{"id":16946,"date":"2025-05-02T03:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T03:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/16946\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T03:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T03:54:09","slug":"fittipaldo-weighs-in-on-steelers-no-3-wr-robert-woods-impact-on-roman-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/16946\/","title":{"rendered":"Fittipaldo Weighs In On Steelers’ No. 3 WR, Robert Woods Impact On Roman Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Steelers made their big splash at wide receiver via trade, but where do Roman Wilson and Robert Woods factor<\/a> into the position? They just signed the latter, a 33-year-old veteran, after the draft. The former, a 2024 third-round pick, hasn\u2019t done anything yet. With DK Metcalf and George Pickens, they have a strong top two, but we don\u2019t know where the rest of the group stacks up.<\/p>\n

Ray Fittipaldo waded into those waters yesterday during an interview on 93.7 The Fan<\/a>. \u201cI still think there\u2019s an opportunity for Roman Wilson, but he\u2019s got to go out there and prove it\u201d, he said. \u201c[Robert] Woods just signed basically a little bit more than a vet minimum deal. That\u2019s kind of like a Van Jefferson, Allen Robinson [II] type of signing. He\u2019s probably gonna play, but I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s gonna guarantee him starter snaps or anything like that\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Steelers signed Woods only after passing on the receiver position<\/a> during the draft. Perhaps they had their eye on a few guys, but the timing never made sense. Given that they didn\u2019t even sign Woods to a contract that would qualify for the compensatory formula, the waiting suggests draft outcome triggered the move. But as we keep talking about Roman Wilson, let\u2019s not forget about the incumbent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still think the slot is whoever performs best in training camp\u201d, Fittipaldo said, assessing the Steelers\u2019 wide receiver room. \u201cI know a lot of people are sleeping on Calvin Austin [III], but he had 548 receiving yards, he had a few touchdowns. He was on the come last year. So I think Roman Wilson and Woods are gonna have to beat him out for the No. 3 spot\u201d.<\/p>\n

The signing of Robert Woods does make the Steelers\u2019 receiver room a little more crowded, and a little more interesting. With Metcalf and Pickens locked at the top, who slots in behind them is the question. You have Woods, Wilson, and Austin presumably competing for that third role. But do all of them have a guaranteed roster spot? Then there\u2019s Ben Skowronek, whom they re-signed on a two-year contract, primarily for special teams.<\/p>\n

Last year, the Steelers only carried six wide receivers, and they could do so again. But they have six wide receivers who are presumably worth carrying, at least one would hope. And that doesn\u2019t even include Scotty Miller, who is always on the roster fringes.<\/p>\n

The simplest solution is to let the competition sort itself out, which is usually the case. I think, in an ideal world, the Steelers would love to see Roman Wilson step up and take the third spot and make it his own. That\u2019s why they drafted him last year, and they still have relatively high hopes for him<\/a>. If he can\u2019t step up, then it\u2019s between Austin and Woods to figure it all out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Steelers made their big splash at wide receiver via trade, but where do Roman Wilson and Robert…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[8740,8741,7,6,57,7827,5329,4112,691],"class_list":{"0":"post-16946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-93-7-the-fan","9":"tag-calvin-austin-iii","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","13":"tag-ray-fittipaldo","14":"tag-robert-woods","15":"tag-roman-wilson","16":"tag-trending"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114436221478084326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}