{"id":159417,"date":"2026-03-10T17:40:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159417\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T17:40:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:40:36","slug":"insider-throws-cold-water-on-potential-patrick-queen-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159417\/","title":{"rendered":"Insider Throws Cold Water on Potential Patrick Queen Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9-7-2025-Steelers-v-Jets-1964.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers LB Patrick Queen\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Patrick Queen in a game against the New York Jets on Sept. 8, 2025. &#8212; Ed Thompson \/ Steeles Now\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Jane Slater of NFL Network reported on Tuesday that the noise surrounding a potential <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/patrick-queen\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Queen<\/a> trade to the Dallas Cowboys is a moot point. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeems like the Patrick Queen idea may have hit a snag. Was told no updates as of this hour and on him specifically \u2018probably not going there,&#8217;\u201d Slater wrote on X. <\/p>\n<p>Slater revealed on Monday that the Cowboys were \u201clooking at\u201d trading for Queen. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThePoniExpress\/status\/2031127128125722815\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Chris Mueller of 93.7 The Fan<\/a> also reported that the Cowboys had contacted the Steelers about Queen. The two sides were at least talking.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seems like the Patrick Queen idea may have hit a snag. <\/p>\n<p>Was told no updates as of this hour and on him specifically \u201cprobably not going there\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3mmV8IQNrq\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3mmV8IQNrq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jane Slater (@SlaterNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SlaterNFL\/status\/2031387215234748584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There has been a growing belief that the Steelers could part ways with Queen. The veteran linebacker hasn\u2019t necessarily lived up to his <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/patrick-queen-is-the-highest-paid-free-agent-signing-in-steelers-history\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three-year, $41 million deal<\/a> that he signed with the Steelers in March of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Bart Scott <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/former-ravens-linebacker-calls-out-patrick-queen-he-didnt-play-very-well-at-all\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had some choice words<\/a> for Queen last month on ESPN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/player\/_\/id\/3785679\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Get Up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Given Queen\u2019s $17,193,334 cap hit, Scott think it\u2019s a no-brainer that the Steelers should part ways.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatrick Queen, you can get outta that contract finally this year,\u201d Scott said. \u201cI think he was \u2026 he didn\u2019t play very well at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott isn\u2019t the only one that thinks the Steelers should move on from Queen, however. Former Steelers<a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/james-harrison-reveals-intense-text-exchange-with-mike-tomlin\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> James Harrison<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/joe-haden-sees-major-flaw-in-steelers-offseason-moves\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Haden<\/a> also think Queen\u2019s time in the Steel City should be over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatrick Queen\u2019s gotta go,\u201d Haden said on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/6US2OrnZ1ow?si=6BbTEfNNNq5YOx4J\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Deebo &amp; Joe<\/a> podcast. \u201cLove him to death, but that\u2019s a lot of money there and we can use that to get another asset at maybe the linebacker position.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison replied, \u201cWith Queen, I\u2019m with you,\u201d Harrison said. \u201cI think he done even took Steelers out of his bio. I think you can see the writing on the wall. They may have had a conversation already.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/dallas-cowboys\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/patrick-queen\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Queen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers News Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Patrick Queen in a game against the New York Jets on Sept. 8,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[2245,9,24,63,126,127,122,124,123,622,623],"class_list":["post-159417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-patrick-queen","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-steelers","tag-steelers-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159417","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=159417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}