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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (PIT)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (PIT)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (PIT)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (PIT)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Alijah Huzzie Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
Alijah Huzzie
CB North Carolina
Draft Picks Received
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Players traded away
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George Pickens
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Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall D
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Steelers to a D.

The Jaylen Reed pick is the one that will follow the Steelers into the fall. They took him 32 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. That is a running back worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and edge rusher is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In slot 21 they get a load in the middle. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick60 Rnd2 Jayden Higgins
They paid sticker price for Jayden Higgins in No. 60, and that is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick83 Rnd3 Quinshon Judkins
Quinshon Judkins in pick No. 83 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick102 Rnd3 Jalen Milroe
Jalen Milroe in the 102nd overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick123 Rnd4 Emery Jones Jr.
Emery Jones Jr. in the 123rd pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick156 Rnd5 Jaylen Reed
Jaylen Reed at the Round 5 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick185 Rnd6 Jack Kiser
Jack Kiser at the Round 6 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick229 Rnd7 Alijah Huzzie
They read the board right and Alijah Huzzie was the payoff at pick 229. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.