{"id":795652,"date":"2026-03-06T07:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T07:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/795652\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T07:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T07:54:26","slug":"steelers-potential-free-agency-target-emerges-in-mekhi-becton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/795652\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers&#8217; potential free agency target emerges in Mekhi Becton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 5, 2026, 3:13 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A week away from <a href=\"http:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2026\/03\/05\/steelers-release-nfl-jonnu-smith\/88998265007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">free agency<\/a>, a potential replacement for veteran guard <a href=\"http:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2026\/03\/02\/pittsburgh-steelers-isaac-seumalo-free-agency\/88949304007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isaac Seumalo<\/a> may have emerged for the <a href=\"http:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2026\/03\/05\/pittsburgh-steelers-calvin-austin-switches-agents-2026-free-agency\/88985738007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">On Wednesday, ESPN&#8217;s Jeremy Fowler reported that the Los Angeles Chargers released offensive guard Mekhi Becton to save almost $10 million in cap space. And the Steelers would be wise to pay close attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Selected by the New York Jets with the 11th overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, Becton failed to live up to his first-round draft status early. Switching from offensive tackle to guard in 2024, however, proved to be one of the best decisions of his career, as he experienced a breakout year during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/philadelphia-eagles\/354\" data-autotag=\"c1b3a094-e294-4a77-b1b2-dbdbd5bfa2c5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>&#8216; Super Bowl run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">While Becton struggled during his time with the Chargers in 2025, there&#8217;s reason to believe that he&#8217;d find more success in Pittsburgh, where the offensive line play was far better than Los Angeles&#8217; unit last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For up-to-date\u00a0Steelers\u00a0coverage, including any offseason moves, follow us on X\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheSteelersWire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">@TheSteelersWire<\/a>\u00a0and give our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SteelersWire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0a like.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 5, 2026, 3:13 p.m. ET A week away from free agency, a potential replacement for veteran guard&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[95878,241,7,1014,262,2444,2443,6,96718,96719,95882,95892,95893,97190,97688,95895,95899,96191,96721,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-795652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-chargers","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangeleschargers","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflsteelers","17":"tag-sstsnsteelers","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagespn-inc","20":"tag-tagfacebook","21":"tag-tagisaac-seumalo","22":"tag-tagmekhi-becton","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagphiladelphia-eagles","26":"tag-tagpittsburgh","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116181156795324039","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795652","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=795652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}