The Pittsburgh Steelers and everyone around them knew that there were significant changes coming to their offense after they were forced to trade Antonio Brown because the parasite that infected his mustache and turned it blonde made him lose all sense of decency and composure.
When you lose a player widely considered to be among the very best in the game, you are not going to replace him with one player, so it was obvious it would be a multi-tiered approach. Combined with the expected second-year growth from James Washington, the team was also expected to address wide receiver in both free agency and the draft.