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Nate Wiggins Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Nate Wiggins
CB Clemson
Javon Baker Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Javon Baker
WR UCF
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (PIT)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
McKinnley Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (PIT)
McKinnley Jackson
DL Texas A&M
Fabien Lovett Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (PIT)
Fabien Lovett
DL Florida State
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (PIT)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall C+
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Flashes of a plan, unevenly executed. Steelers: C+.

The rest of the league had time to spare on Mason McCormick; the Steelers did not wait, grabbing him 62 spots ahead at Round 3, Pick 20. It washes out to a C+, no better and no worse.

The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. With quarterback, safety and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on offensive lineman is the choice that costs them. They went 4 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

In the end, one you will need a couple of seasons to truly judge.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Nate Wiggins
In No. 20 they get a ballhawk on the outside at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick51 Rnd2 Javon Baker
Javon Baker at pick No. 51 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick84 Rnd3 Mason McCormick
Mason McCormick in the 84th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick98 Rnd3 Blake Fisher
A curious use of the Round 3 slot. Quarterback, safety and other spots needed the pick; an offensive lineman in Blake Fisher did not.
Pick119 Rnd4 McKinnley Jackson
No drama and no debate, McKinnley Jackson went about where he belonged in slot 119. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick178 Rnd6 Fabien Lovett
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Fabien Lovett. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick195 Rnd6 Jaylan Ford
A reach for Jaylan Ford in the 195th overall pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.