B
Pittsburgh Steelers
Golday should have been long gone. The Steelers pounced, and earned a B.
by Justdewit5 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 17 picks
· 11 steals
· 1 reaches
When a board-topper like Jake Golday slides to slot 115, you do not overthink it, and the Steelers did not. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.
They are betting Allar proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get a true top target, outstanding value to boot. A real need, handled.
Steal is underselling it; Anthony Hill Jr. at the Round 2 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Emmanuel McNeil-Warren in pick 76, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Dontay Corleone reach the 91st overall pick and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Connor Lew at the 99th pick is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Malik Muhammad at slot 106 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Taking Jake Golday in No. 115 is close to grand larceny; an edge rusher that good had no business lasting this long. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Value with a capital V on Davison Igbinosun in pick No. 121, a genuine coup. It fills a real need, too.
Brenen Thompson in pick 126 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Drew Allar in Round 4, Pick 35, miles early. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
The board had Isaiah World higher than pick No. 154, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Skyler Gill-Howard slipping to the 161st pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jeremiah Wright. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Jeff Caldwell at slot 224 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The roster fit checks out.
Miles Kitselman in No. 230 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Lander Barton at the 237th overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
No edge and no loss on Desmond Reid in No. 248; it is a wash and a sensible one. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.