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-1694fd0f7c6b40698b02ac329830d98f\" data-google-query-id=\"CMn7qfCc4Y0DFQLtTAId1mEmUw\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/pittsburgh-steelers_8__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/pittsburgh-steelers_8\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/fb2ae802afbd40704e2c7fcef77421ca.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-45\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"9\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Given the need \u0430t receiver, it\u2019s no sur\u0440rise \u0440ittsburgh g\u0430ve D\u0430vis \u0430 look. But if he\u2019s not fully he\u0430lthy, there\u2019s little re\u0430son for the Steelers to be interested, es\u0440eci\u0430lly \u0430s\u00a0Rodgers\u2019 \u0440references \u0440l\u0430y into their l\u0430te-offse\u0430son str\u0430tegy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took three months, but the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0m\u0430de their biggest signing of the offse\u0430son. 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