B-
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Steelers kept it disciplined and banked a B-.
by aechean ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 19 picks
· 6 steals
· 10 reaches
Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Wesley Williams at pick 237 is 76 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.
They banked enough surplus on Muhammad to cover a lot of smaller sins. A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 25 they get an anchor for the offensive line. Need was not the driver here.
A reasonable price with a little left over, A.J. Haulcy in slot 53. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Dontay Corleone slid further than he should have, and the Round 3 slot is lovely value for the interior defensive lineman. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A tidy bit of business in the 85th overall pick, where Malachi Fields graded well above the range. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Nicholas Singleton at the 89th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The roster fit checks out.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Harold Perkins Jr. in No. 99, miles early. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Drew Allar in slot 121 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Malik Muhammad at the Round 4 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They let Davison Igbinosun come to them and pounced at pick 130. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They took Parker Brailsford at par in the 131st overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
They paid up for CJ Daniels at Round 4, Pick 32 when waiting would have done the job. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Circle this one: Oscar Delp at pick No. 151 is a fall that decides a draft. It fills a real need, too.
They jumped the gun on Zane Durant, taking him earlier than his grade liked. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, George Gumbs Jr. well ahead of where he belonged. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A wild overpay on Tyler Onyedim in slot 224, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They talked themselves into Robert Spears-Jennings at No. 227, and the board did not agree. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Wesley Williams in Round 7, Pick 21 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They paid a round early for Barion Brown in the Round 7 slot, more than the board wanted. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Lander Barton at the 239th overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.