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12-27-23 (2)

  • sanador DRAFTING FOR THE
    Steelers
Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (PIT)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (PIT)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (PIT)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (PIT)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Kedon Slovis Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (PIT)
Kedon Slovis
QB BYU
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (PIT)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (PIT)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (PIT)
Connor Colby
OT Iowa
Draft Picks Received
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DAL)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Kedon Slovis Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Kedon Slovis
QB BYU
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (MIN)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (MIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Gerald Mincey Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (DAL)
Gerald Mincey
OL Tennessee
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (MIN)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (DAL)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Steelers cashed the board's mistake on Tampa: B.

Call it larceny. T.J. Tampa sat on the board until slot 80, and the Steelers did not need to be asked twice. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want. Job largely done: quarterback settled and 5 of 9 of the wish list covered. Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

Their trades came out a wash either way.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the interior defensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In No. 16 they get a long-term starter on the line. Need was not the driver here.
Pick48 Rnd2 Johnny Wilson
Johnny Wilson at the 48th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick80 Rnd3 T.J. Tampa
T.J. Tampa in slot 80 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick130 Rnd4 Max Melton
Max Melton is a better player than the 130th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick157 Rnd5 Kedon Slovis
Kedon Slovis slipping to pick No. 157 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick163 Rnd5 Billy Bowman Jr.
Billy Bowman Jr. at Round 5, Pick 27 is money in the bank, a safety taken below his worth. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick174 Rnd5 Ty'Ron Hopper
Nothing to complain about; Ty'Ron Hopper went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick194 Rnd6 Connor Colby
Taking Connor Colby in the Round 6 slot is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.