The Pittsburgh Steelers are preparing to take on the Baltimore Ravens in a massive wild card matchup. Pittsburgh (10-7) is hoping to shock the football world by going into Baltimore (12-5) and knock off a Super Bowl contender.
However, following Pittsburgh’s season, they could be looking at a big draft package coming their way.
“Unreliability” Steelers Pegged To Swap Starter For Huge Draft Haul (Report)
With the NFL regular season wrapping up in 2024, 18 teams are already looking forward to what this offseason holds – with trades playing a significant role:
WR George Pickens, Pittsburgh Steelers
Would Pittsburgh really want to trade arguably its best offensive player, and clear-cut best wide receiver? The superficial answer might be no, but this situation is more delicate than it may outwardly appear.
Pickens is entering a contract year in 2025, and he’ll undoubtedly seek a compensatory payday before going into next season. The question is whether or not the Steelers want to entrust him with that and commit to him long term.
Pickens has steadily improved throughout each of his three seasons and has produced at a stellar level in 2024, notching a career-best 78.0 PFF receiving grade with an average of 2.06 yards per route run. But his contested catch numbers (34.6% from 2023-24 compared to 67.9% in 2022) and character concerns could make Pittsburgh skeptical.
The Steelers’ wide receiver corps is already one of the thinnest in the league, but will Mike Tomlin want his top wideout making over $20 million annually — on top of unreliability on and off the field? Pittsburgh trading Pickens isn’t as improbable as one might think, especially considering a deep free-agent receiver crop.
This is what Pickens’ stats looks like this season:
| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Team | Opp | Result | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Touch | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 2025-01-04 | PIT | CIN | L 17-19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7% | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-12-25 | PIT | KAN | L 10-29 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | 41 | 42.9% | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16.7 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-12-01 | PIT | @ | CIN | W 44-38 | 6 | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 1 | 36 | 50.0% | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24.7 | 74 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024-11-21 | PIT | @ | CLE | L 19-24 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | 31 | 57.1% | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12.0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-11-17 | PIT | BAL | W 18-16 | 12 | 8 | 89 | 11.1 | 0 | 37 | 66.7% | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11.1 | 89 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-11-10 | PIT | @ | WAS | W 28-27 | 7 | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 1 | 34 | 71.4% | 13.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 6 | 15.8 | 95 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-10-28 | PIT | NYG | W 26-18 | 5 | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | 43 | 80.0% | 14.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18.5 | 74 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-10-20 | PIT | NYJ | W 37-15 | 9 | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 1 | 44 | 55.6% | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22.2 | 111 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2024-10-13 | PIT | @ | LVR | W 32-13 | 8 | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 31 | 37.5% | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17.7 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-10-06 | PIT | DAL | L 17-20 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 21 | 42.9% | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8.7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-09-29 | PIT | @ | IND | L 24-27 | 11 | 7 | 113 | 16.1 | 0 | 38 | 63.6% | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16.1 | 113 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024-09-22 | PIT | LAC | W 20-10 | 7 | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 0 | 27 | 71.4% | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11.4 | 57 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-09-15 | PIT | @ | DEN | W 13-6 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 16 | 50.0% | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-09-08 | PIT | @ | ATL | W 18-10 | 7 | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 0 | 40 | 85.7% | 12.1 | 1 | -10 | 0 | -10 | -10.0 | 7 | 10.7 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
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