Report: Steelers calling Saints about WR trade

The Pittsburgh Steelers remain at the center of the wide receiver trade conversation. With Calvin Austin nursing a shoulder injury, that chatter has only come more often and grown louder.

As far back as May, the Steelers have been linked to one receiver in particular: Chris Olave of the New Orleans Saints. It was reported in the middle of May that the Steelers reached out about a potential trade for the 1,000-yard receiver, but the Saints turned Pittsburgh away. Now, it is being reported that the Steelers called the Saints again, but for a different receiver.

“Source: The Steelers reached out to the Saints during the bye week to take their temperature on WR Rashid Shaheed,” Andrew Fillipponi reports on X. “Who will be a [free agent] at the end of the year. Big play WR and return man. Trades are being made in the NFL left and right.”

Shaheed is coming off a game in which he had an 88-yard touchdown in a win over the New York Giants. He’ll be a name that many teams call about, as he is in the final year of his contract and the Saints are in the running for the top overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. If they don’t plan to keep Shaheed around, or if he doesn’t want to sign with New Orleans long-term, a trade feels likely, whether it is with the Steelers or not.

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