STEELERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

draft all treams B-

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Pittsburgh Steelers

No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Steelers.

by grady.s · 2026 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 2 steals · 4 reaches
Value C+
Need B-
Trades B-
Future B-

The Steelers looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Cade Klubnik at pick No. 85 regardless, 50 picks early.

Stowers falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want. Job largely done: quarterback settled and 7 of 9 of the wish list covered.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the interior defensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.21 · Pick 21 · Caleb Lomu · OT · rank 28
In the Round 1 slot they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. More want than need.
R2.21 · Pick 53 · Germie Bernard · WR · rank 59
Germie Bernard in pick No. 53 is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Eli Stowers · TE · rank 53
Eli Stowers at the 76th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.21 · Pick 85 · Cade Klubnik · QB · rank 135
They reached a country mile for Cade Klubnik at the 85th pick, and the board is aghast. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.35 · Pick 99 · Deontae Lawson · LB · rank 80
Steal is underselling it; Deontae Lawson at pick 99 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.21 · Pick 121 · Will Lee III · CB · rank 118
Will Lee III at slot 121 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It fills a real need, too.
R4.35 · Pick 135 · Kaytron Allen · RB · rank 143
They went early on Kaytron Allen in Round 4, Pick 35, and the value did not follow. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.21 · Pick 161 · Louis Moore · S · rank 160
No edge and no loss on Louis Moore in slot 161; it is a wash and a sensible one. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.35 · Pick 216 · Jeremiah Wright · OG · rank 211
A clean, defensible pick in the 216th overall pick with a little surplus value in Jeremiah Wright. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
R7.8 · Pick 224 · Luke Altmyer · QB · rank 236
They liked Luke Altmyer enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 224. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.14 · Pick 230 · Isaiah Jatta · OT · rank 237
By-the-book stuff, Isaiah Jatta at pick 230 squarely in line with his ranking. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R7.21 · Pick 237 · Bryce Foster · C · rank 247
Bryce Foster in the 237th pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.