{"id":206972,"date":"2025-07-14T18:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/206972\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T18:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T18:00:10","slug":"steelers-gm-omar-khan-has-a-chance-to-kill-two-birds-with-one-stone-following-a-surprise-trade-request-from-disgruntled-wr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/206972\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers GM Omar Khan has a chance to kill two birds with one stone following a surprise trade request from disgruntled WR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Around this time last year, the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> were engaged in trade talks surrounding San Francisco 49ers<\/a> WR Brandon Aiyuk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And while that fell through, there seems to be another WR in the Bay<\/a> that wants to be paid or go somewhere where he can be paid.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Leaving Omar Khan with the chance to both add a WR and make up for last offseason’s debacle<\/a>…<\/p>\n

49ers WR Jauan Jennings requests new contract or trade<\/p>\n

49ers WR Jauan Jennings, who is scheduled to make $7.5 million this season in the final year of his deal, wants a new contract or a trade, per sources.49ers extended Jennings\u2019 deal last year, but that does not change how Jennings feels about this year.<\/p>\n

– Adam Schefter, ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n

Jennings, who just turned 28 years old last week, is coming off the best season of his career by far. With Brandon Aiyuk dealing with a knee injury, Jennings accumulated 975 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns (both career highs) on over 100 targets and 77 receptions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If he’s going to get a new deal, the time is now. In the final year of his contract, making a fraction of what even the median level salary of wide receivers are, the push from his representation is a smart one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And if you’re Omar Khan, this is a perfect opportunity to strike while the iron is hot. Jennings is not what Aiyuk was going to be if he made it to the Steelers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That is what DK Metcalf is for. What Jennings can be is the perfect WR number two and complement to Metcalf. And, he would come a lot cheaper than Aiyuk, of whom the Steelers were going to be indebted for a premium pick and over $100m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 49ers would likely part ways for a fourth rounder or even less, and Jennings would likely settle for a three-year, $30m deal if we were hypothesizing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is the kind of move that you don’t see coming, but you jump on when it arrives. It’s an ideal fit for the Steelers, with a reasonable price and a chance for Khan and co. to make up for Aiyuk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We’ll see if they’re interested.\u00a0<\/p>\n