QB Room, Week 6: These WRs might be available at the trade deadline for marquee teams and signal-callers

Davante Adams is a New York Jet.

Amari Cooper is a Buffalo Bill.

And just like that, the arms race to obtain effective wide receiver chess pieces — meant to help NFL quarterbacks as short-term adrenaline shots heading toward the playoffs — is officially underway.

So who is next up? Multiple sources across the league are pointing at the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers as teams aggressively in the hunt. One high-ranking AFC executive tied into the Adams deal between the Jets and Las Vegas Raiders said Tuesday that Kansas City and Pittsburgh are two franchises that will “definitely” acquire a receiver prior to the Nov. 5 trade deadline.

“I think they both go for a receiver — they both get a receiver” the executive said. “[Steelers GM Omar] Khan had a deal done for [San Francisco 49ers wideout Brandon] Aiyuk in August and [Aiyuk] blew it up. But now they called on Davante just to see what the price was at. They’re obviously pushing to get someone before the deadline. And the Chiefs are calling around, too. Both of them, I think they will both trade for someone [before the deadline].”

The logic makes sense. When I visited the Steelers during training camp, they did indeed have a deal done for Aiyuk for draft picks — but it was also contingent on him giving it the green light. That never came, and Pittsburgh was left hanging at the wideout position heading into the regular season. Ideally, the Steelers would like to add someone to balance out the top end of a wide receiver depth chart that features a dependance on mercurial focus (George Pickens) and swath of massive inexperience, from Van Jefferson to Calvin Austin III to unproven rookie Roman Wilson.

This is difficult with the uncertainty at quarterback. A source close to Adams told Yahoo Sports on Tuesday that he never would have considered a trade scenario to the Steelers, largely because he wanted to play with a familiar quarterback — but also because of the trend of lacking offensive…

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Publish date : 2024-10-17 03:14:45

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