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Draft Selections
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
DeWayne Carter Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (PIT)
DeWayne Carter
DT Duke
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (PIT)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (PIT)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
Trey Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (PIT)
Trey Taylor
S Air Force
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Steelers: B-.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Steelers took Joe Milton III at Round 6, Pick 3, roughly 38 spots before his name belonged.

Getting Lassiter where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

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

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Graham Barton
In pick 20 they get a long-term starter on the line. Need was not the driver here.
Pick51 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Xavier Legette. It fills a real need, too.
Pick84 Rnd3 Kamari Lassiter
Taking Kamari Lassiter in pick No. 84 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick98 Rnd3 DeWayne Carter
The board had cheaper options than DeWayne Carter at the 98th pick, and it noticed. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick119 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
No drama and no debate, Cedric Gray went about where he belonged in the 119th overall pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick178 Rnd6 Joe Milton III
A real head-scratcher, Joe Milton III in Round 6, Pick 3 is miles ahead of his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick195 Rnd6 Trey Taylor
A wild overpay on Trey Taylor in the Round 6 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.