{"id":799199,"date":"2026-03-07T22:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T22:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/799199\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T22:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T22:01:30","slug":"possible-steelers-free-agent-target-with-mike-mccarthy-ties-now-off-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/799199\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible Steelers Free-Agent Target with Mike McCarthy Ties Now Off Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a>\u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-opponents\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers Opponents<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-15-2024-Steelers-v-Bills-at-Highmark-Stadium-Buffalo-NY-3988.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers CB Joey Porter Jr.\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Pittsburgh Steelers CB Joey Porter Jr. is hit from behind by Bills OL Connor McGovern while tackling Stefon Diggs &#8211; Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers forge ahead with a promising, young offensive line, but could have a hole to fill if they don\u2019t bring back veteran free agent guard <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/isaac-seumalo\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isaac Seumalo<\/a>. Mike McCarthy could have reunited with a familiar face, but the door was shut on that option on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Athletic\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dmrussini\/status\/2030355238226399470?s=46&amp;t=ksNtY9peA8_j67ZEdgZ_fg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Dianna Russini<\/a>, Connor McGovern and the Buffalo Bills have agreed to a four-year, $52 million deal that will keep him from testing free agency waters.<\/p>\n<p>The Dallas Cowboys drafted McGovern, a Penn State product, in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft. He played for McCarthy for three seasons in Dallas before leaving for Buffalo on a three-year, $22.3 million deal. He transitioned from guard to center for the Bills, but presumably could\u2019ve made the move back to his previous position had he landed somewhere else.<\/p>\n<p>According to TruMedia, McGovern was fifth in the NFL in pass block win rate (97.2%) and allowed six sacks last season.<\/p>\n<p>Spotrac tabs Seumalo, who\u2019s 32 and spent the last three seasons with the Steelers, as having the market value for a three-year, $28.8 million deal. Seumalo made 44 starts in Pittsburgh after a seven-year stint with the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>At the recent NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Steelers decision-makers met with guard prospects in Texas A&amp;M\u2019s Chase Bisontis and Oregon\u2019s Emmanuel Pregnon.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/connor-mcgovern\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Connor McGovern<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers News\u2022Steelers Opponents Pittsburgh Steelers CB Joey Porter Jr. is hit from behind by Bills OL Connor McGovern&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[1522,7,6,520,57,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-799199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-connor-mcgovern","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","13":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","14":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116190154697401171","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799199","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=799199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}