The Pittsburgh Steelers are not a team that throws a lot of big contracts at wide receivers. There was, of course, Antonio Brown, and before him, Hines Ward had a very long career here. Others tend to have short stays, no matter how good they were, although sometimes there are extraneous factors involved.
The one that got away, though was Plaxico Burress, their first-round pick in 2000, who left for the New York Giants in free agency after the 2004 season. The general belief was that Pittsburgh opted to re-sign Ward, and thus not to re-sign Burress. That wasn’t the case.