Recent injury could create an opening for the Steelers to make a trade that would solve the WR issue once and for all
It might be time to go back to the well.
Calvin Austin III hasn’t practiced in nearly two weeks for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Meaning a team that was already thin and boasting questions at the WR position might have a renewed interest in adding another.
Well, there’s a chance that one of the best players at the position will be available, and Pittsburgh has a history with his current team…
Could the Steelers swing a Tyreek Hill trade?
It’s no secret that, despite what you hear from the Steelers brass, this team is still poking around to try and bolster its roster. That is especially true at the WR position, where Pittsburgh would probably have already traded for Terry McLaurin if Washington wasn’t dead set on keeping him. So insert Hill and the Miami Dolphins.
I know Pittsburgh already hammered out a blockbuster trade with the Dolphins this year, but Hill is a little different. For one, the Steelers know they have a giant question mark in their WR corps outside of DK Metcalf. Secondly, if the Steelers manage to trade for Hill after Aug. 31, the day of which his $15.85 million roster bonus is due, they can use their nearly $20 million in effective cap space to work through his base salary and per-game roster bonuses fairly easily. So what do they give up? I proposed a 2026 second-round pick and a 2027 third-round pick in exchange for Hill and a 2026 5th-rounder, to one of our Dolphins creators at A to Z Sports, Kyle Crabbs.
In an exercise where Crabbs compared offers from four other teams, the Steelers came out on top with a little bit of a revision to the offer:
“I would accept the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offer out of the four proposed to me by my colleagues here at A to Z Sports (if I had to),” wrote Crabbs. “The winning trade offer sends 2026 second, 2027 third-round draft choices, and wide receiver Calvin Austin III to Miami in return for wide receiver Tyreek Hill and a 2026 fifth-round draft choice.”
Roman Wilson has stepped up in Austin’s absence, and the group already has its headliner via DK Metcalf. But adding another vertical presence on the outside via one of the fastest and most productive players of his generation can’t hurt.
Especially if Pittsburgh could swing the trade for the draft capital I was willing to part with in our hypothetical trade.
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