Tyreek Hill Trade Sparks Internal Concern
The Steelers' concern over trading for Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill is whether they will need to give up a draft pick for the star.
Tyreek Hill has been in the headlines over the last week for two extremely different reasons. The first reason is that the Miami Dolphins' star wide receiver is once again the subject of a domestic violence case. The second reason is that Hill is rumored to be on the trade block, with teams like the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers having interest in the wide receiver.
With the NFL opening its own investigation into the Hill allegations, the domestic violence case and his trade availability are tied together. The investigation is likely to result in a punishment for Hill, which will come in the form of a suspension. That being said, the suspension isn't the Steelers' concern, per Mike Florio.
“That hasn’t diminished the talk of a potential trade, at least as it relates to the Steelers,” Florio reported. “The concern is whether they’ll be sending a draft pick (something in the range of a third-round pick) to the Dolphins for a guy who is eventually sidelined for six or more weeks.”
TMZ reported earlier this month that Hill's estranged wife, Keeta Vacarro, accused the Dolphins WR of eight different incidents of domestic violence. This, unfortunately, is not an isolated incident: Hill has been accused of domestic violence multiple times in his career, though he has not been sentenced.
The Steelers and Chiefs are in the market for wide receivers to bolster their receiving groups. For the Steelers, adding a second wide receiver behind DK Metcalf would help open up more opportunities for the offense. Having a speedy threat like Hill to complement the big-bodied Metcalf just seems like the perfect match.
However, the Steelers are hesitating on the possibility of giving up a Day 2 pick for someone who is likely to miss more than half of the season. That would be a waste of resources for a team that's so clearly going for a Super Bowl this season.
Pete Carroll has ‘no fond memories’ of coaching rival
Monday’s game between the Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers is more than just the latest chapter of the rivalry between both teams, but that of their head coaches as well.
The rivalry between Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh began back in college, when Harbaugh’s upstart Stanford Cardinal upset Carroll’s powerhouse USC Trojans in 2007. Two years later, Stanford would defeat USC again, sparking a postgame confrontation due to Harbaugh allegedly running the score up. The bad blood carried over to the NFL as well, with Carroll’s Seattle Seahawks and Harbaugh’s San Francisco 49ers fighting for NFC supremacy in the 2010s.
Now with the Raiders and Chargers, respectively, Carroll and Harbaugh are set to renew hostilities once again.
Carroll and Harbaugh have both spoken about each other throughout the week.
During press conferences between the two sides, Carroll spoke about the rivalry between himself and Harbaugh.
”I remember Jim [Harbaugh]…No, I have no fond memories, I’m not going to go there. They’ve been great games, that’s all. There’s been a bunch of them,” Carroll said.
Harbaugh went on record to say that he believed he and Carroll could have been friends had they been on the same sideline. However, that has not been the case, leading to the Chargers coach quipping about how he is not on his Raiders counterpart’s Christmas card list.
When asked about that comment, Carroll seemed somewhat surprised by it.
”Well, I’m surprised he would say that because he sends me a birthday card every year, so I don’t know what to tell you,” Carroll said.
The two coaches have created one of the more interesting rivalries over the course of the 21st century, and the Raiders-Chargers rivalry becomes just the latest battleground.
This article first appeared on Dice City Sports and was syndicated with permission.
