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STEELYFAN'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 14, 2024

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  • STEELYFAN DRAFTING FOR THE
    Steelers
Draft Selections
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (PIT)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
McKinnley Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (PIT)
McKinnley Jackson
DL Texas A&M
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (PIT)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (PIT)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (CAR)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Draft Picks Traded
Donovan Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (CAR)
Donovan Jennings
OT USF
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Steelers: B-.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Taulia Tagovailoa, 92 picks early at pick No. 195. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

With edge rusher, linebacker and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on offensive lineman is the choice that costs them. On value alone, Oladapo makes the weekend a net positive. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
In Round 1, Pick 20 they get a blindside protector, though they paid up to get him. More want than need.
Pick51 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
A wide receiver of that caliber at pick No. 51 is the definition of value, full stop. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick84 Rnd3 Blake Fisher
Of all the spots to shop, they chose offensive lineman. Blake Fisher in No. 84 leaves edge rusher, linebacker and other spots for later.
Pick119 Rnd4 Caelen Carson
Steal is underselling it; Caelen Carson at slot 119 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The roster fit checks out.
Pick120 Rnd4 McKinnley Jackson
No drama and no debate, McKinnley Jackson went about where he belonged in the 120th pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick178 Rnd6 Kitan Oladapo
Somehow Kitan Oladapo was still sitting there in the Round 6 slot, and they pounced on premier safety value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick195 Rnd6 Taulia Tagovailoa
Taulia Tagovailoa in the Round 6 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.