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Breer: Steelers Traded Diontae Johnson To Panthers Because They Were ‘Fed Up’

For former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Diontae Johnson, it’s been a busy last eight months. He’s been traded twice over that span, first by the Steelers to the Carolina Panthers in March only to be dealt by the Panthers to the Baltimore Ravens earlier this week. There appears to be a consistent theme in both cases. As shared by Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer, Johnson’s locker room presence was the issue, not his talent.

“Part of the thing with Diontae Johnson, he has been a problem in the past,” Breer said in a new video for SI. “Everybody saw what happened at the end with Pittsburgh and the reason why he was traded from the Steelers in the first place.