Thirty-one other rooms let Omar Cooper Jr. slide, and the Steelers were the ones holding the card at pick 76. Highway robbery. More right than wrong, and a B- to match.

The cost of the Payton reach is exactly the players who went right after him. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.

They went 8 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.