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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (PIT)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (PIT)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (PIT)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (PIT)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
John Williams Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
John Williams
OT Cincinnati
Draft Picks Received
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (GB)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (GB)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Draft Picks Traded
Josh Simmons Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (GB)
Josh Simmons
OT Ohio State
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesB FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Steelers: B.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Steelers did exactly that with John Williams in No. 229. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Winston Jr.. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In slot 23 they get a load in the middle at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick83 Rnd3 Savion Williams
Savion Williams at the 83rd overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It fills a real need, too.
Pick87 Rnd3 Charles Grant
No edge and no loss on Charles Grant in Round 3, Pick 23; it is a wash and a sensible one. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick123 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
Somehow Kevin Winston Jr. was still sitting there in the 123rd pick, and they pounced on premier safety value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick156 Rnd5 Ollie Gordon II
Ollie Gordon II at the Round 5 slot is a conviction pick that outran the value. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick185 Rnd6 DJ Giddens
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing DJ Giddens in pick 185. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick229 Rnd7 John Williams
A wild overpay on John Williams in No. 229, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.