NFL insider puts an end to absurd Steelers trade rumor
There has been some chatter from a former NFL GM about the Pittsburgh Steelers being active in the trade market. But not for a corner or another weapon… Instead, they should be in the market for a QB and one that wears purple. Well, that idea just ended: "It Might Give Them A Long-Term Answer" […]
There has been some chatter from a former NFL GM about the Pittsburgh Steelers being active in the trade market.
But not for a corner or another weapon…
Instead, they should be in the market for a QB and one that wears purple. Well, that idea just ended:
"It Might Give Them A Long-Term Answer"
“If you put Kirk Cousins on Pittsburgh’s team right now, that might improve them,” former NFL GM Michael Lombardi said on a recent episode of his podcast The GM Shuffle. “It might give them a long-term answer. Would they sign him? Well, they have a quarterback on a rookie deal. I’m sure they could. Is it Pittsburgh’s style? I don’t think so, but it depends on where they think they are with Kenny Pickett…
"…They’re going to win enough games to where they won’t get a top quarterback. If you’re Omar Khan and you know you’re not going to get a top-ten quarterback, so do you keep going with Pickett and hope he gets better? Or for the next two years, let me bring in Cousins, and we’ll see if Pickett grows up. I don’t know if I’d argue with that logic.”
Well, as someone who consumes as much of Lombardi as I can, even I have to argue with his logic. If you sign and trade for Kirk Cousins, you might as well cut or trade Kenny Pickett.
Pittsburgh would be all but giving up on Pickett with such a move.
And maybe they need to, surely they will if and when the time comes. But not even halfway through his sophomore season is not the time.
But even if Pittsburgh wanted to trade for Cousins, that can't happen anymore:
ESPN's Adam Schefter was the first one with the news, explaining that the Vikings and Cousins will be partners through the rest of the season at least, with a decision on his future to come in the offseason.
So the idea was fun while it lasted (okay, not really) but it's definitely not going to happen.
Maybe Pickett will have caught wind of the situation though, potentially adding some extra motivation for the rest of the season.
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