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Analyst Nick Wright Outlines What Steelers Should’ve Done: No Metcalf, Trade Watt, Start Rudolph, ‘Hard Reset’ Into 2026

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Fox Sports’ analyst Nick Wright is putting on his general manager hat and telling Omar Khan what he should’ve done during the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2025 offseason. Safe to say, Wright would’ve done things a lot differently. Appearing on Colin Cowherd’s The Herd Tuesday, Wright detailed his plan.

“I would’ve taken a totally different tactic this offseason,” Wright said. “I wouldn’t have traded for DK Metcalf. I still would’ve traded away George Pickens. And I would’ve, as we are now seeing with T.J. Watt wanting a new contract, I would’ve traded T.J. Watt to get a first-round pick and something else.