Steelers Stand Pat at Trade Deadline
With the NFL trade deadline falling on Halloween this season, Pittsburgh Steelers fans who were hoping to see general manager Omar Khan make a bold move to improve his team got a trick instead of a treat.
The Steelers stood pat on what was a generally quiet NFL trade deadline day, failing to make a trade deadline move for the first time since 2019. The team will not make any in-season trades this year, the first time that has happened since 2018.
The lack of moves wasn’t for a lack of trying. The Steelers were reportedly involved in talks with the Chicago Bears for cornerback Jaylon Johnson, but Chicago ultimately decided to keep the disgruntled star, who had requested a trade.
The Steelers also appeared to be looking to make a move involving incumbent cornerback Levi Wallace, but he remains on the squad now that the 4 p.m. deadline has passed.
The Steelers will move forward with their secondary intact personnel-wise, but that doesn’t mean that it will be the same. Joey Porter Jr. will move into a starting role for the rest of the season, head coach Mike Tomlin and defensive coordinator Teryl Austin said this week.
That could mean a move to the bench for Wallace, or it could also mean more of Patrick Peterson playing in the slot, or at free safety, where the team will be without All-Pro Minkah Fitzpatrick for at least this week’s game against the Tennessee Titans.
STEELERS IN-SEASON TRADE HISTORY SINCE 2013
| Date/Year | Team | Sent | Received |
| Nov. 1, 2022* | CHI | WR Chase Claypool | 2023 2nd Rd Pick (CB Joey Porter Jr.) |
| Nov. 1, 2022* | WSH | Conditional 2025 6th Rd Pick | CB William Jackson III 2025 7th Rd Pick |
| Nov. 2, 2021* | KC | OLB Melvin Ingram | 2022 6th Rd Pick (TE Connor Heyward) |
| Nov. 2, 2020* | NYJ | 2022 5th Rd Pick | ILB Avery Williamson 2022 7th Rd Pick (ILB Mark Robinson) |
| Sept. 25, 2019 | SEA | 2020 5th Rd Pick | TE Nick Vannett |
| Sept. 16, 2019 | MIA | 2020 1st Rd Pick 2020 5th Rd Pick 2021 6th Rd Pick |
S Minkah Fitzpatrick 2020 4th Rd Pick (OG Kevin Dotson) 2021 7th Rd Pick (S Tre Norwood) |
| Sept. 9, 2019 | JAX | QB Josh Dobbs | 2020 5th Rd Pick (Traded to MIA) |
| Oct. 2, 2013 | ARI | Conditional draft pick | OT Levi Brown |
* trades made at deadline. Adam Borst contributed research for this article.
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