There is conviction, and then there is this. The Steelers took McKinnley Jackson a full 37 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. The math is unkind, and the D- follows.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. Everything downstream of Drake Maye depends on Drake Maye, and the building knows it.

For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. The Shipley value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

The bill for those future picks comes due whether the class hits or not.

It is a steep hill from here, and the grade knows it.