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NUMBER 80

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Draft Selections
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Kyle McCord Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Kyle McCord
QB Syracuse
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (PIT)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (PIT)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (PIT)
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson...
OT Florida
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (PIT)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
LaJohntay Wester Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (PIT)
LaJohntay Wester
WR Colorado
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Steelers for Paul Jr.: B-.

Somebody in the Round 5 slot was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Steelers sat still while Chris Paul Jr., the No. 88 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

They are betting Crenshaw-Dickson proves the room right and everyone else wrong. A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Emeka Egbuka
Emeka Egbuka in the Round 1 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick52 Rnd2 Darien Porter
A real head-scratcher, Darien Porter in No. 52 is miles ahead of his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick83 Rnd3 Kyle McCord
A wild overpay on Kyle McCord in the 83rd overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick122 Rnd4 Hollin Pierce
Nothing to complain about; Hollin Pierce went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick163 Rnd5 Chris Paul Jr.
They robbed the room for Chris Paul Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick225 Rnd7 Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson
They reached into another round for Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick231 Rnd7 Jack Kiser
Somehow Jack Kiser was still sitting there in pick No. 231, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. The roster fit checks out.
Pick247 Rnd7 LaJohntay Wester
LaJohntay Wester in pick 247 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.