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Draft Selections
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (PIT)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Ricky Pearsall Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (PIT)
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (PIT)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (PIT)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Michael Pratt Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (PIT)
Michael Pratt
QB Tulane
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (PIT)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (PIT)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
M.J. Devonshire Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (PIT)
M.J. Devonshire
CB Pittsburgh
Draft Picks Received
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Ricky Pearsall Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida
Michael Pratt Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BUF)
Michael Pratt
QB Tulane
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Draft Picks Traded
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (BUF)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Players Gained
Head Shot
O'Cyrus Torrence
OG
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Steelers let Oladapo fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Steelers came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

Oladapo at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. The Amegadjie pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at edge rusher and tight end.

They will need Guerendo to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
In the 28th pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front. Need was not the driver here.
Pick51 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
By-the-book stuff, Edgerrin Cooper at pick No. 51 squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
Pick60 Rnd2 Ricky Pearsall
A straight-up fair deal on Ricky Pearsall at the 60th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick84 Rnd3 Kiran Amegadjie
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending Round 3, Pick 20 on Kiran Amegadjie with edge rusher and tight end unsolved.
Pick98 Rnd3 Cam Hart
They paid sticker price for Cam Hart in slot 98, and that is fine. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick119 Rnd4 Isaac Guerendo
Isaac Guerendo at pick 119 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. The roster fit checks out.
Pick134 Rnd4 Michael Pratt
Michael Pratt at slot 134 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick178 Rnd6 Kitan Oladapo
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Kitan Oladapo in Round 6, Pick 3, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick189 Rnd6 Jordan Jefferson
A clean, defensible pick in the 189th overall pick with a little surplus value in Jordan Jefferson. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick195 Rnd6 M.J. Devonshire
A reasonable price with a little left over, M.J. Devonshire in pick 195. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.