{"id":6890,"date":"2024-10-03T03:21:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T03:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=6890"},"modified":"2024-10-03T03:21:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T03:21:32","slug":"breaking-steelers-connected-to-potential-rare-in-division-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=6890","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Steelers Connected to Potential Rare In-Division Trade.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cooper.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cooper.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cooper.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cooper.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Amari Cooper\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"144\" data-dom-ready-time=\"151\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>ESPN&#8217;s Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler argued the Pittsburgh Steelers are a team to watch if the Cleveland Browns make wide receiver Amari Cooper available on the trade market.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former All-Pro wide receiver\u00a0Davante Adams\u00a0is\u00a0drawing a lot of attention as a potential trade target\u00a0for the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers. But Adams is hardly the only possible receiver trade option for the Steelers. On October 2, ESPN\u2019s Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler linked the Steelers to\u00a0receiver\u00a0Amari Cooper\u00a0if the\u00a0Cleveland Browns\u00a0make the veteran available on the trade market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Cleveland continues to slide, Amari Cooper could be an attractive option because his contract restructure has him playing on a minimum base salary,\u201d\u00a0wrote Fowler.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest obstacle potentially preventing Pittsburgh from acquiring Cooper could be Cleveland\u2019s desire not to help their division rival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCooper would be one to watch for Pittsburgh, though it\u2019d be an in-division trade, and those are tough to execute,\u201d\u00a0added Graziano.<\/p>\n<p>The last time the Steelers and Browns agreed to a trade was\u00a0in September 2017. Pittsburgh sent wide receiver Sammie Coates and a 2019 seventh-round pick to Cleveland for a 2017 sixth-rounder.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers haven\u2019t made any trades involving another team in the AFC North\u00a0since March 2020. On March 2 of that year, the Steelers dealt a 2021 fifth-round selection to the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens. In return, the Steelers received defensive lineman Chris Wormley and a 2021 seventh-round choice.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>How Amari Cooper Could Fit With the Steelers<\/h2>\n<p>The Steelers have been linked to practically every notable receiver potentially available in a trade since they dealt\u00a0Diontae Johnson\u00a0to the\u00a0Carolina Panthers\u00a0on March 12. So, even though it\u2019s hard to envision the Browns wideout landing in Pittsburgh, it\u2019s not surprising that Graziano and Fowler floated it as a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>The 10-year veteran has never made the All-Pro team, but he\u2019s been a very productive receiver with three different franchises.\u00a0Cooper has made five Pro Bowls, including at least one with all three teams he\u2019s played for in his career.<\/p>\n<p>With 72 catches, 1,250 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns last year, Cooper made his first Pro Bowl with the Browns.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper averaged\u00a017.4 yards per catch during 2023. That\u2019s a career high total that\u2019s not likely to happen again. Cooper is on the other spectrum in that statistic through four games this season, as he\u2019s averaged a career-low 9.3 yards per reception in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>But Cooper would definitely be an upgrade over any receiver the Steelers have besides\u00a0George Pickens. No Steelers receiver other than Pickens is averaging at least 2 catches per game this year.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper is averaging\u00a04 catches per week this season and has 148 receiving yards with 2 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>If the Steelers could pull off the rare in-division deal to land Cooper, he could work as a possession receiver in Pittsburgh\u2019s offense, pairing well with Pickens\u2019 deep-threat ability. Pickens led the NFL in yards per catch last season.<\/p>\n<p>That would allow Pittsburgh\u2019s other receivers,\u00a0Calvin Austin II,\u00a0Van Jefferson,\u00a0Roman Wilson\u00a0and\u00a0Scotty Miller to play smaller roles behind Pickens and Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>In 10 NFL seasons,\u00a0Cooper has\u00a0683 receptions, 9,634 receiving yards and 62 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Other Potential WR Trade Targets for the Steelers<\/h2>\n<p>Adams and Cooper might be the best receiving options potentially available over the next month. But they aren\u2019t likely to be Pittsburgh\u2019s only choices.<\/p>\n<p>On October 2,\u00a0Graziano named a couple other possible targets for the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would expect the Steelers to be in on\u00a0Davante Adams, along with\u00a0DeAndre Hopkins\u00a0if he becomes available, and I do wonder about\u00a0Christian Kirk\u00a0in Jacksonville,\u201d wrote Graziano.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Kirk\u00a0is the youngest of the four wideouts the ESPN insiders linked to the Steelers. That alone makes him an intriguing possibility.<\/p>\n<p>But it could also make him more expensive to acquire. Kirk also isn\u2019t a proven commodity like the other potential targets.<\/p>\n<p>Like Adams,\u00a0DeAndre Hopkins\u00a0is a former 3-time All-Pro. He\u2019s also roughly the same age.<\/p>\n<p>Hopkins last made the Pro Bowl, though, in 2020, which could make him a less appealing choice. However,\u00a0he did record\u00a01,057 receiving yards with a 14.1 yards per catch average last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers seemingly have options to add firepower to their receiving room. Negotiating with the Browns could be difficult by nature, but it\u2019s not out of the question because of the immediate need Pittsburgh has at wideout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyESPN&#8217;s Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler argued the Pittsburgh Steelers are a team to watch if the Cleveland Browns make wide receiver Amari Cooper available on the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Steelers Connected to Potential Rare In-Division Trade.. - Sport News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=6890\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Steelers Connected to Potential Rare In-Division Trade.. - 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