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Draft Selections
Amarius Mims Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Amarius Mims
OT Georgia
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (PIT)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (PIT)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (PIT)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (PIT)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Sheridan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (PIT)
Sheridan Jones
CB Clemson
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (PIT)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Steelers kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

Hard to follow the map here. The Steelers bypassed quarterback, interior defensive lineman and other spots to take Sedrick Van Pran at the Round 3 slot, a spot they had covered. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Landing Watson that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

The cost of the Jones reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Amarius Mims
In the 21st pick they get a blindside protector. More want than need.
Pick53 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
Edgerrin Cooper in the 53rd pick is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick85 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
They bypassed pressing needs at quarterback, interior defensive lineman and other spots to take Sedrick Van Pran, an offensive lineman that was not the priority.
Pick120 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tommy Eichenberg. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick121 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
They went early on Cedric Gray in Round 4, Pick 21, and the value did not follow. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick199 Rnd6 Sheridan Jones
A conviction pick on Sheridan Jones at slot 199 that the board grades a round light. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick242 Rnd7 Nathaniel Watson
Nathaniel Watson at No. 242 is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.