{"id":112511,"date":"2025-06-08T01:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T01:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/112511\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T01:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T01:02:11","slug":"steelers-receive-bad-news-regarding-free-agent-wr-gabe-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/112511\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers receive bad news regarding free agent WR Gabe Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steelers<\/a>\u2019 search for a veteran wide receiver continues, as a prominent insider provided some troubling news regarding free agent Gabe Davis \u2014 who met with Pittsburgh on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/network\/shows\/good-morning-football\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Good Morning Football;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Good Morning Football<\/a>, insider Ian Rapoport alluded to potential health concerns that are holding up the deal:<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey hosted Gabe Davis for a visit,\u201d Rapoport stated. \u201cNot quite ready \u2014 health-wise \u2014 yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davis tore his meniscus in Week 11 of the 2024 season and was released by the Jaguars this past May.<\/p>\n<p>The initial report that Davis would meet with Pittsburgh on Thursday had Steelers fans hopeful the team would finally add a veteran WR presence \u2014 but for now, a signing may not be in the cards.<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of Aaron Rodgers, while polarizing, brings a spark to the Steelers offense \u2014 and providing any additional weapons for the four-time MVP to utilize in 2025 is the best path forward. But with Davis&#8217; injury concerns preventing a deal, who should Pittsburgh target next?<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>For up-to-date Steelers coverage, follow us on X <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSteelersWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@TheSteelersWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">@TheSteelersWire<\/a> and give our <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SteelersWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook page;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Facebook page<\/a> a like.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2025\/06\/06\/steelers-gabe-davis-free-agent-injury\/84074643007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers receive injury update on free agent WR Gabe Davis;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steelers receive injury update on free agent WR Gabe Davis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Steelers\u2019 search for a veteran wide receiver continues, as a prominent insider provided some troubling news regarding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[1586,7,4895,5328,6,520,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-112511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-gabe-davis","11":"tag-ian-rapoport","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-pittsburgh","14":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114645050486748816","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}