{"id":808533,"date":"2026-03-12T17:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/808533\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:31:14","slug":"pick-swap-details-revealed-in-steelers-colts-michael-pittman-jr-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/808533\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick-Swap Details Revealed In Steelers-Colts Michael Pittman Jr. Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pick-swap details in the Michael Pittman Jr. trade were not disclosed immediately other than a Pittsburgh Steelers sixth for an Indianapolis Colts seventh. The NFL transaction sheet finally posted, shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tompelissero\/status\/2032065193639825419?s=46\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tom Pelissero on X<\/a>, and we now know the exact pick numbers involved in the trade.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh gave up pick No. 214 (compensatory selection) in the sixth round while the Colts traded No. 230 in the seventh round.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers moved down just 16 spots late in the draft for Michael Pittman, and they reportedly signed him to a <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersdepot.com\/2026\/03\/garafolo-steelers-signing-new-wr-michael-pittman-to-big-three-year-extension\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three-year contract<\/a> to solidify the immediate future of the WR position.<\/p>\n<p>Pittman may not be a perennial 1,000-yard receiver or double-digit TD producer, but he has 5,254 yards across six NFL seasons and he was a Colts captain. He provides much-needed veteran leadership to the room, and a 6-4, 223-pound body to an already large group of eligibles in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>One notable WR analyst dubbed him the <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersdepot.com\/2026\/03\/analyst-dubs-michael-pittman-jr-the-perfect-aaron-rodgers-wr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cperfect Aaron Rodgers WR,\u201d<\/a> and it\u2019s easy to see why when breaking down his statistics and tape.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers had two comp picks over a three-pick span at the end of the sixth round, so they will still be able to make a selection two picks later than the one they gave up. The Colts were going to release Pittman to dump his salary anyway, so this prevented the Steelers from getting in a bidding war for his services. His APY may have come in slightly more expensive had he hit the open market, especially with receivers getting paid handsomely as of late.<\/p>\n<p>Unless more trades take place between now and the draft, we now know the official pick numbers for all 12 of the Steelers\u2019 selections in April.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the Steelers\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersdepot.com\/2026\/03\/here-are-the-steelers-2026-nfl-draft-picks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">full 2026 pick order<\/a> as of March 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The pick-swap details in the Michael Pittman Jr. trade were not disclosed immediately other than a Pittsburgh Steelers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,392,11808,57,3257],"class_list":{"0":"post-808533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-indianapolis-colts","10":"tag-michael-pittman-jr","11":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","12":"tag-tom-pelissero"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116217400473950041","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808533","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=808533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}