I'm at the point where I agree. We have to inject talent in places where we can excel in the playoffs, and having better pass catchers strengthens a strength. Otherwise it seems we'll be good in the regular season and "have a chance" in the post season. We need someone to raise Joshs's game and overcome the coaching deficiency we're seeing instead of relying on Josh to raise everyone else's.
I think you're assuming something happens with Pickens. I think the Steelers track record is to see if the he get it headed in the right direction by camp and if not they find a trade partner at some point. Tomiln talked about him needing to mature, etc after the season. One of the reasons it's so tough to do mocks at this point.
Just FYI re: the Steelers, earlier today I heard one of the local guys discussing how much time Tomlin was spending with the dline. He was basically leading the drills etc. He thought it stood out enough to consider the dline a highly likely pick for them, possiblyone high and one later. The guy was from steelersnow.com but I didn't see an article about the senior bowl yet.
Found it. https://steelersnow.com/saunders-what-we-learned-about-steelers-offseason-plans-at-senior-bowl/
Some wr's are hands catchers, this dudes a basket catcher. Others high point, he low points. Question is what's the story and can you get his technique up to snuff, there's probably a long list of folks who have tried.