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Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Jeffrey Bassa Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (PIT)
Jeffrey Bassa
LB Oregon
Dillon Gabriel Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (PIT)
Dillon Gabriel
QB Oregon
Nick Nash Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
Nick Nash
WR San Jose State
LeQuint Allen Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
LeQuint Allen
RB Syracuse
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in the 229th pick: the Steelers steal Allen and grade out a B-.

The Steelers spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: LeQuint Allen, the No. 133 name on the board, in pick 229. More right than wrong, and a B- to match.

The cost of the Jones Jr. reach is exactly the players who went right after him. For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain. Job largely done: quarterback settled and 4 of 9 of the wish list covered.

They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In Round 1, Pick 21 they get a difference-maker at receiver. A real need, handled.
Pick83 Rnd3 Emery Jones Jr.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Emery Jones Jr. this early at slot 83. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick123 Rnd4 Jeffrey Bassa
Jeffrey Bassa in the Round 4 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick156 Rnd5 Dillon Gabriel
A quarterback of that caliber at pick 156 is the definition of value, full stop. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick185 Rnd6 Nick Nash
Nick Nash in No. 185 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick229 Rnd7 LeQuint Allen
LeQuint Allen in pick No. 229 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.