BREAKING: Steelers make SURPRISING signing... This is wild | Pittsburgh Steelers News

We have some big news to go over today as Pittsburgh Steelers have just made a new signing as they have signed a wide receiver and they finally get some help in the wide receiving department, but it is not the signing that many fans were hoping for. We're going to break down exactly who they signed and more importantly, discuss what it means going forward for this team as they continue to look at making more moves. Folks, before we get into all of it, a very quick reminder to hit that subscribe button. You guys are in peace with the support. We also have a ton of updates from practice today, including a note surrounding Deshaun Elliott. now I had a video earlier today we're talking about the potential of a Quentin Johnson trade the potential of so many moves that could be happening today and you know they're calling around they want to make trades and they go ahead and they sign Marquez Valdes Scantling veteran wide receiver Marquez Valdes Scantling plans to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers a league source told The Athletic so after all the hoopla that's been going on over the past few days past few weeks here obviously with Roman Wilson being hurt and Michael Pittman Jr. being hurt They decide to go with the classic man who was on, you know, he played on the Steelers last year, Aaron Rodgers guy, M.V.S. Now, you know, I don't love this move. I don't think it's the end of the world that people are talking about. He's going to provide more value than Brandon Johnson and Brandon Smith, right? And that's ultimately what this is. And I believe he's going to start on the practice squad and probably get elevated. He has more talent, I think, than Brandon Johnson and Brandon Smith, right? He's had years of 500 plus yards. He's been a decent wide receiver throughout his career at times. Last year, didn't provide a whole lot. Now, at the same time, we can look at what he's done this year in a very, very limited stint, 22 receiving yards on two receptions. So he's averaging 11 yards per reception. He's age 32. Now he's not a young buck, but clearly Aaron Rodgers loves Marquez Valdes Scantling. That's basically the explanation for this is that Aaron Rodgers loves him clearly, right? Like that's the guy that Aaron Rodgers wants to have on the team. It's not, you know, I mean, they could have kept with Brandon Johnson. they could have went with Brandon Smith. They could have went and signed someone else off a practice squad. They could have signed a free agent. At the end of the day, they clearly now are going after Marquez Valdes Scantling. And it's the familiarity that really makes this interesting. Now I do want to make it clear. I don't love the move. I see a lot of people overreacting saying this is completely awful. This isn't the big move to fix their wide receiving core. I still think a trade is very, very possible. I think there's a chance that they make a bigger move for a potential, you know, not offensive lineman, maybe potential offensive line probably make a move for a you know a bigger swing maybe a Jonathan Taylor who knows what they're going to do like there's a lot of options for trades but this is the first step on that now we can talk about the reunion timeline obviously back in November 4th of 2022 I had the video on it he joined the Steelers practice squad back then and then of course he was uh with the Chargers and the Chargers released him and then he went with uh I believe it was the Cowboys for a little bit I don't exactly remember but now of course he's planning with um or planning on signing with the Steelers and he's expected to start on the practice squad but I fully expect him to get elevated on Saturday for Sunday's game I think that's exactly where this is going to go ultimately and we think back to his stint with the Steelers it didn't really go great I mean it wasn't anything to kind of you know ride home about and it's interesting how this is going to affect some of the other guys but you can see here he plans to sign with Pittsburgh he's expected to begin the practice squad and the active roster role is still to be determined so as of now we don't exactly know where he's going to be, if he's actually going to be playing on the, you know, on the big team for Sunday, but it's interesting. So let's talk about why they did it. Familiarity. That's obviously the biggest thing, right? But I'm not blind or naive to the men that are out there, especially if you work with individuals in the past or they have a past relationship here and so forth. So that was not about this signing, but that was earlier in the week. And they've been today, actually, or yesterday when he was asked about whether or not he thinks moves are going to come. He said they're absolutely no shopping moves and was asked about whether relationships matter and for him to say that obviously you prefer kind of to work with guys in the past that's where the familiarity of MBS probably uh outran some of the other uh the other guys and again he's a performer in the playoffs in theory right like these are obviously limited sample sizes that was in 2025 but i don't know it's going to be interesting he did play for the Steelers started that game against the Texans so he is a decent name right like it's a decent name what is his role who knows at this point like he's a familiar option with Aaron Rodgers for perimeter receiver work and he can support Jeremy Bernard rather than replace his opportunity and i do i do think that's the biggest thing Jeremy Bernard's role is growing right now he's a very very good young wide receiver in this league better than McKay Lemon just gonna throw that out there's a little bit of a jab but Bernard clearly has earned the trust of the team and you can see from Mike McCarthy i think what Jeremy did yesterday was outstanding he was the game ball winner on offense so that speaks volumes of how everybody feels about where he is and his climb and his contribution to the offense i think even when Roman Wilson returns and even when Michael Pittman Jr returns Jeremy's going to have to be the WR2 and this Marquez Valdez Marquez Valdez Scantling signing is not going to change that he is not going to change where Jeremy Bernard stands but let's dive into his kind of tenure throughout his career and with the Steelers so obviously you can see here last year with the Steelers five games put up 80 yards was actually pretty decent really it wasn't great but it wasn't terrible this year i say cowboys was the chargers 22 yards two games pretty rough i mean we think back to his time with kansas city obviously was good he's just a fine wide receiver right that's what he is at this point hopefully uh has the drop issues as well but they still have questions like you needed proper wide receiver three i think i don't know if he's the the guy but um no report that pittsburgh has ended its wide receiver search so keep in mind more moves are probably going to come and that's going to be uh that's going to be interesting right so let us know down below but let's dive into a few of the other injury updates before we wrap up here mike mccarthy spoke about deshaun elliott who boy could they get back if you get Deshaun Elliott back, Jalen Ramsey's playing at a Pro Bowl level. I mean, Daylon Everett looks really, really good. He said, well, and Jamel Dean, of course. He said, well, I hope so. I thought he had a great week last week. So, you know, those are the conversations that we're having. So there is potential that Deshaun Elliott progresses and progresses towards a return. Was obviously placed in the IR to start the season. His practice window opened. Yeah, I mean, 21 days, right? From that day, we're getting somewhat closer. You have until like late, I think another week or so. So maybe he could play the following Sunday. and it's not confirmed right now whether or not he's going to play this upcoming Sunday, but it would look good, right? You have a decent safety core now. Obviously, you have Jalen Ramsey. You pair that with Jamel Dean as a cornerback. Sunday Samuel looks slowly but surely better. Jalen Everett looks like a star, kind of stud rookie. Star may be a stretch, but star in the making. And obviously, you have some other guys there. I'm excited for it. And it's slowly but surely you're looking like a decent defense. And of course, Jaquan Brisker had a decent game. I mean, Rayshon Jenkins wasn't good, but he's not on the team anymore. So it is going to be interesting. there a few other things from practice today you can see here from Peyton Wilson we just realized what we were doing the first few weeks wasn't really working we had to take it up a notch talks about Patrick Graham getting aggressive I think it's just a credit to him finally just to let it open and being aggressive so there's just a lot of good vibes right now right and at the end of the day between McCarthy and Dowdle they're both going to have to grind they're both going to have to run you can see here specific specifically sorry he says we really like both running backs a lot and they need to touch the ball and obviously Rico Dowdle had a hell of a game I mean there's no doubt about it I mean he played really really well and he looked like he was shot out of a cannon you can see the stats here like everyone's gonna have to play their game yes Jalen Warren had double the carries Dowdle looked like he was shot out of a cannon Jeremy Bernard with 87 yards and something that went under the radar was DK Metcalf and his ability so at the end of the day here it's going to be interesting to see what happens keep in mind now they do plan to fly to Paris after Thursday's practice there's some crazy stuff going on in the world in paris right now and he spoke about that and said we looked at both options and we clearly feel like this one leaving thursday is the best for us we'll have to see what happens especially as the days progress but folks huge huge game against the Saints you can go for your third win in a row and hopefully remain on top of that division because all of a sudden this AFC division is looking very very winnable although very very difficult that loss against the Browns is staying a little bit you would have been alone at the top next practice being tomorrow followed by Thursday we'll see what happens and Deshaun Elliott we'll see what happens on Marquez Vald and Scantling you guys have an absolute beast with the support but comment down below whether you think they should make another trade thank you guys or another move sorry after this potentially a trade thank you guys for watching absolutely peace