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Pittsburgh Steelers

The Steelers found their guy under center in Mendoza: B.

by JOHN · 2026 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 12 steals · 0 reaches
Value A+
Need B+
Trades B-
Future B-

The rest of the league will want that one back. Jermod McCoy tumbling to the Steelers in pick 224 is a gift they did not have to think twice about.

Everything downstream of Fernando Mendoza depends on Fernando Mendoza, and the building knows it. A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want.

Job largely done: quarterback settled and 7 of 9 of the wish list covered.

Good work on the whole, with linebacker the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.21 · Pick 21 · Fernando Mendoza · QB · rank 4
In the Round 1 slot they get a franchise quarterback, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.21 · Pick 53 · Makai Lemon · WR · rank 11
Taking Makai Lemon in No. 53 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Mansoor Delane · CB · rank 8
They robbed the room for Mansoor Delane here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
R3.21 · Pick 85 · Kenyon Sadiq · TE · rank 19
Kenyon Sadiq in Round 3, Pick 21 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.35 · Pick 99 · Kayden McDonald · DT · rank 20
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Kayden McDonald reach the 99th overall pick and blink. They did not. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.21 · Pick 121 · Spencer Fano · OT · rank 10
They will replay Spencer Fano at the 121st pick for years; that is how good the value is. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.35 · Pick 135 · David Bailey · LB-EDGE · rank 5
Somehow David Bailey was still sitting there in pick No. 135, and they pounced on premier edge rusher value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.21 · Pick 161 · Jordyn Tyson · WR · rank 9
Jordyn Tyson in slot 161 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.35 · Pick 216 · Chase Bisontis · OG · rank 70
A offensive lineman of that caliber at No. 216 is the definition of value, full stop. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R7.8 · Pick 224 · Jermod McCoy · CB · rank 18
Jermod McCoy in the Round 7 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.14 · Pick 230 · Michael Taaffe · S · rank 68
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Michael Taaffe in the Round 7 slot, plain and simple. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.21 · Pick 237 · Ja'Kobi Lane · WR · rank 98
Ja'Kobi Lane at pick No. 237 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
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