What Steelers’ trade deadline inactivity signals for future

PITTSBURGH -- Four hours before the 2025 NFL trade deadline Tuesday, Mike Tomlin responded to a question from the media about the Pittsburgh Steelers being “buyers” with a grin. “We’ll see what happens,” he said. “I like shopping.” Turns out, the 53-year-old coach meant window shopping. The Steelers didn’t make any additional moves before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET cut off, leaving safety Kyle Dugger, whom they acquired in a late-round pick swap with the New England Patriots last week, as their lone in-season trade. A year ago, Tomlin called the moves made around the league’s midseason trade deadline an “arms race” as Pittsburgh landed wide receiver Mike Williams and pass rusher Preston Smith....