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Draft Selections
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Aeneas Peebles Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (PIT)
Aeneas Peebles
DL Virginia Tech
Kai Kroeger Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (PIT)
Kai Kroeger
P South Carolina
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
R.J. Mickens Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
R.J. Mickens
S Clemson
Trevor Etienne Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (PIT)
Trevor Etienne
RB Georgia
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Steelers, and a B to prove it.

The war room fell hard for Kai Kroeger, and it showed at pick 162: 107 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas.

Milroe at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

The back end got a real overhaul.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
In No. 21 they get a press-man option on the boundary, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
Pick83 Rnd3 Aireontae Ersery
They will replay Aireontae Ersery at the 83rd pick for years; that is how good the value is. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick123 Rnd4 Aeneas Peebles
Aeneas Peebles in the 123rd overall pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick162 Rnd5 Kai Kroeger
Kai Kroeger at the Round 5 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick185 Rnd6 Jalen Milroe
Jalen Milroe at pick No. 185 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick229 Rnd7 R.J. Mickens
You do not let a safety like R.J. Mickens reach Round 7, Pick 13 and blink. They did not. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick245 Rnd7 Trevor Etienne
Trevor Etienne at slot 245 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.