Trade back to acquire a 2026 1st rounder or more 2025 picks

Feels likelier we would be getting a 2025 1st, plus a combination of 2025 3rd/4th and 2026 2nd/3rd in that scenario. Some of the mock simulators are over-generous with trade compensation, for whatever reason.

The real competitive heat to trade (and therefore offer more than other teams) would probably have long passed by pick 9.

That said, of course you can point to the Mahomes trade where the cost of going from 27 to 10 was a 2017 1st and 3rd, plus a future year 1st. But the Steelers aren't picking 27th....