THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
Just hours after placing Ben Roethlisberger on season-ending Injured Reserve, the Steelers made an aggressive in-season move to bolster their defensive lineup. During Monday Night’s game between the Browns and Jets, ESPN’s Adam Schefter broke the news on Twitter.
TRADE: Steelers are trading a 2020 first-round pick to the Dolphins for DB Minkah Fitzpatrick, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 17, 2019
This is the real, blue-check verified Adam Schefter account. This is not a troll. Moments later, NFL Network’s Ian Rappoport confirmed the report and added a few additional details to the trade, which basically involved the Steelers moving up a round in the middle of the 2020 Draft and back a round the end of the 2021 Draft.