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Grade the overall draft

Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by Steeldude, Apr 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM.

What overall draft grade do you give the Steelers?

This poll will close on May 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM.
  1. A

    8.6%
  2. B

    34.3%
  3. C

    34.3%
  4. D

    20.0%
  5. F

    2.9%
  1. Dax777

    Dax777 Well-Known Member

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    2027 first rd has to be QB and QB only. Unles we are drafting late again. LB and Safety should never be your plan for rd one.
     
  2. Formerscribe

    Formerscribe Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, who wants guys like Troy Polamalu, Minkah Fitzpatrick, T.J. Watt, James Farrior, or Lawrence Timmons right? (Though two of those guys weren't drafted by the Steelers, all of them were first round picks who were excellent players for the Steelers.)
     
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  3. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    Not to be a di<k, but You said puts a team into the playoffs, and I was just reminding you we go to the playoffs all the time. Nobody is a contender unless you make the SB.
    I don't know how to get this through people's heads. You can win 2 playoff games a season for 10 years, and still not make the SB. There is no stepping stone.
    You win enough games to make the playoffs, and then you win enough games to make a SB. No in between. Example: Bills have won at least one playoff game for 5 years straight, and yet they are no closer to winning a SB now than 5 years ago. If fact they maybe farther away. Texans have won a playoff game 3 years straight.
    You win enough games to make the playoffs, and then you win enough games to make the SB. Neither team that was in the SB last year won a playoff game the year before. There are no stepping stones to make the SB.
     
  4. HeinzMustard

    HeinzMustard Well-Known Member

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    :sleepy:

    Losing season + Top 10 draft pick = Franchise QB

    Franchise QB = AFC Elite Team = Super Bowl & Eventual Lombardi #7

    There's my math and calculations.
     
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  5. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    I see you were terrible at math
    You and Your side kick just fail to see reality. If it was like You guys think Jets, Browns, Bengals, Arizona, Miami, Lions, Raiders, and others would all be in the SB all the time. I know it's hard to think sometimes.
     
  6. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    The bills had several bad luck or several heartbreaking losses in the playoffs over the last 5 years... They still decided to fire their head coach.

    When the last time the Steelers were competitive in a playoff game, start to finish,win or lose?

    To win a Super Bowl, you need to be at least competitive in first place, and if that's the case, you can be at one lucky break or a miracle play away to win it all... Just look at the 2007 Giants or the 2012 Ravens.

    It's true the Steelers don't have a franchise QB, another reason why they need a bad season to have a better chance of getting one unless their future franchise QB is in their roster but I will be very surprise if this is the case... A bad season can pay off in the long run sometimes, and the 2003 Steelers aren't the only example in the NFL.Of course teams like the Jets,raiders or browns,it don't work because their front office have often been poor in the last 15-20 years or more
     
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  7. HeinzMustard

    HeinzMustard Well-Known Member

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    Bengals, Lions and Raiders have their franchise QB.

    Last time I checked, Terry Bradshaw was drafted after a 1-13 season... #1 overall, 1st QB taken.

    Last time I checked, Ben Roethlisberger was drafted after a 6-10 season #11 overall, 3rd QB taken.

    My math is just fine.
     
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  8. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    The key is also to have a bad season at the right time,not in a weak draft!
     
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  9. HeinzMustard

    HeinzMustard Well-Known Member

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    Yes... 2027 draft > 2026 draft.
     
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  10. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    LoL. I show You facts,and you move the fence, as usual. There is no look competitive in the playoffs. That's such a funny thing to say. You can look as competitive as You want , and still lose.
    Get this through your thick skulls . You either win enough playoffs games to make the SB, or You don't.
    There is no stepping stone. I have given 100s of examples over the last few years that shows that its not.
    Only one way to win enough playoff games to make the SB. You have to make the playoffs. You will never win enough playoff games to make the SB by not making the playoffs.
    Your Ravens have had a losing season in 2021 how come they didn't make the SB??
     
  11. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    Oh that's rich. Now you don't just have a losing season to win the SB, you have to have one at the right time. I believe You, and @HeinzMustard@HeinzMustard are high on smelling your own farts
     
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  12. HeinzMustard

    HeinzMustard Well-Known Member

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    So going from 6-10 in 2003... to the AFC Championship in 2004 wasn't a stepping stone? They won the f**king Super Bowl in 2005.

    Steelers haven't sniffed a conference championship in 9 years.
     
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  13. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    You probably ignored my third sentence with the example of the 2007 Giants or the 2012 Ravens... If you're not competitive, you have no chance to win... If you are, special things can happen.The ravens in 2021 was only 8-9 and they did not draft in the top 10 or close to that.They still draft a great player in Kyle Hamilton at 14 who is 2 time first team all-pro
     
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  14. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    LoL. If You don't see the incredible stupidity in what you just wrote, I can't help you. The Steelers had 5 million losing seasons before they got Bradshaw , and 8 losing seasons between Bradshaw, and Ben. Now do the math, and actually think before even putting the problem together. Geez
     
  15. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    Like the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA in 1997 with Tim Duncan and now with Victor Wembanyama in 2023!

    I don't think they regret their awful season,record wise in those years!
     
  16. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    Yeah that really helped them make the SB, OH wait it just made them have another losing season again last year. Well they should be SB bound now. YOU 2 have to be trolling me, neither of You can be this stupid.
     
  17. HeinzMustard

    HeinzMustard Well-Known Member

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    :sleepy:

    Wake me up when Steelers draft a franchise QB.
     
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  18. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    This is not basketball.
     
  19. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    It was a 8-9 season again...Not 5-12 that they could drafted in the top 10

    Look at the chiefs,if their pick in the top 10 become very good,their bad season could be great in the future for their defense
     
  20. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    Well by Your awesome math of Bradshaw, and Ben ,we only need about 23 losing seasons to get one. I guess the Browns are using You, and @Steelersfan43@Steelersfan43 math, and awesome GM skills . LoL
    No freaking way You two are this dumb
     
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  21. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    Yeah hey let's look at the Chiefs. They really had a losing season to get Mahomes. See how stupid.
     
  22. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    They were 12-4 in 2016 but they needed a true franchise QB to get the Chiefs to another level... The Steelers aren't a 12-4 type team, not even close
     
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  23. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    I'm done , I feel like I'm getting dumber with every single post by you two. So now You either have to go 12-4 , or having a losing season. LoL. How freaking dumb is this. Your Ravens have done both, and still no SB appearance. LoL . I feel my IQ s l o w l y d r o p ping
     
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  24. HeinzMustard

    HeinzMustard Well-Known Member

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    Before Pickett was drafted in 2022... Mark Malone was the last QB taken in the 1st round by Steelers, not named Roethlisberger or Bradshaw. That was 1980. Steelers didn't draft another QB in the first round until 2004. You can blame Noll, Cowher and every GM we've had from 1981-2003... for those 23 years of QB drought.

    Woulda, coulda, shoulda taken the QB who went to Dolphins in 1983.
     
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  25. HeinzMustard

    HeinzMustard Well-Known Member

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    Nobody agrees with you, but people agree with us. :shrug:

    I think me and Steelersfan43 are right... and you are wrong.

    Ravens have missed out on Super Bowl berths for 1 reason and 1 reason alone. The poor performance of 2-time league MVP Lamar Jackson in playoff games. The same could be said for Josh Allen except that one year... where Chiefs pulled out a miracle win.
     

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