Last season, if the Pittsburgh Steelers did not get a big performance from George Pickens, the rest of their receiving corps likely wasn’t doing much either. They head into 2025 in a similar position, with DK Metcalf instead. While ESPN’s Bill Barnwell knows how good Metcalf can be, he thinks he truly needs to play like a star for the Steelers’ offense to have success.
“I think this has to be about the running game, about the offensive line, which is very young and improving. And about DK Metcalf,” Barnwell said Thursday on Get Up. “He’s gonna be a guy who has to have a season more like that breakout season a few years ago.