The Cincinnati Bengals cut quarterback Terrelle Pryor Thursday at the tail end of the team’s minicamp, likely ending the career of Pryor the passer.

Pryor the wide receiver is on the market, according to his agent, Drew Rosenhaus.

The Steelers reportedly made an effort to gauge the interest of cornerback Darrelle Revis, another Pittsburgh area product this offseason. While Pryor, as an NFL player, can hold about as much up against Revis as the ninth caller to Mark Madden’s show tomorrow can, the Steelers may give a thought or two to working out the Jeanette, Pa., native as a receiver.

There’s much more to the receiver position than just height (6-foot-5) and speed (plenty of it), but it’s tougher to get open and into a position to catch the ball without those two traits. And for a team that’s drafted more firepower at the receiver positions than what is currently possessed by the Bolivian National Army, why should they bother?

Competition is a good thing. No sense in letting the heaps of praise being given (fairly so) to Martavis Bryant go to his head. He’s not the only lanky, speedy receiver on earth. Despite the half-assed scouting reports floating around about Eli Rogers, he’s barely any more accomplished a receiver than Pryor is.

One of the many things working against Pryor is his lack of practice squad eligibility. With no known provision for a player changing positions, Pryor would have to find his way to the 53-man roster as a receiver, and the odds of that are, once again, rivaled only by the ninth caller on Madden’s show tomorrow.

But, keeping a third quarterback is something this team will do, even if that third quarterback doesn’t resemble a quarterback any more than Pryor does. And the Steelers brought in two collegiate quarterbacks and are switching them between passer and receiver seemingly on a weekly basis. Devin Gardner and Tyler Murphy are threw passes to each other throughout OTAs and minicamp. They can’t be any more accomplished as receivers than Pryor is, and at least Pryor has been active on Sundays in some capacity.

It’s unlikely the Steelers would be willing to take on such a project, but considering the Steelers would be finished if Ben Roethlisberger was injured and in incredibly poor shape if they had to bring in a third quarterback in that season, having one who could run and has started a game before isn’t a ridiculous thought. In the meantime, they could give him reps as a receiver and see if they could work something out for the uber-athletic hometown kid.

Maybe that’s not even worth the time.