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Draft Selections
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Malik Washington Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (PIT)
Malik Washington
WR Virginia
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (PIT)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Sam Hartman Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (PIT)
Sam Hartman
QB Notre Dame
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (PIT)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Steelers checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

The tape said wait; the Steelers did not. Sam Hartman went at the Round 6 slot, a good 38 picks before the board was ready.

Getting Magee where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The Smith pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with interior defensive lineman, edge rusher and other spots still on the board. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Terrion Arnold
No drama and no debate, Terrion Arnold went about where he belonged in Round 1, Pick 20. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick51 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
They paid up for Zach Frazier at pick No. 51 when waiting would have done the job. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick84 Rnd3 Maason Smith
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went DT-EDGE with Maason Smith while clear needs at interior defensive lineman, edge rusher and other spots sat open.
Pick120 Rnd4 Malik Washington
Malik Washington in the 120th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick121 Rnd4 Cole Bishop
They went early on Cole Bishop in slot 121, and the value did not follow. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick197 Rnd6 Sam Hartman
Sam Hartman at the 197th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick238 Rnd7 Jordan Magee
Somehow Jordan Magee was still sitting there in pick No. 238, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.