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  • STEELYFAN DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (PIT)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (PIT)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (PIT)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (PIT)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (PIT)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Draft Picks Traded
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (ARI)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (ARI)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB FutureB-
The Steelers checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Steelers took Taulia Tagovailoa at the 195th overall pick, roughly 93 spots before his name belonged.

A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want. It is not that Fisher is a bad player; it is that the Steelers had louder needs to answer first.

That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
In No. 20 they get a weapon on the perimeter, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
Pick27 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
In the 27th pick they get an anchor for the offensive line at fair value. More want than need.
Pick98 Rnd3 Blake Fisher
A want over a need in Round 3, Pick 35: Blake Fisher adds an offensive lineman while interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots keeps waiting.
Pick119 Rnd4 Jarrian Jones
They jumped the gun on Jarrian Jones, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick178 Rnd6 Khristian Boyd
A straight-up fair deal on Khristian Boyd at pick 178, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick195 Rnd6 Taulia Tagovailoa
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Taulia Tagovailoa well ahead of where he belonged. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.