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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.
















