Steelers news and commentary from Saturday, April 20th

Welcome to the Terrible Towel Tales, where we’ll highlight some of the latest stories permeating Steelers media for your reading pleasure every Monday through Saturday. In today’s news…

Omar Khan’s Thoughts from the NFL Combine Loom Large in Center Conversation | Nick Farabaugh, Steelers Now

But Pittsburgh has others who could fill in as center-capable players. James Daniels, Isaac Seumalo, and Spencer Anderson all have experience there on top of the aforementioned Herbig. Maybe, center is where one of those guys ends up. But it sure did not sound like Daniels was going to move there from Omar Khan’s comments at the NFL Combine.

“It could, you know, he has position flexibility. But James really had a good season at guard and we were really encouraged by that. We feel like he got better every week,” Khan said.

ESPN Predicts Steelers, Cowboys Trade | Noah Strackbein, All Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers have options with their first-round pick and as the NFL Draft gets closer, it appears more and more experts expect them to move backward from 20.

ESPN’s Bill Barnwell created a prediction where the Steelers and Dallas Cowboys make a trade during draft night, moving Pittsburgh back from pick No. 20 to No. 24, while also receving picks 87 (third-round) and 174 (fifth-round). They give up pick 20 and 119 (fourth-round).

Proposed 1st-Round Draft Trade Ships Steelers Big, Fast WR | Dave Holcomb, Heavy

On April 18, Fox Sports’ David Helman and Carmen Vitali proposed the Steelers trade their No. 20 overall pick in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft to the 49ers. In the proposal, the Steelers received Aiyuk.

“Maybe you think pick No. 20 is rich for an All-Pro wide receiver, but I’m here to remind you the Titans fetched more when they sent A.J. Brown to Philadelphia two years ago,” Helman and Vitali wrote. “Aiyuk would massively upgrade the Steelers‘ receiver corps, and the 49ers would then have two first-round picks to use in the same draft.”