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RUN ON JAN 1, 2024

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Draft 6

  • pen76 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Steelers
Draft Selections
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (PIT)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (PIT)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (PIT)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (PIT)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (PIT)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Layden Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (PIT)
Layden Robinson
OG Texas A&M
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (PIT)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Duce Chestnut Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (PIT)
Duce Chestnut
CB LSU
Draft Picks Received
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (HOU)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (HOU)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (MIN)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Duce Chestnut Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (MIN)
Duce Chestnut
CB LSU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (TB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (TB)
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Draft Picks Traded
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (HOU)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (MIN)
Landon Jackson
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Players Gained
Head Shot
Andrew Beck
FB
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB- TradesA+ FutureB
Best value of the weekend goes to the Steelers for Chestnut: B+.

Somebody in the 241st pick was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Steelers sat still while Duce Chestnut, the No. 206 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. Good, not great, and the B+ says as much.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. It is not that Frazier is a bad player; it is that the Steelers had louder needs to answer first.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick26 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
They took Taliese Fuaga at par in No. 26, which is nothing to complain about. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick49 Rnd2 T.J. Tampa
Good price on T.J. Tampa in the 49th pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick52 Rnd2 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
A clean, defensible pick in slot 52 with a little surplus value in Jeremiah Trotter Jr.. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick80 Rnd3 Zach Frazier
Of all the spots to shop, they chose offensive lineman. Zach Frazier in pick 80 leaves quarterback, interior defensive lineman and other spots for later.
Pick116 Rnd4 Will Shipley
Will Shipley is a better player than pick No. 116 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick121 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice at the Round 4 slot is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. The roster fit checks out.
Pick194 Rnd6 Layden Robinson
Layden Robinson at the 194th overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick237 Rnd7 Cornelius Johnson
Cornelius Johnson at Round 7, Pick 17 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick241 Rnd7 Duce Chestnut
Steal is underselling it; Duce Chestnut at No. 241 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.