Overview

• Moe Moton of Bleacher Report forecasts Pittsburgh acquiring Saints wideout Brandin Cooks for a 2026 fifth-round pick before the regular season begins.
• Sporting News, Heavy, Behind the Steel Curtain and Newsweek echoed the prediction, but no team announcements or corroborating reports indicate a completed deal.
• The Steelers kept five receivers on their initial 53-man roster and lack an established No. 2 target for quarterback Aaron Rodgers behind DK Metcalf.
• Cooks, a six-time 1,000-yard receiver who returned to New Orleans on a two-year, $13 million contract this offseason, logged 26 catches for 259 yards and three touchdowns in 10 games last year.
• Moton frames New Orleans as a potential seller because of its younger receiver trio of Chris Olave, Rashid Shaheed and Devaughn Vele.