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Steelers Training Camp: Two Rookie Receivers Impress

Stop No. 3 on my training camp tour, after hitting the Bills and Browns. Here are five takeaways from Steelers camp …

1) Former GM Kevin Colbert may be gone, but it sure looks like he left one last chapter to his legend for evaluating receivers—both second-rounder George Pickens and fourth-rounder Calvin Austin III have turned heads early on. Neither has been through a padded practice yet, but both have come as advertised and should give the team plenty of depth behind Diontae Johnson and Chase Claypool.

2) The quarterback competition is fluid, but Mitch Trubisky is pretty clearly a lead dog.