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Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (PIT)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (PIT)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (PIT)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (PIT)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Higgins should have been long gone. The Steelers pounced, and earned a B-.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Jay Higgins got past him. The Steelers do not have to explain a thing at slot 245.

The cost of the Thomas reach is exactly the players who went right after him. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They left with interior defensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In the 21st pick they get a disruptive interior force. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick52 Rnd2 Azareye'h Thomas
Azareye'h Thomas at the Round 2 slot is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick83 Rnd3 Maxwell Hairston
They went early on Maxwell Hairston in Round 3, Pick 19, and the value did not follow. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick121 Rnd4 Ozzy Trapilo
Ozzy Trapilo in pick 121 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick161 Rnd5 Quinshon Judkins
Quinshon Judkins at the 161st overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick223 Rnd7 Clay Webb
No edge and no loss on Clay Webb in slot 223; it is a wash and a sensible one. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick229 Rnd7 Raheim Sanders
They robbed the room for Raheim Sanders here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
Pick245 Rnd7 Jay Higgins
You do not let a linebacker like Jay Higgins reach pick No. 245 and blink. They did not. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.