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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (PIT)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (PIT)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (PIT)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Devin Leary Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (PIT)
Devin Leary
QB Kentucky
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall C+
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The jury is out on the Steelers. For now, C+.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Steelers would have aced it. Jordan Jefferson at slot 121 is 66 spots clear of where he belonged. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C+.

That safety hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They went 5 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In No. 20 they get a sticky cover corner, though they paid up to get him. A real need, handled.
Pick52 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
They went early on Zach Frazier in slot 52, and the value did not follow. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick84 Rnd3 Roman Wilson
Fair-plus on Roman Wilson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick120 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
Cedric Gray at the 120th pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick121 Rnd4 Jordan Jefferson
Value said wait; Jordan Jefferson in the 121st overall pick says they were not listening. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick198 Rnd6 Christian Jones
Christian Jones in the Round 6 slot is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick238 Rnd7 Devin Leary
Devin Leary in the Round 7 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.