The Pittsburgh Steelers have been linked to wide receivers all around the league ever since last offseason. Questions about the ability of George Pickens to be a long-term WR1 have been posed and spawned trade rumors from Deebo Samuel to Tyreek Hill.
Now, the Steelers have the benefit of free agency to potentially add some depth to the wide receivers room, and two of their biggest targets might not be available after all.
Oct 21, 2024; Tampa, Florida, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin (14) celebrates a first down against the Baltimore Ravens in the second quarter at Raymond James Stadium.
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The Cincinnati Bengals are expected to use the franchise tag on Tee Higgins … again … which would make him unavailable to anyone else.
Now, it appears the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and general manager Jason Licht seem to be dead-set on retaining the services of Chris Godwin.
“Hopefully, we can come to an agreement with him because Chris means the world to this organization, to all of us individually but as an organization as a whole,” Licht told reporters at the NFL Combine. “Nobody has been more resilient than him. We’ve been down this road, a similar path, with him. Nobody has been more resilient and works harder than him.
“So those are the good things. If I were a betting man, I’d bet on Chris. But the facts are we have to wade through some variables here.”
Godwin was a third-round pick from Penn State in 2017 and has played second-fiddle to Mike Evans for his entire career. Not that that’s a bad thing. Last season, Godwin was leading the league in a couple of wideout stats before dislocating his ankle in slop time of the Bucs’ loss to the Ravens in Week 7.
