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Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (PIT)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (PIT)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Craig Woodson Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
Craig Woodson
S California
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Steelers.

Nobody else had JJ Pegues anywhere near No. 156. The Steelers did, by 29 spots, and that gap is the whole story. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

The Jeanty steal is the beam this whole class leans on. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it. The skill positions did well by the weekend.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In pick No. 21 they get an every-down engine for the run game, outstanding value to boot. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick83 Rnd3 Jalen Milroe
A reach on Jalen Milroe in Round 3, Pick 19; the board had better options right there. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick123 Rnd4 Rylie Mills
A premium they did not need to pay, Rylie Mills a notch or two before his time. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick156 Rnd5 JJ Pegues
Value said wait; JJ Pegues in pick 156 says they were not listening. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick185 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at the 185th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick229 Rnd7 Craig Woodson
Craig Woodson slipping to No. 229 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.