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Draft Selections
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (PIT)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (PIT)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (PIT)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (PIT)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (PIT)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
DJ Uiagalelei Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (PIT)
DJ Uiagalelei
QB Florida State
Xzavier Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (PIT)
Xzavier Henderson
WR Cincinnati
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (PIT)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Damien Martinez Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (PIT)
Damien Martinez
RB Miami
Draft Picks Received
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (LAC)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (DET)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (LAC)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Damien Martinez Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (LAC)
Damien Martinez
RB Miami
Draft Picks Traded
Princely Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (DET)
Princely Umanmielen
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Harold Fannin Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (LAC)
Harold Fannin Jr.
TE Bowling Green
Players Gained
Head Shot
David Montgomery
RB
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
The Steelers let Martinez fall and pounced. Final grade: B+.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Damien Martinez, Round 7, Pick 35, roughly 91 picks past where he belonged.

Reaching for Uiagalelei left real value on the table behind him. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

The David Montgomery pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Derrick Harmon
Derrick Harmon in the Round 1 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick52 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
You do not let a safety like Malaki Starks reach Round 2, Pick 20 and blink. They did not. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick83 Rnd3 Jack Bech
A slide stopped in the 83rd pick, with Jack Bech worth more than the price. The roster fit checks out.
Pick124 Rnd4 Cam Skattebo
Cam Skattebo at pick 124 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick163 Rnd5 Billy Bowman Jr.
Billy Bowman Jr. in No. 163 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick198 Rnd6 Oronde Gadsden II
They robbed the room for Oronde Gadsden II here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick215 Rnd6 Raheim Sanders
The board fumbled Raheim Sanders all the way to the 215th overall pick, and they scooped it up. It fills a real need, too.
Pick225 Rnd7 DJ Uiagalelei
A wild overpay on DJ Uiagalelei in slot 225, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick231 Rnd7 Xzavier Henderson
They talked themselves into Xzavier Henderson at the 231st pick, and the board did not agree. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick247 Rnd7 De'Corian Clark
A real head-scratcher, De'Corian Clark in the 247th overall pick is miles ahead of his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick253 Rnd7 Damien Martinez
They will replay Damien Martinez at pick No. 253 for years; that is how good the value is. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.