In a crucial wild card game, the Pittsburgh Steelers are getting ready to play the Baltimore Ravens. Pittsburgh (10-7) wants to surprise the football world by defeating a Super Bowl contender in Baltimore (12-5).
However, following Pittsburgh’s season, they could be looking at a big draft package coming their way.
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18 teams are already anticipating what this offseason will bring, with trades playing a big part, as the NFL regular season comes to an end in 2024:
Would Pittsburgh really want to give up its greatest wide receiver and possibly its best offensive player? Although the obvious response would be no, this is a more complicated scenario than it may seem.
Pickens will surely want for a compensating payday prior to the start of the following season when he enters a contract year in 2025. The Steelers must decide if they want to give him that responsibility and make a long-term commitment to him.
With a career-high 78.0 PFF receiving grade and an average of 2.06 yards per route run in 2024, Pickens has produced at an exceptional level after improving progressively over the course of his three seasons. However, Pittsburgh might be dubious due to his disputed catch percentages (34.6% from 2023–24 against 67.9% in 2022) and character issues.
The Steelers already have one of the league’s smallest wide receiving corps, but can Mike Tomlin allow his best wide out to earn nearly $20 million a year in addition to his unreliability both on and off the field? Given the abundance of free-agent receivers, it isn’t as unlikely that Pittsburgh will trade Pickens.
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