Allen Robinson appears to be heading back to the AFC.
The Rams are primed to trade the wideout to the Steelers if he passes his physical, according to reports from NFL Media and ESPN.
The teams are swapping 2023 seventh-round picks, with the Rams receiving No. 234 overall and the Steelers getting No. 251 overall, per multiple reports.
The Steelers will reportedly pay just $5 million of Robinson’s $15.25 million salary for 2023, with the Rams on the hook for the rest.
In 10 games last season, Robinson, a 2015 Pro Bowler, caught 33 passes for 339 yards and three touchdowns.
Robinson, 29, missed the last seven games last season after suffering a stress fracture in his foot that required surgery.
Last year was his first on the Rams after spending four seasons apiece with the Bears and Jaguars.
The Rams are in a little bit of a rebuilding mode.
After winning the Super Bowl in the 2021-22 season, they had a year in which everything went wrong and finished 5-12 after sustaining key season-ending injuries to stars such as quarterback Matthew Stafford and wideout Cooper Kupp.
Allen Robinson is getting traded from the Rams to the Steelers if he passes his physical, according to multiple reports. Getty ImagesThere had been rumors at varying times this offseason that head coach Sean McVay would walk away and that Stafford could be traded, but McVay opted to return to the Rams, and the franchise issued a statement saying that Stafford is not on the trade block.
“McVay has gone back and forth on the decision and needs time to get away to process all that has transpired over the past year: winning a Super Bowl, being courted to work in television, getting married, watching his wife’s home country of Ukraine invaded, losing his grandfather and then coaching a team that has fallen short of its expectations,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported before McVay ultimately told Rams players that he was staying.
The Steelers are in an interesting position heading into 2023 as quarterback Kenny Pickett enters his second season in the league.
Allen Robinson played one season with the Rams. Getty ImagesThe team went 9-8 and missed the playoffs but had a strong finish, winning their final four games and six of their last seven.
If healthy, Robinson, who turns 30 in August, could be a solid third option behind Diontae Johnson and George Pickens at wide receiver.
The Steelers currently have the worst odds to win the AFC North at 6/1, according to FanDuel.
