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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (PIT)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (PIT)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Beau Brade Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (PIT)
Beau Brade
S Maryland
MarShawn Lloyd Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (PIT)
MarShawn Lloyd
RB USC
Sam Hartman Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (PIT)
Sam Hartman
QB Notre Dame
Zakhari Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (PIT)
Zakhari Franklin
WR Mississippi
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Trotter Jr. should have been long gone. The Steelers pounced, and earned a B-.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Jeremiah Trotter Jr. got past him. The Steelers do not have to explain a thing at No. 85. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

They punted on interior defensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The cost of the Hartman reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

Quarterback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In the 21st pick they get a press-man option on the boundary at fair value.
Pick53 Rnd2 Kiran Amegadjie
Kiran Amegadjie at pick 53 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick85 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Somehow Jeremiah Trotter Jr. was still sitting there in Round 3, Pick 22, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick120 Rnd4 Beau Brade
A tidy bit of business in slot 120, where Beau Brade graded well above the range. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick121 Rnd4 MarShawn Lloyd
They took MarShawn Lloyd at par in the 121st overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick199 Rnd6 Sam Hartman
The board had cheaper options than Sam Hartman at No. 199, and it noticed. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick242 Rnd7 Zakhari Franklin
The board fumbled Zakhari Franklin all the way to pick No. 242, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.