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Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (PIT)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (PIT)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (PIT)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (PIT)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Donovan Smith Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (PIT)
Donovan Smith
QB Houston
Draft Picks Received
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (CHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (CHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (CHI)
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Draft Picks Traded
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (BUF)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Players Gained
Head Shot
Edefuan Ulofoshio
LB
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesC FutureA-
The Steelers robbed the room for Sanders. Final grade: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let Raheim Sanders slide, and the Steelers were the ones holding the card at the 225th pick. Highway robbery.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. The trades cost them a sliver of value they did not need to spend. The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.

On the needs board they went 6 of 9, with quarterback the one that mattered most.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In the 21st pick they get a No. 1 receiver, outstanding value to boot. A real need, handled.
Pick83 Rnd3 Denzel Burke
No edge and no loss on Denzel Burke in No. 83; it is a wash and a sensible one. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick122 Rnd4 Jordan Phillips
Value with a capital V on Jordan Phillips in Round 4, Pick 21, a genuine coup. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick163 Rnd5 Ajani Cornelius
They robbed the room for Ajani Cornelius here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick225 Rnd7 Raheim Sanders
Taking Raheim Sanders in the 225th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. It fills a real need, too.
Pick231 Rnd7 Jaylen Reed
You do not let a safety like Jaylen Reed reach pick No. 231 and blink. They did not. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick247 Rnd7 Donovan Smith
Donovan Smith at the Round 7 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.