The Pittsburgh Steelers' 2025 season is now over after another early playoff exit thanks to the Houston Texans and now it's time to turn attention to the offseason.
While a lot of questions have to be answered between now and the start of free agency and the 2026 NFL draft, we can say for sure that the team is going to be looking for more wide receiver help.
Pittsburgh's wide receivers room was one of the worst in the NFL this past season. It was DK Metcalf and a bunch of receivers who would struggle to get snaps on many other teams.
Knowing that, ESPN's Aaron Schatz predicts the Steelers will use more than one draft pick on wide receivers in 2026.
"The Steelers will use multiple draft picks on promising young wide receivers. Calvin Austin III is a free agent, as are older veterans such as Adam Thielen, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Scotty Miller. They need more here," he wrote.
Depending on what quarterbacks are available Round 1, we could see the Steelers using their No. 21 overall pick on a wide receiver, and then opting to take another on Day 2 or early Day 3.
When it comes to who they could add in the first round, ESPN's Matt Miller suggests adding USC's Makai Lemon.
"The Steelers are likely out of range for top quarterback prospects again, but adding an impact wide receiver is possible in Round 1. USC's Makai Lemon is the type of dynamic route runner and yards-after-catch producer who would thrive opposite Metcalf," Miller said.
While that's a fine idea, it's hard to envision Lemon, who is considered by many to be the top receiver in this year's class, still being available at that spot.
But the Steelers are also loaded with a whopping 12 picks in this year's draft, so they'd have the firepower to move up for Lemon if he's close enough.
No matter what the Steelers do at quarterback, and however the Steelers decide to do it, they must improve their wide receivers room in 2026 because the group the team has run out there the past two seasons was unacceptable, plain and simple.
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