King Stands By Report That Steelers Will Acquire QB Watson

Updated at 6:14pm / Scroll to Bottom

What an emotional week in the NFL as we've seen big names across the league be traded, released, or gear up for free agency. Unfortunately for the Pittsburgh Steelers, they've already missed out on acquiring two of the top quarterbacks this off-season in Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson. So what's next for the Steel City?

If you're sharing my same pain, at this point, you're wanting nothing more than for the Steelers to go after Houston Texans quarterback, Deshaun Watson. Of course, he's currently facing some off-the-field legal troubles, but former NFL quarterback, Shaun King believes that if the smoke clears for Watson, he's on his way to Pittsburgh:

King, who currently is the running backs coach at South Florida and host of The Night Cap, says that the 3x Pro Bowler could be traded following Watson's hearing on Friday. This is HUGE news and something the Steelers need to pursue if they want to continue to compete in a very loaded AFC. Watson, just 26, would most likely require multiple first round picks in acquiring him, but because of his generational-type talent, the four-year veteran could be well worth it.

Watson plans to plead the 5th later this week on multiple sexual allegation charges.

UPDATE

Pittsburgh Post Gazette writer Gerry Dulac quickly tweeted after the reported dropped that the Steelers weren't interested in Watson.

But King fired back with his own tweet defending his sources.

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