Skattebo is joining a backfield that's returning both Tyrone Tracy Jr. and Devin Singletary. Tracy broke out as a fifth-round rookie last year, leading the team with 839 rushing yards and five scores on 192 carries, while Singletary picked up 437 yards and four touchdowns on his 113 totes.

History tells us the league’s next crop of stars is full of draft steals who’ll turn classes from questionable to heralded and aimless franchises into contenders. It’s difficult to pick the next Puka Nacua (2023 fifth round,

If this is the case and the Steelers were dead set on trading Pickens away, it does force us to re-visit the draft and see where, if anywhere Pittsburgh could have addressed wide receiver on the presumption that Pickens would eventually be gone.