Who could be a Trade-Up Target for the steelers?

if the steelers decide to go in this direction?

 

too costly. i'd move down and aquire bottom of first and more second or thirds and get the same production.

 

I wouldn't hate it. Right position and a pretty solid player. I think we can stay put at take Cooper Jr., who I like a touch better, but I like this.

Other targets... Downs, Styles? I don't know who else I would trade up for.

 

I would walk over and jump off the Clemente bridge.

 

From what I am reading there will be no value in trading down, as it sounds like once you clear the Top 10 every NFL team will be wanting to trade down to pick up extra 2nd and 3rd round picks as this is where this draft is said to have the best value.

I see the Steelers trading up to the teens to acquire their O-Line help.

 

I'd rather they wait until 2027 to trade up for the best QB available. Not saying there isn't anyone worth trading up for this year, but it's unlikely they'll do it 2 years in a row.

 

That would be horrible if they traded up for Lemon. He isn't worth multiple draft picks. I find S, NT, OT, ILB and G to be more of a need than WR. We have two starting WRs. Yes, we need more in reserve, but we do not have a NT. As for ILB, Wilson and Queen are not the answer. Queen could be traded away. Who will be the two starting OTs and Gs? They have journeymen(Brisker, Savage, Elliot) at S. We always had one or more great safeties(Shell, Lake, Polamalu) for defense.

The Steelers need all of their picks to rectify the damage caused by Tomlin.

 

It makes me wonder how interested they are in Cooper when they didn't bring him in for a top 30 visit.

 

McCarthy is taking over a 10 win division winning team there is no leftover damage other than not having a QB. I'm not sure drafting a safety or NT in the first round is good value since they have 12 picks.

 

If Tate fell in the draft maybe or trade up for Lemon or Vega.

 

Suspect O-line
Secondary is average at best
ILBs are not good
A ton of money given to an over-the-hill OLB
No NT

The current depth chart feels like a patchwork quilt. The offensive line remains suspect, the secondary is mediocre at best, and the inside linebackers are a liability. Meanwhile, the front office has tied up a fortune in an over-the-hill OLB while leaving the NT position vacant. Benson is not a NT.

Watching Tomlin's Steelers was like watching school yard football. They had no identity under Tomlin. One week they triumph over a good team and the next week they fall to a very poor team. Tomlin gave the Steelers the gift of mediocrity.

Trading up at from 21 is a non-starter to me; we can’t afford to burn valuable capital on a class riddled with question marks. Trading down is the smarter play, but if we stay put, I feel
Ioane or McDonald are safe bets to solidify the trenches.

WRs possible available at 21:

Lemon: Lack of speed and separation at the line. Small catch radius.
Tyson: Seems to be a walking injury.
Concepcion: Drop rate.
Boston: Didn't perform well against better competition. Not a burner and has trouble releasing at the line.

This is not to say these WRs cannot be HoFs. They could very well tear it up in the NFL, just as McDonald could flounder. The 1st-round WR class scares me though. Also, I am not a fan of slot WRs in the first round.

I probably won't mind which player they pick at 21 as long as it is not Ty Simpson.

As for this coming season, I don't expect much. I don't see the defense doing well unless they draft some serious talent to make up for an average DC.

 

They can afford to trade up when they have 12 picks, and they likely aren't going to use all of them. They just need a LG and the OL should be fine, they can find their future NT in the later rounds. Any WR they draft early will be WR3 this season no pressure to be WR1 this season.