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Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (PIT)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (PIT)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (PIT)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Nehemiah Pritchett Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (PIT)
Nehemiah Pritchett
CB Auburn
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (PIT)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Draft Picks Received
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (LAC)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (WSH)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Nehemiah Pritchett Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (WSH)
Nehemiah Pritchett
CB Auburn
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (WSH)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (LAC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (LAC)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jalen McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jalen McMillan
WR Washington
Tahj Washington Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (WSH)
Tahj Washington
WR USC
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (CHI)
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Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Steelers and Rice: B-.

You build a draft on nights like this. Brenden Rice had no business being available in the 119th pick, and the Steelers did the only sane thing and turned in the card. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

It is not that Fisher is a bad player; it is that the Steelers had louder needs to answer first. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

The cost of the Frazier reach is exactly the players who went right after him. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 4 of 9 of the wish list covered.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
In No. 20 they get a difference-maker at receiver, and a steal at that. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick51 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
They went early on Zach Frazier in the 51st overall pick, and the value did not follow. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick84 Rnd3 Max Melton
Max Melton is a better player than pick No. 84 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick110 Rnd4 Blake Fisher
A surprising call. With quarterback, interior defensive lineman and other spots still to address, they spent the 110th pick on Blake Fisher, an offensive lineman they were not short of.
Pick119 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice in Round 4, Pick 19 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick139 Rnd5 Tommy Eichenberg
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tommy Eichenberg. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick152 Rnd5 Nehemiah Pritchett
Nehemiah Pritchett slipping to slot 152 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick178 Rnd6 AJ Barner
Nothing to complain about; AJ Barner went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.