The Pittsburgh Steelers opened the 2021 season with JuJu Smith-Schuster, Diontae Johnson, Chase Claypool, James Washington, and Ray-Ray McCloud as their five wide receivers on their 53-man roster. Three of them—Smith-Schuster, Washington, and McCloud—all left this offseason as unrestricted free agents.
While they did sign Gunner Olszewski, who is primarily a returner, and claimed former third-round draft pick Miles Boykin off waivers, it was an easy guess that the Steelers were going to address the position during the 2022 NFL Draft.
And they did so significantly. While they didn’t take a wide receiver in the first round—which they haven’t since 2006—they did take yet another in the second round in George Pickens, coming back two rounds later to add Calvin Austin III.