{"id":3686,"date":"2024-11-02T12:50:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T12:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=3686"},"modified":"2024-11-02T12:50:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T12:50:29","slug":"breaking-fine-complementary-target-named-steelers-trade-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=3686","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: \u2018Fine Complementary Target\u2019 Named Steelers Trade Candidate!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-4692\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KJ-Osborn-Steelers.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\/KJ-Osborn-Steelers.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KJ-Osborn-Steelers.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KJ-Osborn-Steelers.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"BREAKING: \u2018Fine Complementary Target\u2019 Named Steelers Trade Candidate.. - NEWS USA\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1349\" data-img-load-time=\"473\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>GettyBleacher Report\u2019s Kristopher Knox identified the Pittsburgh Steelers as a potential suitor for New England Patriots receiver K.J. Osborn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Several veteran wide receivers have already come and gone on the NFL trade market this season. But if the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0still want to upgrade the position, they appear to have a few different options before the NFL trade deadline on November 5. One of those choices could be\u00a0New England Patriots\u00a0receiver\u00a0K.J. Osborn.<\/p>\n<p>Bleacher Report\u2019s Kristopher Knox named\u00a0the Steelers one of two potential suitors for Osborn on October 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWide receiver K.J. Osborn would be a logical trade candidate. He\u2019s playing on a one-year deal and has seen a minor role in New England\u2019s offense,\u201d\u00a0wrote Knox.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cHe could be a fine complementary target for a receiver-needy team over the second half of the season.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe Pittsburgh Steelers, who have questionable receiver depth but are otherwise set to make a run, could be in the market for Osborn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Knox also identified the\u00a0Los Angeles Chargers\u00a0as a potential suitor for Osborn.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old receiver only has\u00a07 catches for 57 yards in six games this season. He\u2019s averaged just 3.4 targets per contest despite starting four games for New England.<\/p>\n<p>But last season in a more potent passing offense, Osborn had 48 catches for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns. He eclipsed the 500-yard mark three consecutive seasons from 2021-23.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Play\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uagfN8xc5p4?autoplay=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Steelers Desperate to Add WR Such as K.J. Osborn?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Although a \u201cfine\u201d complementary weapon, Osborn hasn\u2019t exactly lit up the NFL.\u00a0He\u2019s posted\u00a0100 receiving yards in a game just twice in his career, the last of which came in Week 18 during the 2022 season.<\/p>\n<p>But coming into the 2024 campaign, the Steelers only had one receiver who had more than 210 receiving yards in 2023. Osborn passed that mark easily in 2023 and the two prior seasons as well.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers have been involved and\/or linked to numerous wide receivers on the trade market the last several months. But they have been unable to add a secondary target to support\u00a0George Pickens.<\/p>\n<p>NFL commentator Rob Gronkowski argued during an appearance on NFL Network\u2019s\u00a0\u201cUp and Adams\u201d on October 30 that the Steelers desperately need to add a receiver before the November 5 trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pittsburgh Steelers, they need a wide receiver,\u201d\u00a0Gronkowski told host Kay Adams.\u00a0\u201cI think they need to get somebody. I don\u2019t really know [who]. I\u2019m not really sure who\u2019s out there, but the Pittsburgh Steelers, they gotta make a move now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir division rival made a move. They need to step it up as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gronkowski was referring to the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0acquiring, ironically,\u00a0former Steelers receiver Diontae Johnson.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Play\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kCttdlHrzb8?autoplay=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Steelers WRs Emerging With QB Russell Wilson<\/h2>\n<p>Gronkowski isn\u2019t wrong. On paper, the Steelers have one of the weakest wide receiver rooms in the league. But things have improved for the group recently.<\/p>\n<p>Both third-year receiver\u00a0Calvin Austin III\u00a0and veteran \u00a0Van Jefferson posted more than 50 receiving yards in Week 8. The week prior, Jefferson caught a touchdown and Austin had a 36-yard reception.<\/p>\n<p>Each receiver is producing more with\u00a0Russell Wilson\u00a0behind center. The veteran quarterback has also helped other receivers such Pickens, who has eclipsed the 70-yard mark in both of Wilson\u2019s starts, increased their production.<\/p>\n<p>Other pass catchers such as\u00a0Darnell Washington\u00a0have been more involved too. Washington recorded the longest catch of his career \u2014 a 29-yard reception \u2014 in Week 8.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s possible those performances the past two weeks could make the Steelers less desperate in the wideout trade market. 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