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Leonard Moore Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (PIT)
Leonard Moore
CB Notre Dame
Arch Manning Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (PIT)
Arch Manning
QB Texas
KJ Bolden Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (PIT)
KJ Bolden
S Georgia
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (PIT)
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa
LB Notre Dame
Will Echoles Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (PIT)
Will Echoles
DT Ole Miss
Cayden Lee Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (PIT)
Cayden Lee
WR Ole Miss
King Mack Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (PIT)
King Mack
S NC State
Darius Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (PIT)
Darius Taylor
RB Minnesota
Charles Jagusah Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (PIT)
Charles Jagusah
OG Notre Dame
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB NeedC TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Steelers and Echoles: B-.

The Steelers did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Will Echoles fell into No. 148. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

They are betting Taylor proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. It is not that Bolden is a bad player; it is that the Steelers had louder needs to answer first.

They left with interior defensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Leonard Moore
In No. 18 they get an island corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick49 Rnd2 Arch Manning
Steal is underselling it; Arch Manning at slot 49 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick77 Rnd3 KJ Bolden
They bypassed pressing needs at edge rusher and tight end to take KJ Bolden, a safety that was not the priority.
Pick80 Rnd3 Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa
They will replay Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa at Round 3, Pick 16 for years; that is how good the value is. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick148 Rnd5 Will Echoles
Somehow Will Echoles was still sitting there in the 148th overall pick, and they pounced on premier interior defensive lineman value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick190 Rnd6 Cayden Lee
Cayden Lee in pick 190 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick196 Rnd6 King Mack
King Mack is a better player than pick No. 196 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick224 Rnd7 Darius Taylor
A wild overpay on Darius Taylor in the Round 7 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick239 Rnd7 Charles Jagusah
Charles Jagusah at pick No. 239 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A minor need, but a need all the same.