What if we traded down twice??

Steelers trade #17 to Chargers #21
Steelers get #85
Steelers trade #32 to Seahawks #37
Steelers get #83
**selections based off of 2023 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings from CBS

21 1st. OT Darnell Wright
37 2nd ILB Trenton Simpson
49 2nd NT Siaka Ika / Mazi Smith
80 3rd DL Keeanu Benton
83 3rd ILB Jack Campbell
85 3rd CB Julius Brents
120 4th S Christopher Smith
234 7th WR Bryce-Ford Wheaton
241. 7th QB Clayton Tune

 

A) Darnell Wright is crappy value at 21.
B) Simpson will not be available at 37. Like Smith at 49, Ika not so much.
C) Benton should be there at 80. No chance that Campbell and Brents are available there.
D) Ford-Wheaton is a 4th rounder. Did he get caught smoking pot?
E) Tune is a fifth rounder. Is he also a pot head?

 

Tune is a QB. So he might not get drafted at all. Generally if you are not considered a 1st or 2nd Rd QB. You can go anywhere from 3rd to FA.

Agree on Ford Wheaton Campbell and Brents. Their draft value seem to have all skyrocketed.

Not so sure about Simpson, he could be available at 37.

Agreed on yes to Mazi and no to Ika at 49.

Don't sleep on Darnell Washington. His 1st rounder buzz is growing.

 

Darnell Washington is a TE. I see him between 26-35. Depending on who we take in round 1, I wouldn't be averse to taking him at 32. As a lot of people are saying, the Steelers like their offensive line more than their fans like their offensive line. Since we haven't resigned Gentry, a TE might be in the cards. After CB, TE might be the strongest position in the 2023 draft class.
Darnell Wright is a Tackle. I see him 35-45. I would take him at 80.

 

Why are those teams trading up? You have them giving up third-round picks to move up five spots in the middle of the first round and the beginning of the second, but offer no logic to support the idea that they would want to do that.

Mazi Smith probably won't last until 49. Jack Campbell definitely won't last until the third round, especially after a strong showing at the Combine. Some mocks have him in the first.

I don't mind Wright at 21. He's not a bad value there at all. He is another player who was already good, then boosted his value at the Combine.

 

No

 

I have always preferred quality over quantity. I would be more in the camp of trading Green and/ or Dotson for Day 3 picks. Dotson is entering his last year so might as well get something for him while you can. Might not get much for Green.

 

Huge difference between Mazi Smith and Siaka Ika. Definitely not a either/ Or situation.

Mazi will probably go in the 1st round and Ika bombed the combine and will be lucky to go in the 3rd.

I like the idea of trading back in the 1st as long as we can stay ahead of Jacksonville at 24 and Kansas City at 31 to pick up Mazi Smith.

 

To answer the question at the top of the thread... I'd be sad.

Overall this seems fine enough. If it were me the top 3 picks should come from the following 4 positions (OT, CB, ILB, SS) in no particular order of preference. We can take the one we didn't take in the 3rd or 4th round. DL, WR, or TE could sneak in there as well.

 

My bad, in my head I was seeing Darnell Wright. Lol