Green Bay Packers wide receiver Romeo Doubs during a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Oct. 26, 2025.– Ed Thompson / Steelers Now
The Pittsburgh Steelers are in desperate need of bolstering their wide receiver corps this offseason. It’s been a glaring issue the last two seasons.
Bradley Locker of Pro Football Focus thinks Green Bay Packers wide receiver Romeo Doubs would be an ideal fit for the Steelers in free agency, especially due to his connection with Aaron Rodgers.
“With the Steelers hiring Mike McCarthy, the team will likely invest more in its offense as it attempts to better a unit that placed 20th in EPA per play. Finding a running mate for D.K. Metcalf would go a long way in doing so,” Locker wrote.
“Doubs has been a solid option over the last three seasons with a 78.6 PFF receiving grade. Since 2024, he also sits in the 75th percentile in receiving grade vs. single coverage. The 25-year-old former Packer could reunite with Aaron Rodgers (if he returns) and should have little trouble learning McCarthy’s terminology.”
The Steelers are currently projected to have $45,604,170 in cap space this offseason, which is the eighth-most in the NFL, according to Over The Cap.
quarterback Aaron Rodgers during a game against the Baltimore Ravens on Jan. 4, 2026. — Ed Thompson / Steelers Now
Doubs was teammates with Rodgers for one season in Green Bay in 2022. Doubs recorded 42 receptions for 425 yards (10.1 average) and three touchdowns in 13 games in his rookie campaign with Rodgers as his quarterback.
In 2025, Doubs recorded 55 receptions for 724 yards (13.2 average) and six touchdowns. He caught three passes for 44 yards in the Packers’ Week 8 win over the Steelers at Acrisure Stadium.
Mike McCarthy said Tuesday during his introductory press conference as Steelers head coach that he “definitely” wants Rodgers back next season. The two have been in touch since the former Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys leader took over in his hometown.
During a Friday appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” McCarthy said that he’s spoken to Rodgers a “number of times” in the past week. There isn’t any indication as to whether the future Pro Football Hall of Fame signal-caller will return to the Steel City for a second season and play for McCarthy again, though.
“Like anybody that’s played the game a long time, particularly at this point of their career, it’s important to get away,” McCarthy said. “That’s really the mindset that he’s in, and that’s really about as far as our conversations have gone as far is if he’s coming back or not coming back.”
Brendan Howe contributed.
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