DK's Daily Shot of Steelers: Dean's a huge deal
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DK Pittsburgh Sports
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🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | One funny thing about NFL free agency, and this applies to Omar Khan's activity in it. |
| 0:15.8 | So much happens so soon that stuff gets buried. |
| 0:20.7 | Some of it really shouldn't. Good morning to you. Good. |
| 0:23.8 | Wednesday morning, I'm Dan Kovachvich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports. This is Daily Shot of Steelers, |
| 0:28.0 | presented by the Fandul Sportsbook. Comes your way bright and early every weekday. If you're |
| 0:32.9 | into the other two teams in town that I cover, including the hockey team that I'm covering down here right now in Raleigh, North Carolina, I also offer daily shots of penguins and pirates that I hope you'll additionally check out. |
| 0:47.7 | Jamel Dean should have been a headliner. |
| 0:52.6 | And by that I mean, in the old old school sense the actual top blaring bold |
| 0:59.3 | headline of that day for the Steelers except for one thing the Steelers also |
| 1:06.8 | traded for and signed Michael Pittman. |
| 1:11.6 | Now, Pittman plays a position of need, real need. |
| 1:15.6 | In fact, one could argue that the Steelers and their fan base have been waiting on Pittman, |
| 1:22.6 | or anybody representing a WR22 for several years now. |
| 1:28.4 | So Pittman happens. |
| 1:30.4 | There's a seventh round peg and a sixth round pig that gets swapped. |
| 1:34.6 | And Pittman signs a three-year $59 million contract. |
| 1:40.0 | So yes, he very much does get top billing. |
| 1:43.9 | Now, Dean signed a three-year contract as well. |
| 1:46.2 | His was for $36.75 million. |
| 1:49.1 | And guess what? |
| 1:50.2 | That's a lot of money in the NFL or anywhere else. |
| 1:55.2 | He's 29 years old. |
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