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Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (PIT)
Maason Smith
DT LSU
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (PIT)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (PIT)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (PIT)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Steelers for Smith: B-.

You could see the war room lean forward. Ainias Smith at pick 195 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did.

Reaching for McCormick left real value on the table behind him. Spending an early pick on offensive lineman with quarterback, edge rusher and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In the 20th pick they get a blindside protector at fair value.
Pick51 Rnd2 Ladd McConkey
A wide receiver of that caliber at Round 2, Pick 19 is the definition of value, full stop. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick84 Rnd3 Max Melton
They read the board right and Max Melton was the payoff at No. 84. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick98 Rnd3 Maason Smith
They paid sticker price for Maason Smith in the Round 3 slot, and that is fine. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick119 Rnd4 Mason McCormick
A surprising call. With quarterback, edge rusher and other spots still to address, they spent pick No. 119 on Mason McCormick, an offensive lineman they were not short of.
Pick178 Rnd6 Kitan Oladapo
They robbed the room for Kitan Oladapo here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick195 Rnd6 Ainias Smith
The board fumbled Ainias Smith all the way to slot 195, and they scooped it up. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.