In the end, it doesn’t appear the Pittsburgh Steelers will land San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk. If there was a time for that to occur, it would’ve been before or during the first round. And though the 49ers seemed to engage teams in trade discussions, one didn’t materialize. We won’t know how serious Pittsburgh was but based on their pre-draft move of restructuring OLB Alex Highsmith’s contract, freeing up more than $7 million in cap space, they seemed prepared to make a splash.
But just because Aiyuk seems off the table, it doesn’t mean the Steelers are done making moves.