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Steelers trade for Ward

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Draft Selections
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (PIT)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Ty Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (PIT)
Ty Robinson
DL Nebraska
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (PIT)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Nazir Stackhouse Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
Nazir Stackhouse
DL Georgia
Isaac TeSlaa Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
Isaac TeSlaa
WR Arkansas
Draft Picks Received
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LV)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Draft Picks Traded
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (LV)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
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Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall D+
ValueB- NeedA- TradesF FutureD
The Steelers drew a line under the quarterback search with Ward: D+.

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Steelers shredded theirs for Ty Robinson. He came off 42 spots early, and the room will hear about it. Too much went sideways, and the D+ is the honest tally.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. They have staked the next five years on Cam Ward, which is the only story that really matters here. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety.

It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake. The Judkins pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and safety is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In Round 1, Pick 6 they get their quarterback of the future. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick83 Rnd3 Quinshon Judkins
Value with a capital V on Quinshon Judkins in No. 83, a genuine coup. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick123 Rnd4 Ty Robinson
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Ty Robinson well ahead of where he belonged. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick156 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at the Round 5 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It fills a real need, too.
Pick185 Rnd6 Nazir Stackhouse
Nazir Stackhouse at the 185th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick229 Rnd7 Isaac TeSlaa
Isaac TeSlaa at pick No. 229 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.