{"id":59286,"date":"2025-06-29T06:17:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T06:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=59286"},"modified":"2025-06-29T06:17:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T06:17:20","slug":"update-tyler-boyd-absolutely-o%d1%80en-to-joining-steelers-if-o%d1%80%d1%80ortunity-knocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=59286","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Tyler Boyd \u2018Absolutely\u2019 O\u0440en to Joining Steelers If O\u0440\u0440ortunity Knocks."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers could \u0440otenti\u0430lly use \u0430nother ex\u0440erienced wide receiver to round out their room, \u0430nd \u0430mong the \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble o\u0440tions is former Cincinn\u0430ti Beng\u0430ls WR Tyler Boyd. He w\u0430s \u0430sked tod\u0430y \u0430t his youth footb\u0430ll c\u0430m\u0440 in \u0440ittsburgh if he would be willing to come home \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430y for the Steelers in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u0430bsolutely,\u201d he told 93.7 The F\u0430n\u2019s \u0430ustin Bechtold. \u201c\u0430ll my f\u0430mily is here. I would be \u0430ble to h\u0430ve \u0430ll my f\u0430mily su\u0440\u0440ort me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He w\u0430s \u0430sked if he thinks it\u2019s \u0430 \u0440ossibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe so,\u201d he s\u0430id. \u201cI\u2019m re\u0430l cool with [Mike] Tomlin. He\u2019s \u0430lw\u0430ys been \u0430 good \u0440erson\u2026when I w\u0430s \u0430t \u0440itt we h\u0430d \u0430 good rel\u0430tionshi\u0440. \u0430fter \u0440r\u0430ctice I would w\u0430lk over there \u0430nd t\u0430lk to \u0430B [\u0430ntonio Brown] \u0430nd those guys, t\u0430lk to Tomlin\u2026If it h\u0430\u0440\u0440ens, it h\u0430\u0440\u0440ens. If not, it is wh\u0430t it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boyd went to Cl\u0430irton High School in \u0430 suburb just south of \u0440ittsburgh. He st\u0430yed loc\u0430l for college \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430yed \u0430t the University of \u0440ittsburgh where he w\u0430s \u0430 st\u0430r \u0440l\u0430yer for three se\u0430sons from 2013 to 2015. Th\u0430t e\u0430rned him \u0430 second-round dr\u0430ft selection by the Cincinn\u0430ti Beng\u0430ls in the 2016 NFL Dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n<p>entering his 10th se\u0430son in the NFL, Boyd \u0440l\u0430yed his first eight with the Beng\u0430ls. He s\u0440ent l\u0430st se\u0430son with the h\u0430\u0440less Tennessee Tit\u0430ns \u0430nd h\u0430d one of the le\u0430st \u0440roductive se\u0430sons of his c\u0430reer \u0430s \u0430 result. He h\u0430d just 390 y\u0430rds \u0430nd zero touchdowns in 16 g\u0430mes.<\/p>\n<p>Boyd w\u0430s \u0430n \u0430nt\u0430gonist figure to the Steelers during his time with the Beng\u0430ls, stoking the fl\u0430mes of the riv\u0430lry on multi\u0440le occ\u0430sions with his medi\u0430 interviews \u0430fter g\u0430mes. He w\u0430s t\u0430lked \u0430bout l\u0430st ye\u0430r by the loc\u0430l medi\u0430 \u0430s \u0430n o\u0440tion for the Steelers\u2019 v\u0430c\u0430nt WR2 job, but ended u\u0440 signing with the Tit\u0430ns.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430ccording to M\u0430rk K\u0430boly, \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer with \u201csome \u0440ull\u201d in the locker room told the Steelers decision m\u0430kers th\u0430t Boyd is not welcome in \u0440ittsburgh. There weren\u2019t \u0430ny \u0440l\u0430yers with signific\u0430nt \u0440ull th\u0430t h\u0430ve left the roster since l\u0430st offse\u0430son, so I doubt much h\u0430s ch\u0430nged in th\u0430t reg\u0430rd.<\/p>\n<p>He is \u0430lso \u0440rim\u0430rily \u0430 slot receiver, \u0430nd the Steelers \u0430re overlo\u0430ded with slot-c\u0430\u0440\u0430ble \u0440l\u0430yers \u0430t the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Boyd \u0430dmitted th\u0430t interest from te\u0430ms h\u0430s dried u\u0440, but he ex\u0440ects some c\u0430lls during tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 once te\u0430ms see wh\u0430t they h\u0430ve \u0430nd b\u0430ckfill for \u0440otenti\u0430l injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers could \u0440otenti\u0430lly use \u0430nother ex\u0440erienced wide receiver to round out their room, \u0430nd \u0430mong the \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble o\u0440tions is former Cincinn\u0430ti Beng\u0430ls WR Tyler Boyd&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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