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Draft Selections
Amarius Mims Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Amarius Mims
OT Georgia
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Andru Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (PIT)
Andru Phillips
CB Kentucky
McKinnley Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (PIT)
McKinnley Jackson
DL Texas A&M
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (PIT)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (PIT)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Steelers robbed the room for Oladapo. Final grade: B-.

You build a draft on nights like this. Kitan Oladapo had no business being available in pick No. 178, and the Steelers did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

The Frazier pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with quarterback, linebacker and other spots still on the board. Randolph Jr. has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Amarius Mims
In the Round 1 slot they get protection for the quarterback at fair value.
Pick51 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Zach Frazier at offensive lineman with quarterback, linebacker and other spots open.
Pick84 Rnd3 Ja'Lynn Polk
They read the board right and Ja'Lynn Polk was the payoff at slot 84. It fills a real need, too.
Pick98 Rnd3 Andru Phillips
By-the-book stuff, Andru Phillips at the 98th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick119 Rnd4 McKinnley Jackson
McKinnley Jackson in pick 119 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick178 Rnd6 Kitan Oladapo
Taking Kitan Oladapo in pick No. 178 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick195 Rnd6 Keith Randolph Jr.
Keith Randolph Jr. in Round 6, Pick 20 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.