SJHJ2105'S MOCK DRAFT

steelers mock 3.0

  • SJHJ2105 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Steelers
Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (PIT)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Mitchell Evans Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (PIT)
Mitchell Evans
TE Notre Dame
Carson Vinson Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (PIT)
Carson Vinson
OT Alabama A&M
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (PIT)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Brady Cook Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (PIT)
Brady Cook
QB Missouri
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Steelers won the night they stopped Bryant from sliding. Grade: B.

The board owed the Steelers one, and it paid up: Cobee Bryant, the No. 186 name on the board, sitting there at the 231st overall pick like a gift left on the doorstep. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

The cost of the Cook reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.

They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In the Round 1 slot they get a run-stuffing presence up front at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick52 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
They will replay Omarion Hampton at pick No. 52 for years; that is how good the value is. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick83 Rnd3 Jalen Milroe
A big swing on Jalen Milroe at Round 3, Pick 19, well ahead of any board in the building. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick122 Rnd4 Malachi Moore
You do not let a safety like Malachi Moore reach slot 122 and blink. They did not. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick163 Rnd5 Mitchell Evans
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Mitchell Evans in the 163rd pick. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick225 Rnd7 Carson Vinson
Carson Vinson at pick 225 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick231 Rnd7 Cobee Bryant
Cobee Bryant at No. 231 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick247 Rnd7 Brady Cook
They talked themselves into Brady Cook at the 247th overall pick, and the board did not agree. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.