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Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (PIT)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (PIT)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (PIT)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
Garret Greenfield Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (PIT)
Garret Greenfield
OT South Dakota State
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Steelers.

The Steelers went off the board in a big way for Jordan Travis, 39 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want. With interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on offensive lineman is the choice that costs them. That is an offensive lineman worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

Quarterback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
By-the-book stuff, Quinyon Mitchell at Round 1, Pick 20 squarely in line with his ranking. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick51 Rnd2 Xavier Worthy
They paid sticker price for Xavier Worthy in pick 51, and that is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick84 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Dominick Puni. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick118 Rnd4 Jordan Travis
Jordan Travis in No. 118 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick119 Rnd4 Javon Foster
A curious use of the Round 4 slot. Interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots needed the pick; an offensive lineman in Javon Foster did not.
Pick194 Rnd6 Joe Milton III
They took Joe Milton III at par in the 194th pick, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick240 Rnd7 Garret Greenfield
Garret Greenfield at slot 240 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Stacking talent where they were already deep.