Though Metcalf is the addition the Steelers have been striving for, it’s also curious to see what becomes of wideout George Pickens, a big-play, contested-catch talent like Metcalf who’s entering the final year of his rookie contract.

The Seahawks, meanwhile, will look drastically different with quarterback Geno Smith set to be traded to the Las Vegas Raiders, veteran Tyler Lockett released and Metcalf now gone. Former first-round pick Jaxon Smith-Njigba remains to lead the WR corps — as he did statistically last season — but the cupboard is rather bare behind him and it remains to be seen who will be throwing him the ball.

Metcalf doesn’t know who will be throwing him the ball with the Steelers at the moment, either. The team’s 2024 starters — Justin Fields and Russell Wilson — are impending free agents.

However, Pittsburgh has long sought a bona fide WR1. Metcalf — who had 66 receptions for 992 yards and five touchdowns (which would have led the Steelers in catches and yards) — boasts three 1,000-yards seasons, the physicality to excel and survive in the arduous AFC North and the speed to break games wide open.

The Steelers got their guy, and after six fruitful seasons in Seattle, Metcalf is saying good bye, traveling cross country and to a new conference.