Steelers Trade Incoming? - Report Reveals WILD Update | Pittsburgh Steelers News

NFL Insider has just dropped a huge report surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers involving a wide receiver with a 1,000-yard season on his resume. His name is Hollywood Brown, and if you watch the Steelers' receiver room fall apart over these last two weeks, you already know why Pittsburgh keeps getting named as a landing spot. But here's the twist. Steelers recently signed Marquez Valdez-Scantling. So does that close the door, or is Brown still on the move? We're going to break down that, break down the new reports, and discuss what it means going forward for this team as Omar Khan continues to peruse the wide receiver market. But not only that, we have a bunch of updates from this morning in Paris surrounding the Steelers, Aaron Rodgers calling out the team a little bit surrounding getting in Thursday instead of Monday, and a ton of other injury updates. Before we get into it, quick reminder, hit that subscribe button if you're enjoying the daily Steelers content. You guys have been beast with the support. So a recent report dropped from Jordan Schultz revealing that Marquez Hollywood Brown is a name that teams seeking receiver help believe could be traded in the coming weeks. Brown is healthy, he has a 1,000-yard season on his resume, and just last year in Kansas City, he had 49 catches good for 587 yards and 5 touchdowns. Now why would a healthy wide receiver be available if you're the Eagles? The real answer is because in Philadelphia, he's basically disappeared. He signed a one-year deal worth up to $6.5 million in March, but in week one, he was active and didn't play a single offensive snap. In week two against the Titans, he had two carries for 12 yards and zero targets. Then an ankle injury cost him three games. And last Sunday against Carolina, he was a healthy scratch. Added up and six games into the season, he has zero catches. And not to mention the Eagles are in a very bad spot they're two and four they've lost four straight games Jalen Hurts is expected to miss the rest of the year with blood clots and that is a I mean they're a team in a spot that doesn't need a receiver they aren't even using so they're certainly going to trade him now it is important to note that some Eagles reporters think that this post came directly from Browns camp basically an agent saying please find my guy some snaps please find my guy a new home either way the news is out there and the Steelers are at the forefront so where did the Steelers come in Jordan Schultz didn't directly say that the picture Steelers are frontrunners for him, but it is very interesting because new rumors have started to fly, including from Sports Illustrated's Nick Faria, who wrote up a three-team trade destination for Hollywood Brown, with the Steelers being one of them. And his case was simple. Pittsburgh wasn't a fit in the summer, but now with the injuries to Michael Pittman Jr., to Roman Wilson, they're pretty desperate for receiving help, even after Marquez Valdes-Scantling, And the Eagles and the Steelers are pretty good trade partners here. Other news outlets put the Steelers on its list too, with other teams like the 49ers and the Rams, but Steelers Nation went even further, calling Brown the deep threat that this offense doesn't have, hasn't had, and desperately needs. And there's Pittsburgh's piece to this too. Hollywood is Antonio Brown's cousin, and before the 2019 draft, he said, quote, I love Pittsburgh. They have a Hall of Fame quarterback. I would love to play there. And Hollywood Brown mentioned a Hall of Fame quarterback, obviously talking about Ben Roethlisberger. They have a Hall of Fame quarterback now in Aaron Rodgers. Different guy, same sales pitch. Now right now, a lot of it is speculation. We know the Steelers are involved on multiple different wide receivers in multiple different reports. So will they actually go after Hollywood Brown? That is yet to be seen, but it is very interesting. Now to get why this does make sense, let's look at who's actually healthy. Michael Pittman Jr. is on the injured reserve with a foot injury. Roman Wilson, he's on the injured reserve after hurting his finger against the Colts and Ben Scran頓 is already ruled out this Sunday with a calf injury. That is three receivers who've combine for 24 catches and 309 yards this season all off the field at once. But who's left? DK Metcalf, who has 30 catches and 318 yards with a touchdown, and superstar rookie, superstar's a stretch, I'm going to call him that anyway, Jeremy Bernard, who has 24 catches and 227 yards. After those two, you have rookie Caden Wetjen, who is, and really was drafted to be a punt returner, which has been a little bit rough lately. He has zero catches on the year, which is why their tight ends have been featured heavily. Guys like Pat Freiermuth, who has four touchdowns, which is more than any other receiver on the team. And the reporters who cover this team on a daily basis agree on what the need is. Ray Fittipaldo said this week that the receiver position is the only one that he sees them trading for, and Mark Cabali went through some other names on his show, mentioning Juwan Jennings, mentioning Keyshawn Booty, all these guys. So Brown isn't the only name, but he might be the cheapest one, and potentially the best fit. Which brings us to the move they did make. On Tuesday, the Steelers signed Marquez Valdes-Scantling to the practice squad a few days after the chargers let him go and in three games with the chargers this year he had two catches for 22 yards this is the emergency button and the reason they hit it has a name from 2018 to 2021 aaron rogers played with him in green bay where MVS had 123 catches good for over 2100 yards and 13 touchdowns rogers was asked about him this morning in paris and he said quote i love marquez i have played with him many times a bunch of years he's a smart guy very smart and marquez Valdez-Scantling said himself that he'd been in the building for quote a grand total of 12 hours but there's a lot of carryover and it should be fairly quick with Aaron and let's not forget Marquez Valdez-Scantling played with the Steelers last year. Now Jerry Dulac did report on Post Gazette that basically it's unlikely potentially that the Steelers make a trade after signing Marquez Valdez-Scantling and that for now they're just trying to apply band-aids sorry. I do ultimately think the Hollywood Brown would be kind of a band-aid so take it with a grain of salt and it is Jerry Dulac. So that's the split. One Post Gazette reporter says receiver is the only spot they trade for, and another says they're not going to make another move after Marquez Valdez Scantling. Obviously, they can't both be right, but it goes to show both how kind of tight-lipped this front office is on the surface, but also how involved the Steelers have been in reports and rumors. There is certainly a move coming. It's just a matter of if it's a big one and if it's that wide receiver at all. At the end of the day, Marquez Valdez Scantling is a patch until Pittman and Wilson come back whereas Marquez or Hollywood Brown sorry I think would be more of a real number three who can still be useful when they play him that's the difference so let's be honest what we're talking about here every season of Hollywood Brown's career has been at least decent right 584 yards as a rookie in 2019 769 the next year 1000 in 2021 709 and 574 in Arizona now I mentioned every year has been good that's when he was healthy back in 2024 he hurt his shoulder in the preseason in Kansas City, had surgery, and only played two games where he still managed to put up 91 yards. Then, he came back last season and played 16 games with 49 catches and over 500 yards, so he's not a number one, he's not replacing Metcalf, he's not even replacing Jeremy Bernard, but he's a speed guy who makes the defense respect the deep ball. Now, the catch would be chemistry. Marquez Valdez-Scantling knows Rodgers from years in Green Bay. Hollywood Brown has never caught a pass for him, and some reporters have flagged that as a problem as well. Now, for those thinking money being the problem spot track has the Steelers with about 18 million dollars in cap space and brown's whole deal is worth only up to 6.5 million and on that note the clock is running the trade deadline is Tuesday November 10th that's 18 days from today and things are picking up very very quickly but it also goes to show why each win matters so much and talking about Friday talking about the game Sunday we have some updates from this morning Steelers are supposed to practice at the Stade de France at 11 a.m. today but about 90 minutes before it got canceled due to weather wind rain it's crazy over there and Mike McCarthy said that they had two plans coming in and then quote frankly driving by I wish I would have stopped but this is part of our plan you have some injury reports let's start with the good news TJ Watt fully off the injury report full go for Sunday same for Alex Highsmith Cam Hayward and Jalen Ramsey all the superstars are going to be available and regarding who isn't Rico Dowdle dealing with a knee injury he is questionable the same with Deshaun Elliott who's been full all week coming off of injured reserve and McCarthy says they'll make those decisions after Sunday's practice and regarding who's out Brandon Echols he's out Ben Sknoric he's out and Sebastian Joseph-Day who we covered this morning and yesterday he is out as well so it's gonna be a wild wild game and Sunday matters a lot McCarthy also talked up Aaron Rodgers this morning he said quote frankly I'm amazed on how well he still throws the ball he played through his eyes not bad for a 42 year old in his 22nd season and something else to kind to watch from this he looks like he has and he has had this season increased mobility and there's been some rumblings about him working with a trainer in the offseason all that good stuff he has been moving better in the pocket he's been escaping sacks and most importantly he's been throwing absolute dots which is why all this wide receiver talk is such a big conversation in the first place and here's why the Steelers are four and two and currently in a three-way tie between Cleveland and Baltimore at the top of the AFC North you win in Paris and you go into the stretch before the deadline with a real shot at the division and that's when a move like Brown or perhaps even a bigger move starts to make a lot more sense folks comment down below should the Steelers go after Hollywood Brown and what do you think about that move as well just comment down below your thoughts ahead of the big game on Sunday it is a 9 30 a.m. eastern start time we'll keep you up to date every step of the way make sure to hit that subscribe button thank you guys for watching