{"id":159281,"date":"2026-03-10T15:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159281\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:53:13","slug":"trade-rumors-swirling-around-steelers-lb-patrick-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159281\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade rumors swirling around Steelers LB Patrick Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s that part of the NFL offseason where anything feels possible. The Steelers already made a trade at the start of free agency, and now there\u2019s chatter about the possibility of another.<\/p>\n

On Monday, two credentialed Cowboys reporters mentioned that Dallas had some interest in trading for Steelers linebacker Patrick Queen after missing out on several big names in free agency.<\/p>\n

NFL Network\u2019s Jane Slater<\/a> mentioned that the Cowboys were \u201clooking at\u201d a Queen trade but weren\u2019t in strong pursuit in the moment. A few hours later, she posted that \u201cPatrick Queen (is) still one I\u2019m watching\u201d after Dallas missed out on Devin Lloyd.<\/p>\n

Later, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram\u2019s Nick Harris posted that the Cowboys were one of \u201ca handful of teams\u201d that have called Pittsburgh about Queen, with one of those teams including the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n

Harris noted that the Steelers are likely asking for a mid-round pick, but he clarified that nothing is imminent.<\/p>\n

Queen, 26, recorded 120 total tackles, eight tackles for loss, and one sack in his second season with the Steelers in 2025. However, the team\u2019s linebacker core was criticized throughout the season.<\/p>\n

Queen came to the Steelers on a three-year, $41 million deal in 2024 after a second-team All-Pro year with the Baltimore Ravens. He is the highest-paid free agent addition in Steelers history.<\/p>\n

Entering the last year of his contract in 2026, Queen is expected to have a $17 million cap hit per Spotrac<\/a>. The rest of the Steelers linebacker room is currently made of Payton Wilson, Malik Harrison, the recently re-signed Cole Holcomb, and Carson Bruener.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s that part of the NFL offseason where anything feels possible. The Steelers already made a trade at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,31585,60369,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-159281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-rumors","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}