Hector509'S MOCK DRAFT
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2-22-24

  • Hector509 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Steelers
Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (PIT)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (PIT)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (PIT)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Phil Jurkovec Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (PIT)
Phil Jurkovec
QB Pittsburgh
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Steelers and Green: B-.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Renardo Green tumbling to the Steelers in No. 198 is a gift they did not have to think twice about. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

It is not that Frazier is a bad player; it is that the Steelers had louder needs to answer first. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. They will need Jurkovec to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In slot 20 they get a building block for the line, and a steal at that.
Pick52 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went offensive lineman with Zach Frazier while clear needs at interior defensive lineman, edge rusher and other spots sat open.
Pick84 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
They barely believed it either: Payton Wilson still on the board at the 84th pick. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick120 Rnd4 DJ James
Good price on DJ James in the Round 4 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick121 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
A premium they did not need to pay, Cedric Gray a notch or two before his time. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick198 Rnd6 Renardo Green
You do not let a safety like Renardo Green reach pick No. 198 and blink. They did not. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick238 Rnd7 Phil Jurkovec
They paid a round early for Phil Jurkovec in Round 7, Pick 18, more than the board wanted. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.