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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Edefuan Ulofoshio Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (PIT)
Edefuan Ulofoshio
LB Washington
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (PIT)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (PIT)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
George Holani Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (PIT)
George Holani
RB Boise State
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall C+
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Flashes of a plan, unevenly run, for the Steelers: C+.

The Steelers treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending slot 120 on Edefuan Ulofoshio a full 128 spots early. For now it grades a C+, with the swing picks left to settle the rest.

McCaffrey falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.

They went 6 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In Round 1, Pick 20 they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value.
Pick51 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
They paid a round early for Zach Frazier in the 51st pick, more than the board wanted. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick84 Rnd3 Mekhi Wingo
Mekhi Wingo at slot 84 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick120 Rnd4 Edefuan Ulofoshio
This one needs a full-page explanation: Edefuan Ulofoshio in No. 120, miles early. It fills a real need, too.
Pick121 Rnd4 Tykee Smith
A wild overpay on Tykee Smith in pick No. 121, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick197 Rnd6 Luke McCaffrey
Luke McCaffrey in the 197th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick238 Rnd7 George Holani
A big swing on George Holani at pick No. 238, well ahead of any board in the building. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.