Brian Baldinger: The Steelers won the 2024 NFL Draft

[NorthCoast]

Steelers picked up an extra 1st round pick in the draft. This should be headline news!

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[feltdizz]

Good draft but there is no way you win the draft

[Northern_Blitz]

Good draft but there is no way you win the draft

Or at least no way to know if you won the draft at this point.

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

Any time I feel good about the draft, I say to myself "I felt the same way about the '08 class". Then I wait and see how things turn out.

[hawaiiansteel]

Mina Kimes: Steelers draft class is my favorite of the year

The ESPN analyst gave a ton of love to the Steelers

May 1, 2024

For the second straight year, the Pittsburgh Steelers put together a draft class that is getting the critical acclaim of a Scorsese film.

Amongst several others praising the Steelers, ESPN's Mina Kimes said that Pittsburgh?s draft class was her favorite in the entire NFL.

I think outside of maybe the Bears getting Caleb [Williams] and [Rome] Odunze obviously being at the top of the draft, [the Steelers] might be my favorite class, honestly, in the entire NFL, Kimes said. The three players that they took with their first three picks- Fautanu, Frazier, Wilson- I would use the same words to describe all of them, which are athletic and nasty. Which you usually use for offensive linemen, not for receivers, but that's what Roman Wilson will be doing in this offense- he does the dirty work. He blocks, he wins in traffic. You saw at Michigan how useful he was on play action on those crossers. You know he is going to be used that way in Arthur Smith's offense. And, in my opinion, he pairs extremely well with George Pickens. The Steelers, unlike a lot of teams in the NFL drafting receivers, did not not need an X receiver- they have one. They needed a slot guy who can do exactly what Roman Wilson does. I think they hit this one out of the park, and if I'm either Russell Wilson or Justin Fields, I'm extremely happy about what they did with this draft.

https://www.behindthesteelcurtain.co...2024-nfl-draft

[Northern_Blitz]

Any time I feel good about the draft, I say to myself "I felt the same way about the '08 class". Then I wait and see how things turn out.

This seems like the right process.

I like the decisions we made.

But you don't know if they are good decisions until they play for a while.

[WindyCitySteel]

Any time I feel good about the draft, I say to myself "I felt the same way about the '08 class". Then I wait and see how things turn out.

I liked it, too, but in hindsight it was the 2021 draft. Should have built the OL.

I learned my lesson by 2021, too bad Colbert and Tomlin did not.

[Captain Lemming]

I liked it, too, but in hindsight it was the 2021 draft. Should have built the OL.

I learned my lesson by 2021, too bad Colbert and Tomlin did not.

I also loved that draft. That said Colbert and Tomlin (drafting Pouncey, DD, and Gilbert with premium picks) built one of the best olines in franchise history in subsequent seasons so I think the idea that they learned nothing makes little sense.

[Northern_Blitz]

I also loved that draft. That said Colbert and Tomlin (drafting Pouncey, DD, and Gilbert with premium picks) built one of the best olines in franchise history in subsequent seasons so I think the idea that they learned nothing makes little sense.

Don't bother with the details Lemming.

[WindyCitySteel]

I also loved that draft. That said Colbert and Tomlin (drafting Pouncey, DD, and Gilbert with premium picks) built one of the best olines in franchise history in subsequent seasons so I think the idea that they learned nothing makes little sense.

They should have started earlier, made the same mistake in '21 and '22. Took new GM blood to take the OL serious again.

They've now twice drafted running backs in the first round to run behind poor offensive lines.