"The Steelers were comfortable with Shedeur Sanders as a distributing point guard type, which makes it a mild surprise they didn't take him with their fourth-round pick. To borrow another basketball analogy, those inside the Steelers' building did not reach a consensus on Sanders as a slam-dunk pick," Fowler explained.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have added to their stable of 2026 NFL draft picks, but it has come at the expense of trading wide receiver George Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys.According to ESPN's Todd Archer,

The Pittsburgh Steeler s finally washed their hands of the George Pickens era on Wednesday morning, reportedly sending their mercurial wide receiver and a sixth-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft to the Dallas Cowboys for third- and fifth-round selections. ESPN's Adam Schefter was the first to break the news.