As the start of Organized Team Activities draw closer for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the 91-man offseason roster looks rather strong, at least on paper.
The Steelers have a 10-player draft class to work into the fold and have a bunch of new faces who joined the organization in free agency and via trade that helped shore up holes ahead of the 2026 season.
However, according to ESPN’s Aaron Schatz, one hole remains on the roster that the franchise needs to find a way to address.
It’s not quarterback, either. Instead, Schatz believes that despite trading for Michael Pittman Jr. and moving up in the second round to land Alabama’s Germie Bernard, the Steelers need depth at receiver.
“If we assume that Aaron Rodgers is returning to play quarterback, then Pittsburgh’s two-deep depth chart is pretty solid. There are plenty of average players, but it’s hard to find places where the Steelers need to go from bad to average. The biggest question might be what the Steelers will do if a receiver suffers an injury or if rookie Germie Bernard struggles,” Schatz writes. “Roman Wilson barely played in his rookie season and had just 12 catches in 2025, his second season. Ben Skowronek can be a useful jack-of-all-trades but has only nine receptions over his two seasons in Pittsburgh.
“Fourth-round pick Kaden Wetjen is primarily a return specialist.”
If you’re getting down into who WR4 or 5 is on the roster and having concerns about that, it’s not as much of a hole as Schatz makes it out to be.
Trading for Pittman shored up WR2 for the Steelers, a hole that had grown larger and larger in recent years. Landing Pittman for cheap and then extending his contract filled that hole in a major way. He’s a great fit in new head coach Mike McCarthy’s scheme and should work well with whoever is under center in 2026 and beyond.
While missing out on Makai Lemon in the first round was a bit painful for the Steelers, GM Omar Khan did well to move quickly in the second round and trade up for Bernard, landing arguably the best route runner in the draft. He fits the mold of a Steelers receiver too, playing a physical brand of football while also being willing and able to block at a high level.
Things could be looking up for Roman Wilson in Year 3, too, now that McCarthy is in the mix. There should be more opportunities for the young receiver to see the field in a more traditional passing attack compared to what the Steelers deployed in recent years.
After that, Skowronek is a proven, dependable receiver when called upon, and while Wetjen might be labeled just a return specialist at the moment, he dominated at the East-West Shrine Bowl as a receiver and profiles as a guy with more to give as a true slot receiver.
Time will tell, but the receiver room looks much better than it has in recent years, making it hard to label a real hole right now.
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