Omar Khan

The Athletic’s Mike DeFabo says “it’s clear (Steelers) GM Omar Khan is doing his due diligence to explore all options” at upgrading WR.

In a mailbag article where DeFabo was questioned about the current state of the Steelers’ receiver room, DeFabo didn’t shy away from suggesting there could be some validity to any “smoke” around a potential trade for a receiver. Behind DK Metcalf is a group of unproven playmakers in Calvin Austin and Roman Wilson, and Robert Woods will be 33 at the start of next season. DeFabo noted that Jets receiver Allen Lazard, a long-time teammate of Aaron Rodgers’ remains an “obvious target” but adds that he believes the team wants to see how things look in camp before looking to upgrade. This is clearly a wait-and-see decision that could take several weeks to play out, but it wouldn’t be surprising if a trade, or a free agent signing (Amari Cooper, Gabe Davis, etc.) were in the Steelers’ future.