2026 Free Agent Thread

DK Metcalf's cap hit for 2026 is $31 million and Pickens is the better player.

 

And Pickens is also a locker room cancer who nobody in the Steelers organization seemed to like.

 

What is this? Summer camp or a football team?

 

I don't know why you keep going on about trading Pickens they weren't going to keep him long term anyway.

 

The Steelers were weaker team in 2025 because they made that trade. That is inarguable among the sane. They could have had an elite receiver for at least the 2026 season, at a lower cap number than Metcalf, with the sort of offensive-minded coach who would have probably made him happier, for the 2026 season.

I am posting about it again today because others brought him up. mac is the one who brought him up again on this thread, not me. The same thing happened with another poster bringing him up on a different thread. You should direct your question to those guys.

 

So what even if they had kept Pickens they weren't going to win the Super Bowl last season. You know what happens when you're frequently late at your job your employer gets rid of you, part of the reason they got rid of Pickens.

 

That logic would make sense if they didn't replace him with another immature jackass who is less talented and costs more.