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The wave of Pittsburgh Steelers free agency rumors continues. This time, the dish comes from 937 The Fan personality Andrew Fillipponi. Fillipponi shared on X Tuesday morning that his sources have confirmed the Steelers’ interest in the potential for acquiring San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk

Following the trade of Diontae Johnson to the Carolina Panthers, the need for depth at the position has never been more obvious, and it’s even more obvious that Aiyuk would check every box they’re missing at the position. The only question is, would the Steelers ever be bold enough to make the move to trade for him? Given GM Omar Khan’s activity this offseason, it doesn’t seem that anything is truly off the table.

The move would likely require trading the team’s 20th overall pick, plus an agreement to sign him to a contract extension after the trade. Aiyuk would likely be seeking a top-of-the-market contract in line with other top assets at the position, which seems a bit more feasible given the league’s announcement of a $30 million increase to the salary cap in 2024, officially set at $255.4 million.

Among those receivers ranked top-five in average annual salary value at the time of this writing are:

Though it’s been awhile since the Steelers have made a significant investment in their receiving corps given their success in the draft, there is some precedent that the Steelers could be willing to give big money in the receiver market. That precedent date back to Antonio Brown’s tenure with the team in 2017, albeit that was with Kevin Colbert at GM. At that time, the Steelers made Brown the highest-paid wide receiver in the league after agreeing on a four-year extension worth $68 million.