Steelers' Draft Gaffe: NFL Investigates

0:00On April 26, Pittsburgh just crushed it, hosting the 2026 NFL draft, smashing attendance records and turning the city into football. Central. But the Steelers, they had the weirdest moment of the whole event, all tied to their 21st overall pick in Round 1. It went down Thursday night when Pittsburgh reached out to USC wide receiver, McCoy Lemon, thinking he was their guy. Right then, the Eagles pulled off a trade with Dallas to jump to the 20th spot and called Lemon too. His camp told him to hang up on the Steelers. Mid-Convo. Folks are buzzing because ex-Eagles exec, Jake Rosenberg called it. A potential rules violation teams aren't supposed to contact players until they're officially on the clock. In the Custro NFL, that kind of slip up raises eyebrows fast. Now that the three-day drafts wrapped, Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk says the league's launching an investigation into Pittsburgh's tactics. Still, he doubts any real penalties will stick.

1:01These draft mishaps pop up in such a high stakes game, but this one's probably just noise that'll fade as teams gear up for the season.