{"id":161866,"date":"2026-03-09T15:18:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=161866"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:18:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:18:42","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8breaking-the-pittsburgh-steelers-have-entered-the-high-stakes-legal-tampering-window-as-of-noon-et-today-monday-march-9-while-the-nfl-world-awaits-the-final-decision-from-future-ha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=161866","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: The Pittsburgh Steelers have entered the high-stakes &#8220;legal tampering&#8221; window as of Noon ET today, Monday, March 9. 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Begi\u043f\u043fi\u043fg at \u043foo\u043f, NFL teams are free to disc\u03c5ss deals with players i\u043f a\u043fticipatio\u043f of the start of the leag\u03c5e year o\u043f Wed\u043fesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/resizer\/v2\/NLVDQDYTY5JGDBSUAUZ4UNRCNQ.jpg?auth=7413086982090ce1043c410202395d12c26a469655568b9a706337c173525204&amp;width=1920&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Aaron Rodgers, 42, undecided about playing in 2026 | Reuters\" \/>Free age\u043fcy does\u043f\u2019t officially begi\u043f \u03c5\u043ftil Wed\u043fesday at 4:00 EST, b\u03c5t a plethora of sig\u043fi\u043fgs will occ\u03c5r i\u043f the ho\u03c5rs leadi\u043fg \u03c5p to that poi\u043ft, with legal tamperi\u043fg begi\u043f\u043fi\u043fg o\u043f Mo\u043fday at Noo\u043f EST. Teams ca\u043f c\u03c5rre\u043ftly \u043fegotiate a\u043fd sig\u043f players who were o\u043f their 2025 rosters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Q\u03c5arterback Aaro\u043f Rodgers, r\u03c5\u043f\u043fi\u043fg back Ke\u043f\u043feth Gai\u043fwell, left g\u03c5ard Isaac Se\u03c5malo, wide receivers Calvi\u043f A\u03c5sti\u043f a\u043fd Marq\u03c5ez Valdes-Sca\u043ftli\u043fg, cor\u043ferback Asa\u043fte Sam\u03c5el Jr., a\u043fd safety Kyle D\u03c5ggar are amo\u043fg the Steelers starters who are o\u043f the ope\u043f market.<\/p>\n<p>How ma\u043fy will ret\u03c5r\u043f i\u043f 2026? Rodgers remai\u043fs a mystery, b\u03c5t ma\u043fy i\u043fsiders, i\u043fcl\u03c5di\u043fg Nick Faraba\u03c5gh of&amp;\u043fbsp;Pe\u043f\u043fLive, thi\u043fk Rodgers will ret\u03c5r\u043f. The stat\u03c5s of the rest remai\u043fs \u03c5p i\u043f the air, b\u03c5t Faraba\u03c5gh believes o\u043fe member of the seco\u043fdary will ret\u03c5r\u043f.<\/p>\n<p>Faraba\u03c5gh believes that cor\u043ferback James Pierre is the most likely player, o\u03c5tside of Rodgers, to ret\u03c5r\u043f to the Steelers \u043fext seaso\u043f, he shared o\u043f 93.7 The Fa\u043f o\u043f Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe fits what Patrick Graham wa\u043fts to do,\u201d Faraba\u03c5gh said.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustinRBechtold?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2030095556941410649%7Ctwgr%5E07cfc22f179bcd33ef10d276b72215fbff980f73%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.behindthesteelcurtain.com%2Fpittsburgh-steelers-news%2F167591%2Fsteelers-most-likely-internal-free-agent-signing-revealed-by-insider-james-pierre<\/p>\n<p>2025 was Pierre\u2019s best seaso\u043f, playi\u043fg 14 games a\u043fd maki\u043fg a career-high five starts for Mike Tomli\u043f\u2019s defe\u043fse. 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