Lower than every week after a shocking rumor surfaced claiming that the Pittsburgh Steelers “made inquiries to the” Jacksonville Jaguars “a couple of commerce for” quarterback Trevor Lawrence, Lawrence made it clear on Monday that he’s “not going to Pittsburgh” this offseason.
There could not have been a lot to the unique story within the first place.
“Right here’s yet one more nugget. Per a supply with direct data of the state of affairs, the Steelers didn’t name the Jaguars about Lawrence,” Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio reported on Monday.
Pittsburgh theoretically would not have had something to lose in calling Jacksonville about Lawrence’s availability, contemplating the AFC North membership presently doesn’t have a authentic beginning quarterback below contract for 2025. Nonetheless, ESPN’s Michael DiRocco insisted final Thursday that there was “no likelihood” the Jaguars would half methods with the 25-year-old with a no-trade clause connected to the five-year contract extension he signed final offseason.
New Jacksonville head coach Liam Coen is amongst those associated with the membership who’re nonetheless excessive on Lawrence. The signal-caller struggled this previous season earlier than he was sidelined in December with a shoulder damage and a concussion.
“As we perceive it,” Florio continued on Monday, “the parents on the highest ranges of the franchise stay totally dedicated to Lawrence. If somebody from the Jaguars did certainly inform Ryan Burr of the Massive Ten Community that the Steelers referred to as about Lawrence, it was presumably somebody throughout the group who isn’t as dedicated — and who’s hoping to entice somebody to make possession a suggestion for Lawrence that wouldn’t be refused.”
Presumably, Jacksonville would solely method Lawrence about presumably waiving his no-trade clause this winter on account of issues about his well being or sturdiness. Florio recommended that “a lower-level Jaguars worker intentionally leaked that the Steelers referred to as about Lawrence to introduce the potential for a Lawrence commerce to the league at massive.”
For now, this appears to be a nothing-to-see-here story that shall be forgotten about lengthy earlier than Week 1 of the 2025 season arrives. With that stated, one wonders if Lawrence would waive his no-trade clause to hitch a workforce apart from the Steelers earlier than the draft on April 24.
