Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Calvin Austin III was used to seeing his team in the news all offseason. The trade for WR DK Metcalf. The three-month pursuit of Aaron Rodgers. The media had plenty of content to keep themselves busy. But the Minkah Fitzpatrick for Jalen Ramsey and Jonnu Smith trade was truly a surprise, and Austin wasn’t immune from having to double-check his phone alert.
“I was just like, ‘Dang, that’s crazy,'” Austin told the PPG’s Brian Batko in a one-on-one interview. “Probably everybody reaction [is like that]. So I could say it was dang, that’s crazy.