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Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall
B+
ValueB
NeedB
TradesA+
FutureA-
Larceny in the 198th pick lands the Steelers a B+, Jacobs and all. Whoever sat across the table from the Steelers should ask for a receipt. They cleaned the room out, prying loose far more value than they gave up, and it was the quiet MVP of their weekend. They moved the roster forward and banked a B+ for it.
A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. With quarterback, edge rusher and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on offensive lineman is the choice that costs them.
On value alone, Jacobs makes the weekend a net positive. The cost of the Van Pran reach is exactly the players who went right after him.
Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.
Pick Analysis
Pick33
Rnd2
Quinyon Mitchell
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 2 slot with a little surplus value in Quinyon Mitchell. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick55
Rnd2
T'Vondre Sweat
They took T'Vondre Sweat at par in Round 2, Pick 23, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick58
Rnd2
Patrick Paul
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Patrick Paul in slot 58. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick78
Rnd3
Sedrick Van Pran
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Sedrick Van Pran adds an offensive lineman and leaves quarterback, edge rusher and other spots untouched.
Pick93
Rnd3
Roman Wilson
Roman Wilson is a better player than pick No. 93 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick119
Rnd4
Beau Brade
They let Beau Brade come to them and pounced at No. 119. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick120
Rnd4
Max Melton
They read the board right and Max Melton was the payoff at No. 120. The roster fit checks out.
Pick132
Rnd4
James Williams
By-the-book stuff, James Williams at slot 132 squarely in line with his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick189
Rnd6
Christian Jones
Christian Jones in pick No. 189 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick198
Rnd6
Curtis Jacobs
You do not let a linebacker like Curtis Jacobs reach the Round 6 slot and blink. They did not. A need, and now a little less of one.















