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NFL Changes Trade Deadline After Steelers Proposal

The Pittsburgh Steelers led the charge behind a big change to the NFL bylaws.

Stephen Thompson

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PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers were the driving force behind a major change coming to the NFL this season.

With the season having been extended by a game, the Steelers proposed pushing the trade deadline back with it and at the NFL owners meetings in Orlando, Florida this week, the league confirmed that the trade deadline would be pushed back one week. All trades must now be finalized on the Tuesday following Week 9 games.

That puts the 2024 trade deadline at November 5th for this coming season instead of October 29th, as it would have been under the old league bylaws.

The Steelers have not been active at the trade deadline in recent years but general manager Omar Khan has showcased his aggressiveness this offseason. Most recently, Kahn shook up the quarterbacks room by adding Justin Fields from the Chicago Bears in exchange for a sixth round pick and dealing Kenny Pickett to the Philadelphia Eagles for a set of draft picks. Now Kahn gets an extra seven days to make deals.

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper. He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press. During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general. 

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