Pretty much any report from Ian Rapoport needs to be taken with a grain of salt, as we have learned over the years as Pittsburgh Steelers fans. If we’re being generous, we could say that he is quick to jump the gun on reporting things.
For as many problems one might have with Adam Schefter, he tends to be more cautious. So following a night in which Rapoport made the case that a trade deal was being finalized between the Steelers and the Buffalo Bills to send them Antonio Brown, we were all awaiting word from other sources.