Biggest draft needs

I do think we will draft a pair of WRs. Whether they are both to be starters or possession guys remains to be seen. But, we currently have a large hole to fill on the OL, maybe 2 holes depending on BroJo. Maybe just my opinion, finding OL replacements is the biggest need as of today. I'm not ready to start adding names to my wish list just yet. But, I'm currently looking past the WRs and at the OL for 1st round priority.

 

The Steelers hired Indiana's WR coach

 

I don't have an opinion on Jamison one way or another. He may be an ok depth piece... maybe not. Ponds looks good, but his size is going to make him a slot corner... but having a really good slot corner is awesome. I don't know much about Clark. Curl would be a good pickup and I agree that we should probably just dump Ramsey for the cap space and get younger/upgrade. I like Walker a good bit too, but I wouldn't dump Queen. Our problem at ILB isn't that Queen is awful. Its that Queen wasn't good enough to make up for the fact that our other ILBs are awful. We had to take Wilson off the field because we got run on every time he was out there. Harrison is just too limited athletically to be a good player. The thing on Queen is that he's on his final year. I bet they are thinking of life after him, but I don't necessarily think it has to be this offseason (and it probably shouldn't be if we want to have an NFL starting caliber ILB2).

This I disagree with heavily. Howard is nowhere near the prospects that Manning/Sayin/Moore are. I like Howard a good bit, but anyone that thinks he is the same level prospect as any of these guys is delusional. It doesn't mean that the '27 guys will all be good, there are busts, but those guys are much safer bets to be good NFL starters than Howard. I would say all of their ceiling's are higher than Howard too. I hope we don't go Nussmeier. He's okay... but I just don't know that its worth it for us. We need to get better weapons (WR's specifically) before we draft a QB in the first two rounds.

McDonald is fine, but its one of those high floor low ceiling picks. Not that its bad... I just... eh... first round is awful high for a NT with limited pass rush upside. I think we very well could be targeting a DL at some point in the draft though. Sonny would be a home run IMO. That first 3rd round pick is enough to get us to about 15, maybe we try to move up? Its probably for a WR or potentially someone like Styles? If Downs falls to around 10, could we pull the trigger there? I think FA is going to tell us a lot about what we're going to do in the NFL draft. There is a lot to have happen before we start figuring out our true needs. Signings could easily change our needs.

 

I like the idea of someone like Dunker at OG in round 2 if we go WR or something in the first. Though, truly, I wouldn't mind just signing a starting OG and let Cook and Jones battle it out at LT for the starting job. Our OL is quite good. Go spend 8-9 mil on a guy and call it a day. I would be mega pissed if we drafted a guard in the first. We just have so many other needs. It won't matter how long our QB has in the pocket if our WR corps isn't good enough to get open lol

 

We obviously need a starting caliber WR2 but have higher needs for 1st round IMO. Chris Brazzell is my choice for WR in round 2. Steelers have always been able to find good WR talent after the 1st round.