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  • sammytrav DRAFTING FOR THE
    Steelers
Draft Selections
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Maason Smith
DT LSU
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (PIT)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (PIT)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (PIT)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
M.J. Devonshire Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (PIT)
M.J. Devonshire
CB Pittsburgh
Draft Picks Traded
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (BAL)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Players Gained
Head Shot
Tyler Linderbaum
C
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB- TradesA+ FutureB-
Nobody dealt better than the Steelers this weekend: B.

Whoever sat across the table from the Steelers should ask for a receipt. They cleaned the room out, prying loose far more value than they gave up, and it was the quiet MVP of their weekend. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.

Smith has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

The Vaki value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. The Tyler Linderbaum deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In the Round 1 slot they get a building block for the line. Need was not the driver here.
Pick84 Rnd3 Maason Smith
Maason Smith at Round 3, Pick 20 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick98 Rnd3 Khyree Jackson
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 98 with a little surplus value in Khyree Jackson. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick119 Rnd4 Ainias Smith
They left a pile of value on the table to take Ainias Smith this early at slot 119. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick178 Rnd6 Sione Vaki
They barely believed it either: Sione Vaki still on the board at pick 178. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick195 Rnd6 M.J. Devonshire
M.J. Devonshire at No. 195 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.