PEZ'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • PEZ DRAFTING FOR THE
    Steelers
Draft Selections
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (PIT)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Benjamin Morrison Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (PIT)
Benjamin Morrison
CB Notre Dame
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (PIT)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (PIT)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Will Howard Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (PIT)
Will Howard
QB Ohio State
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (PIT)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
Jake Briningstool Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (PIT)
Jake Briningstool
TE Clemson
Nazir Stackhouse Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (PIT)
Nazir Stackhouse
DL Georgia
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (PIT)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
John Williams Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (PIT)
John Williams
OT Cincinnati
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (PIT)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Cody Lindenberg Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (PIT)
Cody Lindenberg
LB Minnesota
Draft Picks Received
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Benjamin Morrison Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
Benjamin Morrison
CB Notre Dame
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Will Howard Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (BUF)
Will Howard
QB Ohio State
Jake Briningstool Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jake Briningstool
TE Clemson
Nazir Stackhouse Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (BUF)
Nazir Stackhouse
DL Georgia
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (BUF)
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Draft Picks Traded
Josaiah Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (CAR)
Josaiah Stewart
DE-EDGE Michigan
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (BUF)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB TradesA FutureA+
The Steelers leave the weekend clear winners: A-.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Steelers took Jake Briningstool a full 77 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. One of the weekend's best, top to bottom, and a A- to show for it.

Landing Gordon II that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made.

Trust the process, because this time the process plainly worked.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Emeka Egbuka
Emeka Egbuka slipping to pick 30 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick52 Rnd2 Deone Walker
Deone Walker in the Round 2 slot is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick57 Rnd2 Benjamin Morrison
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Benjamin Morrison at Round 2, Pick 25 is the proof. It fills a real need, too.
Pick62 Rnd2 TreVeyon Henderson
A clean, defensible pick in No. 62 with a little surplus value in TreVeyon Henderson. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick122 Rnd4 Jordan Phillips
The board had Jordan Phillips higher than the 122nd overall pick, and the interior defensive lineman fell to them anyway. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick131 Rnd4 Will Howard
The board fumbled Will Howard all the way to slot 131, and they scooped it up. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick163 Rnd5 Ajani Cornelius
They barely believed it either: Ajani Cornelius still on the board at the Round 5 slot. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick171 Rnd5 Jake Briningstool
A real head-scratcher, Jake Briningstool in No. 171 is miles ahead of his ranking. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick179 Rnd6 Nazir Stackhouse
They left a pile of value on the table to take Nazir Stackhouse this early at Round 6, Pick 1. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick206 Rnd6 Cobee Bryant
Cobee Bryant at slot 206 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick225 Rnd7 John Williams
They reached into another round for John Williams, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick231 Rnd7 Ollie Gordon II
They robbed the room for Ollie Gordon II here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick247 Rnd7 Cody Lindenberg
Cody Lindenberg in pick No. 247 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.