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MARCH 15 STEELERS TRADE PICKETT The Pittsburgh Steelers have traded quarterback Kenny Pickett to the Philadelphia Eagles per reports on Friday.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports Pittsburgh will receive a third-round pick, No. 98, and two 2025 seventh-round picks. In addition to the quarterback, Philadelphia will receive a fourth-round pick, No. 120, to complete the deal.

Pickett was taken by the Steelers as the No. 20 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft and started 24 games for Pittsburgh in the last two seasons. Pickett’s record of 14-10 wasn’t good enough as his inconsistent play and injuries hampered his hometown Steelers.

The Pitt Panther led six fourth-quarter comebacks with seven game-winning drives, but is overall play was not impressive. When Pickett went down with an ankle injury last season, Mason Rudolph stepped in to start, and remained the starter even after Pickett was healthy.

The signing of Russell Wilson this week made both Rudolph and Pickett expendable, and both are now with other teams after Rudolph was traded to Tennessee this week.

MARCH 14 FLACCO TO INDY Former Ravens, Jets and Browns quarterback Joe Flacco has inked a deal with the Indianapolis Colts per a report from Adam Schefter.

The 2023 Comeback Player of the Year signed a one-year deal worth up to $8.7 million with $4.5 million guaranteed per the report.

Flacco is expected to back up starter Anthony Richardson who is coming off a season-ending injury from last season.

MARCH 13 WINSTON TO CLEVELAND Former Saints and Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston has agreed to join the Cleveland Browns on a one-year, $4 million deal.

The former No. 1 overall pick in 2015 joins his third team after five seasons as the starter in Tampa Bay and four as a backup in New Orleans.

In 2019, Winston threw for 5,109 yards, joining just six other quarterbacks in NFL history to do so. Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, Ben Roethlisberger and Dan Marino are the others.

Ex-Raven Joe Flacco joined the Browns last season as an injury replacement after Deshaun Watson and Dorion Thompson-Robinson went down, and led Cleveland on a short playoff run.

Flacco expressed a desire to return to Cleveland in 2024 but the team remained non-committal to the former Delaware signal caller.

MARCH 10 WILSON SIGNING WITH PITTSBURGH Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson has been told by his team that he is out the door. Many teams in need of a franchise signal-caller are showing interest, and that includes the Baltimore Ravens’ AFC North rival Pittsburgh Steelers.

Wilson met with the Steelers on Friday and per Josina Anderson, the visit went “great” and he reportedly spoke with offensive coordinator Arthur Smith for hours.

On Sunday night, per Adam Schefter, the two sides agreed to terms for a one-year deal that’s team-friendly. The Broncos will reportedly pay $38 million of his salary.

Wilson joins an AFC North division that already includes elite quarterbacks in Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow and Deshaun Watson.

MARCH 8 BENGALS TAG TEE The Cincinnati Bengals placed the franchise tag on wideout Tee Higgins, extending the time the team can negotiate a long-term deal with the Clemson product.

If they can’t reach an agreement, Higgins will play next season on the tag for a guaranteed $21.8 million.

Bengals director of player personnel Duke Tobin told Bengals Wire, “We want him on the roster. As soon as we got the salary cap numbers, there was no point lingering on this.”

Head coach Zac Taylor said the team wasn’t going to let Higgins get away.