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  • sammytrav DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Devontez Walker Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Devontez Walker
WR North Carolina
Andru Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (PIT)
Andru Phillips
CB Kentucky
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (PIT)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Jaden Crumedy Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (PIT)
Jaden Crumedy
DT Mississippi State
Logan Lee Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (PIT)
Logan Lee
DL Iowa
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Steelers.

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Steelers shredded theirs for Jaden Crumedy. He came off 47 spots early, and the room will hear about it.

They banked enough surplus on Rice to cover a lot of smaller sins. The Van Pran pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with quarterback, safety and other spots still on the board.

For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 JC Latham
In the 20th overall pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front. Need was not the driver here.
Pick51 Rnd2 Sedrick Van Pran
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Sedrick Van Pran adds an offensive lineman and leaves quarterback, safety and other spots untouched.
Pick84 Rnd3 Devontez Walker
Devontez Walker at the Round 3 slot is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick98 Rnd3 Andru Phillips
They paid sticker price for Andru Phillips in No. 98, and that is fine. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick119 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
The board fumbled Brenden Rice all the way to Round 4, Pick 19, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick178 Rnd6 Jaden Crumedy
Jaden Crumedy at the 178th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick195 Rnd6 Logan Lee
Logan Lee at pick No. 195 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.