{"id":67258,"date":"2025-05-21T09:54:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T09:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/67258\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T09:54:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T09:54:19","slug":"former-steelers-dt-met-with-afc-north-rival-is-a-signing-imminent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/67258\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Steelers DT met with AFC North rival \u2014 is a signing imminent?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that Montravius Adams can\u2019t get enough of the AFC North \u2014 as insider Adam Schefter reported that the ex-<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> DT visited with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati-bengals\/327\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cincinnati Bengals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Adams, who was selected 93rd overall in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Packers, played out the first four years of his rookie deal in Green Bay \u2014 until signing with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-england-patriots\/348\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Patriots;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Patriots<\/a> via free agency in 2021. He would be released before the start of the regular season and would sign with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-orleans-saints\/350\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Saints;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Saints<\/a> practice squad shortly after.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Just a few months later, the Steelers would sign Adams off the Saints practice squad \u2014 where he would then play in 46 games \u2014 21 of these coming as starts \u2014 accumulating 72 combined tackles, six tackles for loss, four QB hits, and one sack. Adams\u2019 four years in the Steel City came to an end when he was released in April of this year.<\/p>\n<p>His visit in Cincinnati is no coincidence, as the Bengals had one of the worst defenses in the league last season \u2014 and are likely strapped for cap space to make any big changes. If Adams signs with the Bengals, Cincinnati will have acquired a cheap, veteran presence on the interior defensive line \u2014 a strong move in addressing what is an abysmal unit.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh would love a potential reunion with Adams in an AFC North showdown \u2014 with the first opportunity arriving in Week 7\u2019s Thursday Night Football matchup where the Steelers visit Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2025\/05\/20\/pittsburgh-steelers-cincinnati-bengals-montravius-adams\/83753527007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Schefter: Ex-Steelers DT recently met with Cincinnati Bengals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Schefter: Ex-Steelers DT recently met with Cincinnati Bengals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It seems that Montravius Adams can\u2019t get enough of the AFC North \u2014 as insider Adam Schefter reported&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[4191,1990,228,227,256,2296,7,41,5212,6,208,520,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-67258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-adam-schefter","9":"tag-afc-north","10":"tag-bengals","11":"tag-cincinnati","12":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","13":"tag-cincinnatibengals","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-green-bay","16":"tag-montravius-adams","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-patriots","19":"tag-pittsburgh","20":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114545222335355761","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67258","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=67258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}