{"id":88889,"date":"2025-05-29T20:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T20:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/88889\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T20:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T20:49:12","slug":"steelers-dolphins-have-discussed-trade-of-te-jonnu-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/88889\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers, Dolphins have discussed trade of TE Jonnu Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/83492665007-usatsi-24785234.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/icon-play-alt-white.svg.svg+xml\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cowboys land star wideout George Pickens<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers traded star wide receiver George Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys for a 2026 third-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>Sports Seriously<\/p>\n<p>Weeks after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2025\/05\/07\/george-pickens-trade-details-steelers-cowboys\/83490465007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">trading away wide receiver George Pickens<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/dallas-cowboys\/331\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> are reportedly looking to make another deal.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh has had trade discussions with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/miami-dolphins\/345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> for tight end <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/players\/jonnu-smith\/743749\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jonnu Smith<\/a>, per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1928162961526272176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These talks reportedly followed Smith&#8217;s desire to renegotiate his current contract, which is set to pay him $4.8 million in 2025. It is the second year of a two-year, $8.4 million deal he signed last offseason.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Dolphins have had trade discussions with the Pittsburgh Steelers about their lone Pro-Bowl selection last season, tight end Jonnu Smith, per league sources. Those talks came after Smith expressed an interest in reworking his deal that is scheduled to pay him $4.8 million this\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t4G8DqsF6s\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/t4G8DqsF6s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1928162961526272176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smith had his best season in the NFL last year with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/miami-dolphins\/345\" data-autotag=\"22ef43a4-dc5a-43ce-87cd-912a7e348a81\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dolphins<\/a>. He set career-highs in targets (111), receptions (88) and receiving yards (884) and tied his career-best in receiving touchdowns (eight).<\/p>\n<p>That season earned Smith his first Pro Bowl honor.<\/p>\n<p>Smith started his career in <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tennessee-titans\/336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tennessee<\/a> after the Titans took him in the third round, No. 100 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft. He spent four seasons there (2017-20) before a two-year stint in <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-england-patriots\/348\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">New England<\/a>. The Patriots traded him to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/atlanta-falcons\/323\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> ahead of the 2023 season.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta released him last offseason and he signed his current two-year deal with the Dolphins weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>A trade to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" data-autotag=\"c4d4185f-a327-423a-aa54-67a40f9dee05\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Steelers<\/a> would reunite the veteran tight end with offensive coordinator Arthur Smith, with whom he previously worked in Tennessee (2017-2020) and Atlanta (2023).<\/p>\n<p>Smith will be entering his age-30 season in 2025. Pittsburgh is armed with an extra third- and fifth-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft thanks to the Pickens deal.<\/p>\n<p>Steelers TE depth chart<\/p>\n<p>Smith would be joining a crowded tight end room in Pittsburgh should a deal go through. Here&#8217;s who is currently on the Steelers&#8217; roster as offseason training activities (OTAs) begin:<\/p>\n<p>Freiermuth led the Steelers in receptions (65) and receiving touchdowns (seven) in 2024. Washington, a third-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, had a career-best 19 receptions for 200 yards and one touchdown in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh signed Parham Jr. this offseason after a four-year stint with the Chargers. He posted career bests in receptions (27), receiving yards (285) and receiving touchdowns (four) last season.<\/p>\n<p>Galbreath is an undrafted rookie free agent out of South Dakota. Both Heyward and Thomas-Jones are listed as tight ends and fullbacks on the Steelers&#8217; roster.<\/p>\n<p>Dolphins TE depth chart<\/p>\n<p>Smith&#8217;s departure would leave a big hole in the receiving corps. He led the team in receptions in 2024 despite starting just six games. Here&#8217;s how the rest of the position looks behind Smith:<\/p>\n<p>Miami signed the journeyman Brown in free agency following his 2024 campaign in Seattle. He tallied just eight catches for 65 yards in 15 games.<\/p>\n<p>Hill was the primary starter at tight end for the Dolphins last season with 11 starts in 17 games. He had a career-best 12 catches for 100 yards in that action.<\/p>\n<p>Conner appeared in eight games for the Dolphins last season, primarily on special teams. He had three catches for 16 yards and a touchdown as well as three tackles.<\/p>\n<p>Rucci and Conyers are undrafted free agents from the 2024 and 2025 NFL Drafts, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cowboys land star wideout George Pickens The Pittsburgh Steelers traded star wide receiver George Pickens to the Dallas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[247,265,217,7,5636,467,16236,7470,216,251,677,679,248,267,88,6,907,245,537,5637,520,57,530,2383,9,266,426,678],"class_list":{"0":"post-88889","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-american","9":"tag-american-football","10":"tag-dolphins","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-george","13":"tag-george-pickens","14":"tag-jonnu","15":"tag-jonnu-smith","16":"tag-miami","17":"tag-miami-dolphins","18":"tag-modular","19":"tag-modular-story","20":"tag-national","21":"tag-national-sports","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-nfl","24":"tag-now","25":"tag-overall","26":"tag-overall-positive","27":"tag-pickens","28":"tag-pittsburgh","29":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","30":"tag-positive","31":"tag-smith","32":"tag-sports","33":"tag-sports-news","34":"tag-steelers","35":"tag-story"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114593094882598740","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88889","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=88889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}