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Steelers send Ingram to Chiefs for a 6th-round pick

The Chiefs called the Steelers with interest in trading for outside linebacker Melvin Ingram a week ago and the Steelers weren't interested.

But after Ingram sat out Sunday's 15-10 win over the Browns in Cleveland with a groin injury and both Taco Charlton and Derrek Tuszka showed themselves to be up to the task of being the primary backups behind T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith, the Steelers revisited the situation.

Tuesday morning, they sent Ingram to the Chiefs for a sixth-round draft pick.

Ingram was signed to a one-year deal, $4-million contract with voidable years in the days before training camp to serve as the primary backup to Watt and Highsmith.