Steelers 2026 Draft Class

Rich Eisen was saying that he really liked the Steelers draft. He particularly liked the Iheanachor, Bernard, Dunker, Allar and Heidenreich picks.

 

I liked the Bernard pick. And the Eli Heidenreich pock. Also, Iheanachor was the correct pick even though i was personally enamored by KC Concepcion. The best tackle left was a smart decision. We could have gotten 2 good WRs in the 2nd and 3rd if we wanted to. We got one and passed on Bell and a few others with multiple picks. But ee definitely weren't going to get a Tackle after 1.

All the other picks, i didn't like. Allar was too early. The corner was a 6th rd pick at best. The TE was bleh, the punt returner in the 4th was just silly. Even he didn't think he had a chance of getting drafted (at all, talk less in the 4th)

Pregnon, Bell, safety or Linebacker in the 3rd. Allar (if you must) could have been taken in the 4th) Everrette, could have been had in the 5th. An actual Nose tackle in the 6th then Eli and Wetjen in the 7th

And we'd have had an a plus draft. That said, i see 5 starters / key contributors in this draft. So not bad in the aggregate. But the process left a lot to be desired.

 

That’s reasonable but the Steelers clearly wanted Lemon more and got out smarted. Max might not have been there in Rd 2 I can’t say that for sure but Lemon another tackle rd 2 and anyone over Allar would have been a better draft IMO. Allar was a complete waste the guy has 0 mental toughness and pissed down his leg in every big game he’s played in at the College level.