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Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (PIT)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (PIT)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (PIT)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (PIT)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Xavier Truss Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
Xavier Truss
OT Georgia
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Draft Picks Received
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Draft Picks Traded
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (BUF)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesB FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Steelers: B.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Steelers took Xavier Truss at slot 185, roughly 110 spots before his name belonged.

That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Johnson steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In slot 30 they get a wrecking ball inside at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick56 Rnd2 Kaleb Johnson
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Kaleb Johnson in No. 56. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick83 Rnd3 Denzel Burke
Denzel Burke in the 83rd pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick123 Rnd4 Hollin Pierce
Hollin Pierce slipping to Round 4, Pick 21 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick156 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in pick 156 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick185 Rnd6 Xavier Truss
They left a pile of value on the table to take Xavier Truss this early at the 185th overall pick. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick229 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
Thor Griffith at the 229th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.