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Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (PIT)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (PIT)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (PIT)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Jalen McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (PIT)
Jalen McMillan
WR Washington
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (PIT)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Steve Linton Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (PIT)
Steve Linton
LB-EDGE Texas Tech
Jordan Whittington Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (PIT)
Jordan Whittington
WR Texas
Draft Picks Received
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (JAX)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Jalen McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (MIN)
Jalen McMillan
WR Washington
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (JAX)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (JAX)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jaylin Williams
CB
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB NeedB- TradesC+ FutureB+
Larceny in slot 244 lands the Steelers a B, Whittington and all.

The board owed the Steelers one, and it paid up: Jordan Whittington, the No. 199 name on the board, sitting there at pick 244 like a gift left on the doorstep. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

The Fautanu pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at quarterback, interior defensive lineman and other spots. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

They went 3 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In pick No. 28 they get protection for the quarterback. More want than need.
Pick55 Rnd2 Denzel Burke
No edge and no loss on Denzel Burke in the 55th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick113 Rnd4 Max Melton
They let Max Melton come to them and pounced at No. 113. It fills a real need, too.
Pick120 Rnd4 Jalen McMillan
Jalen McMillan slipping to the 120th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick123 Rnd4 Troy Fautanu
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Troy Fautanu adds an offensive lineman and leaves quarterback, interior defensive lineman and other spots untouched.
Pick201 Rnd6 Steve Linton
They robbed the room for Steve Linton here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick244 Rnd7 Jordan Whittington
Jordan Whittington in Round 7, Pick 24 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.