With the NFL trade deadline just over 24 hours away, phone lines across the league are burning up. The Pittsburgh Steelers remain heavily connected to the wide receiver market, but with competition heating up, Omar Khan may find the asking prices too high to justify.

Adam Schefter revealed the asking price for New Orleans Saints WR Rashid Shaheed, and it could be a sign of how inflated the receiver market is at the deadline.

“I think there are a few teams interested in Rashid Shaheed,” Schefter said via ESPN’s Get Up this morning. “And the Saints also won’t part ways unless they feel like they’re getting fair value. I think they’ve been looking for a third-round pick in return.”

Shaheed provides a deep-ball skill set, but he’s not a slam-dunk No. 2 WR. A third-round pick seems exceedingly high for a player of his caliber, especially with his contract set to void after the 2025 season. Could his high asking price indicate a leaguewide trend of inflated value for even mid-tier receivers? And if that’s the case, what would the Jaylen Waddles, Calvin Ridleys or even Jakobi Meyers of the world cost?

All effective negotiators are going to start high on the price to extract the most valuable possible for their respective parties. But a third-round asking price, and multiple interested parties suggests that price won’t come down too far.

Davante Adams led the WR trade market at the deadline last year, fetching a conditional third-round pick for the Las Vegas Raiders. That tends to be near the upper limit of how splashy deadline deals end up being, though they occasionally go bigger. Pittsburgh very clearly angled its 2025 offseason around maximizing 2026 draft capital. Even parting ways with a third-round pick would be somewhat surprising.

Would the Steelers consider a fourth-round pick for someone like Shaheed? And should they?

If Aaron Rodgers plans on sticking around for another year and they like Shaheed enough to extend him in the offseason, it would make much more sense.

DK Metcalf has been getting shut down, which might suggest a large amount of attention being given to him by opposing defenses. The right No. 2 option could help balance things out. Reports indicated the Steelers have a strong interest in upgrading the position as recently as yesterday after the Steelers’ Week 9 win.

I am of the opinion that the Steelers should either go big or not even bother. But if the asking price for mid-tier WR trade options is this high, then they might be better off sitting this one out.