How Can Steelers Improve Modest Wide Receiver Room in 2026 Draft?
Entering the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh, PA, the Steelers will look to retool and add to their receiver room after a disappointing last season. In 2025, the Steelers traded a 2o25 second-round pick and a seventh-round pick for DK Metcalf, but still ended up lacking a true No. 1 receiver.
When the Steelers acquired Metcalf, many fans were excited about the duo of him and George Pickens . Then the Steelers went a different direction. On May 7, 2025, the Steelers traded Pickens to the Cowboys in exchange for a 2026 third-rounder and a 2027 fifth-rounder, leaving the room thin again.
BREAKING: Steelers to trade WR George Pickens to the Cowboys. (via @rapsheet , @TomPelissero ) pic. twitter.
com/Eh9kMstOPu — NFL (@NFL) May 7, 2025 The Steelers 2025 room consisted of Metcalf, Calvin Austin , Roman Wilson , Adam Thielen , Marquez Valdez-Scantling, Scotty Miller and Ben Skowronek . Now, with the draft coming home in 2026, the Steelers have the potential to add one or two talented receivers to a room making active improvements. The Michael Pittman Trade On March 13, the Steelers traded for former Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr.
, swapping late round picks in the 2026 NFL Draft. The trade came a year to the exact date that the Steelers traded for Metcalf in 2025, signaling that General Manager Omar Khan and the organization were looking to add a legitimate No. 2 option in the room.
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