STEELERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Pittsburgh Steelers

Good, not great, for the Steelers: B-.

by jlwalker43 · 2026 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 4 steals · 1 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Steelers shredded theirs for Carson Beck. He came off 67 spots early, and the room will hear about it. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

Getting Golday where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. They went 9 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.21 · Pick 21 · Monroe Freeling · OT · rank 26
In the 21st pick they get a cornerstone up front. Need was not the driver here.
R2.21 · Pick 53 · Carson Beck · QB · rank 120
They reached a country mile for Carson Beck at pick 53, and the board is aghast. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Zachariah Branch · WR · rank 61
Zachariah Branch slid further than he should have, and No. 76 is lovely value for the wide receiver. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.21 · Pick 85 · Jake Slaughter · C · rank 55
Jake Slaughter at Round 3, Pick 21 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
R3.35 · Pick 99 · Jake Golday · OLB · rank 59
A top-tier edge rusher at a bargain, Jake Golday in the Round 3 slot, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.21 · Pick 121 · Chandler Rivers · CB · rank 97
Taking Chandler Rivers in slot 121 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. The roster fit checks out.
R4.35 · Pick 135 · DeMonte Capehart · DT · rank 137
They paid sticker price for DeMonte Capehart in the 135th pick, and that is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.21 · Pick 161 · Drew Allar · QB · rank 156
Good price on Drew Allar in No. 161, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R6.35 · Pick 216 · Riley Nowakowski · TE · rank 214
They took Riley Nowakowski at par in pick 216, which is nothing to complain about. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.8 · Pick 224 · Jimmy Rolder · LB · rank 219
Jimmy Rolder at the 224th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It fills a real need, too.
R7.14 · Pick 230 · Isaiah Nwokobia · S · rank 229
Isaiah Nwokobia in pick No. 230 is fair value, right on his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.21 · Pick 237 · Robert Henry Jr. · RB · rank 241
Robert Henry Jr. in the Round 7 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
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