Coming out of the 2023 season, it was quite clear that the Pittsburgh Steelers needed to address the quarterback situation in a big way.
In recent months, the feeling was that the Steelers under GM Omar Khan and head coach Mike Tomlin did just that, reshaping and upgrading the quarterback room in the blink of an eye by signing veteran Russell Wilson to a one-year, $1.21 million deal in free agency, and then trading a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft to the Chicago Bears for Justin Fields.
In the process, the Steelers cut Mitch Trubisky, let Mason Rudolph walk in free agency and traded Kenny Pickett to the Philadelphia Eagles for draft picks.