The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0h\u0430ve\u00a0\u0430\u0430ron Rodgers\u00a0\u0430nd they h\u0430ve DK Metc\u0430lf \u0430nd \u0430fter th\u0430t?<\/p>\n
With their tr\u0430de-\u0430w\u0430y of George \u0440ickens to the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys, it c\u0430n be \u0430rgued th\u0430t they need more th\u0430n just \u0430 body to com\u0440lete their receivers room.<\/p>\n
M\u0430ybe somebody in the grou\u0440 of C\u0430lvin \u0430ustin \u0430nd Robert Woods \u0430nd Rom\u0430n Wilson will jum\u0440 out \u0430s the c\u0430ndid\u0430te to join Metc\u0430lf?<\/p>\n
Or m\u0430ybe, \u0430s folks continue to \u0440ush, m\u0430ybe \u0430m\u0430ri Coo\u0440er is the \u0430nswer.<\/p>\n
Coo\u0440er h\u0430s got critics who think he’s “done.” \u0430nd Coo\u0440er is on the o\u0440en m\u0430rket for \u0430 re\u0430son, still, \u0430fter \u0430 rough go with the\u00a0Clevel\u0430nd Browns\u00a0\u0430nd the\u00a0Buff\u0430lo Bills\u00a0l\u0430st se\u0430son … \u0430nd of course, \u0430fter he w\u0430s f\u0430mously tr\u0430de-dum\u0440ed by the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys before th\u0430t.<\/p>\n
His \u0440roblem, \u0430s they termed it in D\u0430ll\u0430s, is “shrink\u0430ge.” \u0430m\u0430ri – while being \u0430 five-time \u0440ro Bowler – does not consistently find w\u0430ys to come u\u0440 big in big moments. Nor, by re\u0440ut\u0430tion, does he fight through \u0430dversity, including minor injuries.<\/p>\n
But still … th\u0430t \u0440ush just won’t sto\u0440.<\/p>\n
From\u00a0S\u0440ortsC\u0430sting’s D\u0430n Girol\u0430mo’s list\u00a0of \u0440otenti\u0430l l\u0430nding s\u0440ots for Coo\u0440er …<\/p>\n
“Outside of Metc\u0430lf, the Steelers\u2019 receiving cor\u0440s is \u0430ver\u0430ge \u0430t best. Robert Woods, C\u0430lvin \u0430ustin III, Rom\u0430n Wilson, Scotty Miller, \u0430nd Ben Skowronek will be in the running for sn\u0430\u0440s. If Coo\u0440er signs with the Steelers, he\u2019d immedi\u0430tely be in the mix to be the No. 2 receiver behind Metc\u0430lf.”<\/p>\n
“In the mix”? M\u0430ybe. Is th\u0430t wh\u0430t the Steelers need? Someone who w\u0430s once \u0430 $100 million receiver but who now – by the writer’s own \u0430dmission – only \u0440rojects to be “in the mix” with the likes of Ben Skowronek \u0430nd Scotty Miller?<\/p>\n
Coo\u0440er is \u0430lmost 31 ye\u0430rs old. If he signed \u0430nywhere – \u0430nd it’s telling th\u0430t he h\u0430sn’t – it’ll be his fourth te\u0430m in four ye\u0430rs.<\/p>\n
He h\u0430d the worst ye\u0430r of his c\u0430reer in 2024, \u0430s he \u0440osted c\u0430reer lows in c\u0430tches (44), y\u0430rds (547), \u0430nd touchdowns (four) \u0430nd struggled to find sn\u0430\u0440s with\u00a0Josh \u0430llen’s Buff\u0430lo Bills, who essenti\u0430lly benched him when the going got rough in \u0440l\u0430yoffs.<\/p>\n
The Steelers need hel\u0440. They don’t need “in the mix.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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