Steelers Invite 3x Pro Bowler WR to Attend Bengals Game After Suspension Expires — Deal Could Be Finalized Right After
The Pittsburgh Steelers are quietly preparing for a major shake-up in their struggling wide receiver room, and this weekend’s matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals could determine whether a blockbuster reunion becomes reality. According to team sources, the Steelers have formally invited
The timing isn’t random. Pittsburgh’s 25–10 loss to the Chargers in Week 10 exposed a glaring issue: outside of DK Metcalf, the Steelers simply cannot separate from defenders. Aaron Rodgers has been forced into tight-window throws all season, and offensive consistency has vanished as a result.
With the trade deadline now behind them and no reinforcements acquired, the Steelers are running out of options on the open market. But one name suddenly became available the moment his suspension expired in Week 12 —
A Super Bowl Veteran Back in Play
Beckham, now fully eligible to return, hasn’t played meaningful football in more than a year, but his résumé speaks for itself:
• 3× Pro Bowler
• Super Bowl LVI Champion
• Nearly 8,000 career receiving yards
Two ACL tears derailed his prime between 2021–2024, and limited stints with the Ravens and Dolphins left more questions than answers. Still, at 33, Beckham is healthy, motivated, and — most importantly — seeking a contender. The Steelers check every box.
Why the Steelers Are Interested
Pittsburgh isn’t hiding the fact that their WR depth is depleted. Isaiah Hodgins was poached by the Giants this week, leaving the practice squad completely empty at wide receiver. Marquez Valdes-Scantling could be elevated for Sunday, but even then, the group lacks a true No. 2 threat behind Metcalf.
Adding Beckham — even at 60% of his former explosiveness — would:
• Pull defensive attention away from Metcalf
• Give Rodgers a veteran route runner he trusts
• Add championship maturity to a young locker room
• Offer red-zone value that Pittsburgh badly needs
And because Beckham’s suspension just expired, the Steelers would face no competition from teams that previously avoided signing him.
The Plan for Sunday
According to internal expectations, the Steelers want Beckham in the building for Bengals vs. Steelers. The organization wants to:
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Evaluate his conditioning
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Evaluate his readiness to practice immediately
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Gauge Beckham’s interest in a playoff-run role
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Let him meet Rodgers, Metcalf and OC Arthur Smith in person
If Pittsburgh’s offense struggles again Sunday — especially if Metcalf is doubled throughout the game — Khan is expected to move fast.
Why a Deal Could Be Finalized Immediately After
A practice-squad signing is the most likely path. It would allow Beckham to:
• Learn the playbook without pressure
• Ramp up conditioning
• Be elevated late in the season or for a playoff push
This strategy mirrors how teams have handled returning veterans in previous years — low-risk, controllable, high-upside.
Steelers Fans Should Watch Closely
The message from Pittsburgh is simple:
If the offense sputters again vs. Cincinnati… Beckham could be a Steeler by Monday.
For a team fighting to stay in the AFC playoff race, this could be the spark they’ve desperately needed.
Cowboys Stars Pushed Key Rookie Ahead of Week 11 Debut
In theory, if iron sharpens iron and all that, the Cowboys secondary should be razor sharp, and should have been so throughout the bulk of this NFL season. It hasn’t. In fact, with a battered safety bunch, plus with DaRon Bland a disappointment, Kaiir Elam merely serviceable and Trevon Diggs not healthy, it’s been arguably the worst secondary in the NFL this season.
Still, the Cowboys have one of the league’s best quarterbacks, Dak Prescott, and two receivers who would star on roster in the NFL: CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens.
For rookie third-round draft pick Shavon Revel, facing those two in practice for the past four months has raised his game, even as he is also working his way back from a torn ACL he suffered a year ago in college.
Revel revealed what practicing against those two players has made him think about NFL receivers as he prepares for his debut on Monday night against the Raiders. “It’s real,” he said. “It’s real, man.”
Shavon Revel Learned Much From Cowboys Stars
Revel said that trying to keep up with the speedy and elusive Pickens in Cowboys practice has been especially difficult.
“Especially George Pickens, man, slippery and slithery,” Revel said. “You know how he get. Definitely competition, I feel like they brought me back to myself, approach it every day like, these are the same guys you’ve been going against, you know. I can’t say too much about it because every day I feel like I am getting better, and every day I feel like I am making them better, too.
“That boy George, man, he makes you work. He will get you ready for game day.”
(Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)George Pickens #3 of the Dallas Cowboys
Shavon Revel ‘Very Excited’ for Debut
For Revel, being dropped into action here in the midst of a season, at a time when the Cowboys are essentially in a must-win situation for weeks to come. will be a challenge. But he is joining a secondary that is currently ranked 31st in the NFL in coverage, via Pro Football Focus.
The challenge, he said, will be playing with energy and excitement, while also reeling himself in and keeping his play-to-play focus tight.
“I am very excited, not playing football for a whole year. I am very excited,” he said. “I just gotta focus on my details. A little rust coming back, but at the end of the day, I know what I gotta do. I know I gotta put that work in, I gotta take that step every day.
“Leading into it, it’s kind of nerve-wracking. But I know what I can do. I feel like everyone knows what they can do—I know my body, so I feel like I can go out there and play my game and be confident in it.”
There is a question, too, about trusting his knee and worrying about getting re-injured. Revel says he is trying not to think about that.
“I am not sure,” he said. “I will take that step-by-step every day. I don’t want to put that in my head. I want to come out here and do what I do and do it my best.”
Cowboys Playing With heavy Hearts
There’s the added element, too, of Monday being fraught with emotion because the Cowboys have not played a game since the death of teammate Marshawn Kneeland. Revel is using Kneeland’s death, and the friendship they struck up in training camp, as inspiration.
“It was hard on me, especially talking to him every day back in football camp back in California,” Revel said. “You know, he wants best for you. I looked at it as, ‘What would he want me to do?’ Taking a step forward, he wouldn’t want me to sit around and mope around all day, so I just took it like that.
“I have people I lost at home, and I wouldn’t say it did (motivate me) too much because I challenge myself. I am already self-motivated. Pushing myself to the limit.”
