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Draft Selections
Jonah Savaiinaea Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Jonah Savaiinaea
OT Arizona
Danny Stutsman Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Danny Stutsman
LB Oklahoma
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (PIT)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Jonah Monheim Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (PIT)
Jonah Monheim
C USC
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
Jordan Hancock
S Ohio State
Donovan Smith Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (PIT)
Donovan Smith
QB Houston
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall C+
ValueC NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Hancock should have been long gone. The Steelers pounced, and earned a C+.

You build a draft on nights like this. Jordan Hancock had no business being available in No. 229, and the Steelers did the only sane thing and turned in the card. The good and the questionable cancel out to a C+.

Reaching for Savaiinaea left real value on the table behind him. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.

The verdict is a shrug for now, with the swing picks left to write the real ending.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Jonah Savaiinaea
In pick No. 21 they get a long-term starter on the line, a steep price for the projection. Need was not the driver here.
Pick83 Rnd3 Danny Stutsman
A straight-up fair deal on Danny Stutsman at No. 83, value and slot in agreement. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick123 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
They will replay Tez Johnson at the 123rd pick for years; that is how good the value is. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick162 Rnd5 Jonah Monheim
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jonah Monheim. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick185 Rnd6 Ollie Gordon II
Ollie Gordon II in the Round 6 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It fills a real need, too.
Pick229 Rnd7 Jordan Hancock
You do not let a safety like Jordan Hancock reach slot 229 and blink. They did not. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick245 Rnd7 Donovan Smith
Donovan Smith in the 245th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.