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Draft Selections
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (PIT)
Maason Smith
DT LSU
Andru Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (PIT)
Andru Phillips
CB Kentucky
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (PIT)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (PIT)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in Round 6, Pick 20 lands the Steelers a B-, Eichenberg and all.

You build a draft on nights like this. Tommy Eichenberg had no business being available in No. 195, and the Steelers did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

The Frazier pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with quarterback, safety and other spots still on the board. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. The Smith reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

Interior defensive lineman is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Troy Fautanu
No edge and no loss on Troy Fautanu in the 20th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick51 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went offensive lineman with Zach Frazier while clear needs at quarterback, safety and other spots sat open.
Pick84 Rnd3 Ja'Lynn Polk
They let Ja'Lynn Polk come to them and pounced at pick No. 84. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick98 Rnd3 Maason Smith
A conviction pick on Maason Smith at Round 3, Pick 35 that the board grades a round light. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick119 Rnd4 Andru Phillips
A quiet steal in No. 119: Andru Phillips for less than the market said. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick178 Rnd6 Luke McCaffrey
Luke McCaffrey in slot 178 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The roster fit checks out.
Pick195 Rnd6 Tommy Eichenberg
Steal is underselling it; Tommy Eichenberg at the Round 6 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It fills a real need, too.