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Draft Selections
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (PIT)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Javon Solomon Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (PIT)
Javon Solomon
OLB-EDGE Troy
Beau Brade Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (PIT)
Beau Brade
S Maryland
Jaden Crumedy Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (PIT)
Jaden Crumedy
DT Mississippi State
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Steelers checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

Nobody had Brenden Rice this high, and it is not close. The Steelers reached 23 spots to get him at pick No. 98. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Brade falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

It is not that Frazier is a bad player; it is that the Steelers had louder needs to answer first.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Troy Fautanu
In Round 1, Pick 20 they get a plug-and-play piece up front at fair value.
Pick51 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Zach Frazier adds an offensive lineman and leaves quarterback, edge rusher and other spots untouched.
Pick84 Rnd3 Kris Abrams-Draine
A straight-up fair deal on Kris Abrams-Draine at No. 84, value and slot in agreement. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick98 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice in the 98th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick119 Rnd4 Javon Solomon
They bypassed pressing needs at quarterback, edge rusher and other spots to take Javon Solomon, an OLB-EDGE that was not the priority.
Pick178 Rnd6 Beau Brade
Beau Brade is a better player than the 178th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick195 Rnd6 Jaden Crumedy
Jaden Crumedy in the 195th pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.