Overview
- Multiple outlets relayed a Steeler Nation report that Dallas offered only a third-round pick for Patrick Queen and that Pittsburgh turned it down, while team-linked voices have publicly downplayed any plan to move him.
- Queen remains on the Steelers roster entering the final year of the three-year, $41 million contract he signed in 2024.
- Reporting in March described Dallas interest in a trade, but ESPN’s Adam Schefter and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gerry Dulac said the Steelers were not interested in dealing Queen.
- Analyst Dave Bryan of Steelers Depot outlined a draft-night concept in which Pittsburgh sends Queen to Dallas to swap first-rounders and jump from No. 21 to No. 12 to target prospects such as guard Vega Ioane or receiver Makai Lemon, which remains speculative.
- Dallas is hunting help at inside linebacker after ranking last in points allowed and 30th in yards allowed in 2025, while Pittsburgh’s depth with Payton Wilson, Cole Holcomb and Malik Harrison factors into any calculus if talks advance.