The Steelers have a BIG problem...

There is one glaring issue right now for the Pittsburgh Steelers coming off of their third victory of the year against the Indianapolis Colts. They did end up beating the Colts 34 to 22, but coming out of the game, there's a lot of positives that you can point to, but there's one major negative that we're going to really focus on here today, and that's the wide receiver room. We've got two major injuries to the wide receiver two and wide receiver three coming into the year. So I want to talk about the wide receiver and kind of just the overall receiving threats that we have left on the team and two possible signing targets and two possible trade targets that the Steelers could possibly go out and try to do if they want to replenish that wide receiver room but hopefully you guys are having a great Monday before we get into all that once you want to remind you guys of course to subscribe to the channel it's been really it's been a blast to share all these different videos with all of you guys with you know from Nick and I to share all these videos with you guys we got you guys on injury reports, latest updates, just latest news, quotes, possible, you know, trade targets like today, possible signing targets, rumors, everything that you could possibly think of here at Steelers Digest. So make sure you subscribe and of course hit that notification bell as well. All right, we got two major injuries to the wide receiver room and this one, not as surprising. Obviously he was on a stroller on Wednesday, but Michael Pittman Jr. is on IR and he'll be out for, out through at least the bye week. So he's going to be out for around a month for an extended period of time. Not great. Obviously, he wasn't doing a whole lot on the field. But again, like I mentioned at the top of the show, he was the wide receiver two coming into the year. If he stays healthy, he's not been healthy in the slightest so far this season. If he stays healthy, I think he's able, he would be able to actually, you know, have some momentum, start playing well. We didn't really see that, but we're not going to see it for another month. And then during the game against the Colts, Roman Wilson got hurt. He's expected to miss a couple of weeks due to a finger injury. I believe he dislocated his finger on his only target of the game. It was late in that second, in that first half and that second quarter and dislocated it. And it seemed like he's going to be out for a couple of weeks. Again, still gathering info. He's seeking a second opinion, but right now it seems like he's going to be kind of on the same timeline as Michael Pittman in terms of being out for around a month, maybe a couple of weeks could be two weeks, could be three weeks. It's hard to say, but nonetheless, Michael Pittman and Roman Wilson, they're both going to be out for at least next week, and they're going to be out for an extended period of time. Should the Steelers make a move? Should they sign a guy? Should they trade for a guy? Well, this is the current, you know, these are not the wide receivers. This is the receiving threat currently on the Steelers. You see Roman Wilson there at the bottom. That's Nolan Boyd. Again, got hurt on his only target, but these five guys if the Steelers don't do anything are going to be the people working in I mean I guess you want to count Ben Skoranek also got hurt as well he's in that conversation as well but I think this is going to be these are going to be kind of the five guys that you can expect uh at least you know until Michael Pittman and Roman Wilson are back Jalen Warren what an awesome game what a dynamic player what a three you know three week run he's having if he keeps playing like this the Steelers might not even need to do anything because he's been so awesome he's been so transformative to the offense what he can bring on the ground in the air everything that you really ask for out of a running back he's been able to do it so obviously 87 yards led the way 80 of that was off one play but it was so explosive got the Steelers a lead the lead that they I don't think I don't think they uh relinquished for the rest of the game he's been amazing and he keeps doing that honestly this entire conversation could be just null and void because Jaylen Warren has been awesome but for the actual receiving room Jerry Bernard played awesome uh career game up until this point 80 yards on six catches love to see that love to also see Pat Freiermuth getting the end zone twice really really do love to see that and then Darnell Washington 12 yards DK Metcalf also 12 yards i'm curious before we get into you know possible moves that the Steelers could make. I'm curious what you guys think about if the Steelers keep how it is right now. Throw in Ben Skoranek, throw in Brayden Smith, throw in Eli Heidenreich, Caden Weijan. Maybe they want to go that way. Again, this is who I think is going to be your main guys. Do we like it? Do we not like it? I'm torn, honestly. It worked against Indianapolis, but I think they should maybe go get a move. I think maybe they should go make a move. Again, you do have Ben Skoranek as well, dealt with an injury, but if he comes back, that could be a solid option, but then he would have to be your wide receiver three. So before we get into possible targets for the Steelers, if they want to go down that way, I want to talk about our sponsor for today. And that of course is Kalshi. On Kalshi, you're trading against other bettors, not against the house, like other sports books that you might think of. 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This one is interesting. Obviously, he's not really going to have the speed, and it seems like the Kansas City is really going to make a shot at him, but the Steelers could possibly take a shot at him as well. Like I mentioned, he's not going to have the speed, but he brings a threat that I don't think you really have on the team. You have your big body outside receiver. You have kind of more your Z receiver in Jeremy Bernard, but you don't think you can have anyone that can take the top off the defense because Tyreek, even though he slowed down, is still amazingly fast in this age. That's just Tyreek. He's one of the fastest players to ever play in the history of the NFL. So I think this is something I could possibly think of. Let me know what you think about it, but Tyreek's an interesting option. And then someone that the Steelers have nearly got in the past is Gabe Davis. Kind of has bounced around the league, went to Jacksonville after his tenure with Buffalo, didn't really end well, has dealt with injuries, a lot of injuries. But in that Buffalo tenure, he was pretty dang solid, especially in the beginning of this decade. I can remember, I believe he had three, four touchdowns in that AFC Championship game against the Kansas City Chiefs. He was awesome. And the Steelers nearly signed him a few years ago. So this is an option. I talked about Tyreek being more of that burner. Gabe Davis would fall in line more in that DK Metcalf mold. But again, just a name, someone out there, let me know what you guys think about Gabe Davis. Let's talk about two trade targets. Both these trade targets come from really bad teams. One's 0-5, one is 1-4. This first one, not going to happen this week, right? Because we play them. But I think Tampa would be open to possibly trading Chris Godwin. He's not really done a whole lot. They have other options on the team. If there's a time to trade them, if Tampa keeps falling down and they keep losing, knock on wood for their game against Pittsburgh, but if they do keep losing, they might be looking to trade Chris Godwin. I think this would be an awesome veteran, depending on the cost, an awesome veteran for the Steelers to bring in just for a little bit. You can use draft capital and literally just only have him for the rest of the year, but I think throwing in a guy like Chris Godwin as a wide receiver three would, it can't hurt, right? Again, depends on the trade back. It depends on what the Buccaneers are asking for. If they're asking for too much, then no. But if they're asking for a day three, sixth rounder, fifth rounder, you could definitely think about pulling the trigger on that. Let's end on this last one. From an 0-5 team, could the Chargers trade Quinton Johnston? It's kind of the same problem with Gabe Davis in terms of you already have that kind of similar archetype in the receiving room. But QJ is still young. He's shown flashes with Los Angeles. And even more so than Tampa, LA might be ready to start selling because they're 0-5 and that offense looks bad, looks really bad. And if they do trade away a receiver, you would imagine it would probably be Quentin Johnson. Would they go after Quentin Johnson? I think Quentin Johnson would probably command, understandably, more than a Chris Godwin would, I think just off age alone. But the Steelers, if they wanted to go trade for a guy, this could be a long-term option that they maybe could look at. Would they go after this? Probably not because I think they want more of a short-term thing. But who thought the Chargers were going to be 0-5, right? So it's a possibility. But through all of those names or really any other name that you guys can think of, because there definitely are other names out there that the Steelers can look at, maybe fit the Steelers better than those names that I showed right there. But let me know what you guys think. Should the Steelers stay put, stick with the guys they got, or should they go and try to get someone either signing or trade? And if they go try to get someone, who do you think they've got? Who do you guys think they should try to go get? But that's going to do it for today's episode. Hope you guys have a great rest of your day. I know this video is coming out on a Tuesday. So hope you guys have a great rest of your day. We'll see you guys very, very soon.