The Steelers just found their slot receiver for the 2025 season

Rob Gregson discusses the Pittsburgh Steelers' signing of veteran receiver Robert Woods.

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00:00The Pittsburgh Steelers opted not to take a swing at the wide receiver position in the NFL Draft,

00:04leaving many to wonder why. On Monday, they answered that question with a veteran and Super Bowl champion.

00:13Hey everyone, Rob Gregson of A to Z Sports Pittsburgh, and today we're going to discuss

00:18the fallout of the Robert Woods signing by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Woods won a Super Bowl with

00:23the Los Angeles Rams in 2021, and ever since has served a big role on two different teams

00:29being the Tennessee Titans, and most recently with the Houston Texans. He's now 31 years old.

00:36He's gone through some injury history, but he is still the best option that the Steelers are going

00:42to have in the slot. And Pittsburgh, they like to do this kind of thing. I mean, you go back and look

00:47at Allen Robinson last year with Van Jefferson, and now with Robert Woods, they want a veteran

00:53contributor. They want somebody they know they can rely on to be in that wide receiver core at that

00:59slot position. Obviously, you have DK Metcalf and George Pickens outside. Those guys are fairly

01:04interchangeable at the X and Z position. But in the slot wide receiver role, you have this hodgepodge,

01:10this mix of a whole bunch of different guys. Roman Wilson, Calvin Austin III, and now Robert Woods.

01:17I expect Robert Woods to be the one that gets a lot of the targets and a lot of the work in that

01:24slot wide receiver role. Why? Because of Arthur Smith. We know that he needs his receivers to be

01:30able to block. And Robert Woods is just plain and simple a much bigger target, a much bigger person

01:37than both Roman Wilson and Calvin Austin III. Somebody's got to go in there, dig out the safeties,

01:43crack the linebackers, make plays so the running back can get to the second and third level of the

01:48defense. That's going to be Robert Woods' role. Add on the fact that he is a route running savant,

01:52that he can still get open over the middle of the field and exploit matchups. And it's a great signing

01:58for the Pittsburgh Steelers. They answer the one lingering question they had left in the weaponry

02:03of their offense, which is who is going to be that certified slot wide receiver number three.

02:09And now they have solved that with Robert Woods.