{"id":813329,"date":"2026-03-15T07:17:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T07:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/813329\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T07:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T07:17:03","slug":"a-little-thin-numbers-wise-michael-pittman-jr-thinks-steelers-looking-to-add-another-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/813329\/","title":{"rendered":"‘A Little Thin, Numbers Wise:’ Michael Pittman Jr. Thinks Steelers ‘Looking To Add’ Another Receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Steelers made a splash trading for wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. to kick off free agency. While it didn\u2019t cost them much, it shows that they are committed to improving at that position. Pittman is an instant upgrade, and he believes the Steelers aren\u2019t done trying to upgrade at wide receiver.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m pretty sure that they might be looking to add somebody,\u201d Pittman said Friday via the team\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/a> \u201cThey haven\u2019t said that, but just looking at our room, it does look a little thin, numbers wise.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Steelers still indeed lack depth at receiver. He and DK Metcalf make for a nice one-two punch, but the Steelers need more than two receivers. Roman Wilson and Ben Skowronek are the only ones behind them currently. Neither of those players have shown that they can be viable starters, either.<\/p>\n

Wilson was the team\u2019s third-round pick in 2024, but he hasn\u2019t done much in the NFL. He missed basically his entire rookie season due to injury, and then he only caught 12 passes in 2025.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Skowronek is essentially just a special teams player. While he\u2019s elite at that, he only has 17 catches in the past three seasons.<\/p>\n

That leaves the Steelers with more work to do at wideout. Unfortunately, the free agency pool is starting to get thin. Calvin Austin III could\u2019ve filled that spot, but he left Pittsburgh to sign with the New York Giants.<\/a> The Steelers have spent a decent chunk of money already, too, so they probably aren\u2019t going to pursue any of the more notable wide receivers who are still available.<\/p>\n

While Pittman and Metcalf are both proven players, having them shouldn\u2019t stop the Steelers from drafting a receiver early. They met with most of the top receivers at the NFL Combine, so there\u2019s interest there.<\/p>\n

Just as well, the Steelers have a lot of draft capital.<\/a> Even if they select a receiver on Day 1, they could double-dip at the position. They\u2019ve done that in the past, including in 2022, when they drafted George Pickens and Austin.<\/p>\n

Even if the Steelers continue adding to their receiver corps, that shouldn\u2019t diminish Pittman\u2019s role. They\u2019re paying him a lot of money, so he\u2019ll be on the field. The question is who will complement him and Metcalf. The Steelers will need to answer that, one way or another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers made a splash trading for wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. to kick off free agency.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,11808,6,520,57,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-813329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-michael-pittman-jr","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","13":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","14":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813329","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=813329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}