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Steelers offer stands for FA wide receiver Tyler Boyd

The Steelers have reportedly made an offer to Tyler Boyd and are sticking with it.

According to Pittsburgh Steelers beat writer Mark Kaboly, the Steelers still have an interest in signing free-agent wide receiver Tyler Boyd. This is in spite of the Steelers signing three veteran wide receivers already and scouting several top receiver prospects in the 2024 NFL draft.

However, according to Kaboly, the initial offer the Steelers made to Boyd is what they are sticking with. This means Boyd is going to have to decide if he’s willing to join the Steelers for whatever they have offered or try and do something else better.

The Steelers have already signed Van Jefferson, Quez Watkins and Cordarrelle Patterson this offseason but none of that should preclude Pittsburgh from pursuing Boyd. Boyd is the only guy who would be a true No. 2 receiver to pair up with George Pickens. If the Steelers add Boyd, that would put Jefferson and Watkins immediately on the roster bubble but wouldn’t diminish the interest in drafting a playmaker.

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Steelers hit roadblock with signing Bengals FA WR Tyler Boyd

The Steelers are looking to wait out Tyler Boyd.

At this point in free agency, the most coveted players are gone. The Pittsburgh Steelers may have had a plan when they traded Diontae Johnson, but we’ve not yet seen it come to fruition. That’s not to say it won’t still happen if the play was to sign Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tyler Boyd but according to Steelers beat writer Ray Fittipaldo, the two sides aren’t agreeing on money, so Pittsburgh is going to try to wait him out.

They’re trying to wait out Tyler Boyd. I’m not quite sure how that’s going to end up going down here. I know that he wants to get paid more than they’re offering him. 

Boyd isn’t the only free-agent receiver left on the market but his ties to Pittsburgh seem to make him the one the Steelers want the most. The Steelers have dedicated significant resources to scouting some of the top receivers in the 2024 NFL draft which we assume is Plan B if Boyd and Steelers can’t reach an agreement prior to the draft.

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10 best available free agents to fit Raiders needs

10 best available free agents to fit Raiders needs

It’s Friday, which means the end of the work week. It also means it’s been two work weeks since the free agent market opened for business. The Raiders handled their number one business, which was to land top free agent defensive tackle Christian Wilkins. His addition along with the return of Adam Butler and John Jenkins helped to solidify the definsive interior, but that still leaves them with plenty to do to get this team in good shape headed into the draft.

They have some $28.3 million in cap room with which to try and add some upgrades, competition, and insurance at several position still in need. And there is still some talent out there who could provide what they need.

This is the top ten free agents still on the market who could come in and fill a need position for the Raiders.

Tyler Boyd, Steelers don’t sound close to deal in free agency yet

An update on Tyler Boyd and the Steelers in free agency.

It would appear that things have cooled between former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tyler Boyd and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Around the time free agency started, a report said there was serious interest for both parties in a free-agency link. No shock there — Boyd appears on his way out the door with the Bengals and is from the greater Pittsburgh area.

But fast forward to now, The Athletic’s Mark Kaboly wrote the following: “Some people (not all) inside Steelers not 100% on board with signing Tyler Boyd. There is still time to work things and everything is still on the table but it doesn’t appear anywhere close to a sure thing like it appeared to be a week ago at this time.”

This isn’t all that shocking, either. It’s no secret the Bengals want to get faster and more versatile on offense, so Boyd is likely gone as he goes into his age-30 season.

There’s no rush for a team like the Steelers to get something done given just how slow the wideout market has moved — and that’s a direct result of how fantastic the draft’s wideout class looks, too.

Boyd will find a new home eventually, and the Steelers should still be considered favorites, but that doesn’t mean it has to happen soon.

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Chiefs signing WR seems to give Steelers a better shot at landing Tyler Boyd

The Kansas City Chiefs appear to be out of the running to sign free agent WR Tyler Boyd

Three teams were reportedly in the mix to sign coveted Cincinnati Bengals free agent wide receiver Tyler Boyd: the Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs.

On Thursday, the Chiefs signed WR Marquise Brown to a one-year deal worth up to $11 million, effectively eliminating them from the running for Boyd.

The Athletic’s Mark Kaboly reported on Wednesday that Boyd and the Steelers have a “mutual interest.” Now there’s one less team competing for the veteran’s services.

Omar Khan has been quiet since the low-key signing of safety DeShon Elliott and internal re-signings. Hopefully that means he’s working his magic to bring Boyd back home to Pittsburgh.

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WR Tyler Boyd joining Steelers gains some traction

Could Tyler Boyd be headed to the Steelers?

It has always felt like Cincinnati Bengals wideout Tyler Boyd could end up with the Pittsburgh Steelers in free agency.

With it seemingly clear that Boyd won’t return to Cincinnati with the team putting major money into WRs Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, the Clairton, Pennsylvania, native always seemed like a candidate to return home.

And according to The Athletic’s Mark Kaboly, there’s a mutual interest there: “Steelers and WR Tyler Boyd (Pitt/Clairton) have mutual interest and have had dialogue about him returning to his hometown. Nothing is imminent but there is more than just smoke with it.”

It’s easy to see this playing out, too. The Steelers traded WR Diontae Johnson this week, freeing up a spot in the offense, and they need a veteran like Boyd to help along George Pickens.

Boyd landing with the Steelers has been so obvious that he even had to answer a question about it back in back in January.

Now, it seems like we’re one step closer to Boyd having a new team for the first time since entering the league in 2016 — joining a direct rival to the Bengals in the AFC North.

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2024 NFL Free agency: The most underrated offensive players

2024 NFL Free agency: The most underrated offensive players (via @NFL_DougFarrar):

When the new league year begins at 4:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, March 13, the NFL’s legal tampering period will already have gone on for two days, and several top-tier free agents will be off the market… hypothetically, of course.

There are multiple levels to free agency, of course. The big names and best players are generally picked off as quickly as possible, and then, it’s musical chairs for the best of the rest — and this where smart teams will have their eyes on the ideal value guys who can come in without a great deal of fanfare and solidify positions of need.

These are the players we’re choosing to focus on here. These players are not at the top of most free-agent list for the 2024 league year, but make no mistake — they can be key contributors to any team they’re on.

We’ll begin with the most underrated impending free agents on offense.

Expert could see Tyler Boyd landing with Jets in free agency

Could Tyler Boyd head for the Jets in free agency?

With NFL free agency starting on March 13, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tyler Boyd will likely be moving on somewhere else since the team has already franchise tagged Tee Higgins and will be looking to spend its money elsewhere.

Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated answered questions from football fans and said in one he could see the New York Jets as a team that might look to add Boyd.

Aaron Rodgers missed the entire season after tearing his Achilles, so they will be looking to take advantage of his health right away since he’s into his 40s and they are wanting to win now.

The Jets already have some solid receivers, led by former rookie of the year Garrett Wilson, but as Bengals fans know, Boyd is a great receiver to have on the roster and he can still create problems for a defense even though he isn’t a No. 1 guy.

If Boyd ultimately does leave – which seems to be the likely scenario – it will end his eight-year tenure with the Bengals in which he caught 513 passes for exactly 6,000 yards and 31 touchdowns.

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Bears could be planning to load up at wide receiver this offseason

NFL insider Adam Caplan believes the Bears will add at least two wide receivers this offseason to bolster the position group.

Free agency is just a few days away, and the Chicago Bears should be one of the more active teams when it comes to improving their roster, specifically at the wide receiver position. The Bears only have three receivers under contract who played meaningful snaps (DJ Moore, Tyler Scott, and Velus Jones Jr.), and just one of them (Moore) made a significant impact during the 2023 season. Adding players to the position during both free agency and the draft should be a priority, and it sounds like that could be the plan.

Adam Caplan of Pro Football Network recently released a mock draft following the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine, where Chicago selected quarterback Caleb Williams at No. 1 and wide receiver Rome Odunze at No. 9. Neither pick is surprising at this stage, and mock drafts aren’t the end all, be all, but it’s what Caplan said about the Odunze pick that should have fans excited about the Bears’ strategy.

“We’re told that the Bears are planning to add at least two wide receivers this offseason, and this area is around where Odunze — who our sources say isn’t too far behind Harrison in grades from around the NFL — could be selected.

During our talks with NFL sources at the Combine, there was a growing sense that fourth-year WR Darnell Mooney would be playing elsewhere this coming season, which would leave the door open for adding Odunze here.”

From what Caplan is gathering, the Bears will be looking to add multiple wide receivers this offseason, which could come from free agency, the draft, or both. Given the Bears still have around $44 million in cap space following the Jaylon Johnson franchise tag, they can afford one of the better free agent wide receivers on the market. Someone like Curtis Samuel, Tyler Boyd, or DJ Chark could be added as a solid WR3 while the Bears draft a star prospect like Odunze or Malik Nabers in hopes of them becoming an impact player opposite Moore. They could also find a way to trade down and target one of the players in the tier below, such as Brian Thomas Jr., Adonai Mitchell, Keon Coleman, or Troy Franklin.

There are a few different avenues general manager Ryan Poles can take, but it seems all the roads will wind up ending with the Bears revamping their wide receiver room. Adding more playmakers to a team that most likely will have a rookie quarterback under center next season isn’t a bad plan.

7 standout wide receivers Patriots could still target in free agency

With Tee Higgins and Mike Evans off the table, here are seven standout free agent receivers the Patriots could still target

The wide receiver market is thinning in free agency with Cincinnati Bengals wideout Tee Higgins being franchise tagged and Mike Evans signing a two-year deal to stay with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Those are two big-ticket options gone for the receiver-needy New England Patriots.

But there’s no need to hit the panic button. There are still plenty of wide receiver options that could give the Patriots a major boost in free agency. Some even have the potential to sit at the top of the depth chart in the coveted No. 1 receiving role.

With Higgins and Evans off the table, here are seven standout receivers the Patriots could still pursue in free agency.