Entering the final year of his contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers and set to count $15,833,334 against their salary cap, including a $3 million roster bonus due on March 16, wide receiver Diontae Johnson has been speculated throughout the offseason as a potential trade candidate.
Making a lot of money, lacking the production to match it the last two seasons, and struggling from a leadership standpoint to really guide the young receiver room has made Johnson a popular name for the Steelers to trade to create more cap space and recoup some draft picks.
It’s very unlikely Johnson plays anywhere but in Pittsburgh in 2024, though, and could even be in line for an extension this summer based on a slip-up comment that GM Omar Khan started to make last week at the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis before catching himself.