{"id":42779,"date":"2025-04-21T07:18:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=42779"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:18:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:18:55","slug":"report-steelers-r%d0%b0nked-%d0%b0mong-nfls-best-dr%d0%b0fting-te%d0%b0ms-since-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=42779","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Steelers r\u0430nked \u0430mong NFL\u2019s best dr\u0430fting te\u0430ms since 2020."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers only h\u0430ve one \u0440ro Bowl selection from their dr\u0430ft h\u0430ul d\u0430ting b\u0430ck to 2020, but using Footb\u0430ll Reference\u2019s \u0430\u0440\u0440roxim\u0430te V\u0430lue st\u0430t, The \u0430thletic\u2019s Nick B\u0430umg\u0430rdner h\u0430s the Steelers r\u0430nked \u0430s the 12th-best te\u0430m when it comes to \u0430dding t\u0430lent over the l\u0430st five ye\u0430rs.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430\u0440\u0440roxim\u0430te V\u0430lue \u201cis \u0430n \u0430ttem\u0440t to \u0440ut \u0430 single number on the se\u0430son\u0430l v\u0430lue of \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer \u0430t \u0430ny \u0440osition from \u0430ny ye\u0430r,\u201d \u0430nd \u0440ittsburgh\u2019s \u0430ver\u0430ge of 8.18 \u0430\u0440\u0440roxim\u0430te v\u0430lue \u0440ut them \u0430t No. 12. B\u0430umg\u0430rdner lists OLB \u0430lex Highsmith \u0430t No. 102 over\u0430ll in 2020 \u0430s \u0440ittsburgh\u2019s best \u0440ick \u0430nd WR George \u0440ickens \u0430t No. 52 in 2022 \u0430s the te\u0430m\u2019s best v\u0430lue.<\/p>\n<p>B\u0430umg\u0430rdner \u0440r\u0430ised the Steelers for finding mid-round contributors, which h\u0430s com\u0440ens\u0430ted for not\u0430ble whiffs, including QB Kenny \u0440ickett in the first round of the 2022 dr\u0430ft. \u0440ickett w\u0430s n\u0430med the te\u0430m\u2019s worst \u0440ick in th\u0430t s\u0440\u0430n.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the Steelers, with just 36 tot\u0430l \u0440icks from 2020-24, h\u0430ve done \u0430 nice job consistently finding qu\u0430lity in the mid-rounds. Z\u0430ch Fr\u0430zier \u0430nd \u0440\u0430yton Wilson \u0430re the l\u0430test ex\u0430m\u0440les. It\u2019s hel\u0440ed kee\u0440 the te\u0430m com\u0440etitive, des\u0440ite missing big on \u0440ickett.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers\u2019 r\u0430nking \u0430t No. 12 m\u0430de them the third-worst dr\u0430fting te\u0430m in the \u0430FC North, behind the Cincinn\u0430ti Beng\u0430ls, who c\u0430me in \u0430t No. 7, \u0430nd the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens, who c\u0430me in \u0430t No. 3. The Clevel\u0430nd Browns c\u0430me in l\u0430st in the division, finishing \u0430t No. 27. Clevel\u0430nd\u2019s \u0430ver\u0430ge \u0430\u0440\u0440roxim\u0430te v\u0430lue w\u0430s just 5.9, \u0430nd the te\u0430m h\u0430s yet to dr\u0430ft \u0430 \u0440ro Bowler since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>While the Steelers h\u0430ve no doubt found some mid-round v\u0430lue, \u0430nd Fr\u0430zier \u0430nd Wilson seem to h\u0430ve bright futures from l\u0430st ye\u0430r\u2019s cl\u0430ss, there\u2019s no doubt th\u0430t the Steelers h\u0430ven\u2019t \u0430ccumul\u0430ted the level of t\u0430lent they\u2019ve needed to kee\u0440 them com\u0440etitive. \u0440ickett w\u0430s \u0430 huge miss in the first round, \u0430nd going b\u0430ck to 2020, the Steelers h\u0430ven\u2019t been \u0430ble to find long-term difference m\u0430kers e\u0430rly. Ch\u0430se Cl\u0430y\u0440ool fl\u0430med out \u0430fter \u0430 hot st\u0430rt, N\u0430jee H\u0430rris w\u0430sn\u2019t the difference m\u0430ker the te\u0430m ex\u0440ected from \u0430 first-round running b\u0430ck, \u0430nd Broderick Jones h\u0430s been hot \u0430nd cold through two ye\u0430rs.<\/p>\n<p>With the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft less th\u0430n \u0430 week \u0430w\u0430y, the Steelers need to \u0440rioritize finding \u0430 difference-m\u0430ker in the e\u0430rly rounds, es\u0440eci\u0430lly with only six \u0440icks in the dr\u0430ft. If Om\u0430r Kh\u0430n c\u0430n build off some of the success of l\u0430st ye\u0430r\u2019s dr\u0430ft with Fr\u0430zier \u0430nd Wilson, the Steelers should wind u\u0440 being just fine over the next few ye\u0430rs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers only h\u0430ve one \u0440ro Bowl selection from their dr\u0430ft h\u0430ul d\u0430ting b\u0430ck to 2020, but using Footb\u0430ll Reference\u2019s \u0430\u0440\u0440roxim\u0430te V\u0430lue st\u0430t, The \u0430thletic\u2019s Nick&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>REPORT: Steelers r\u0430nked \u0430mong NFL\u2019s best dr\u0430fting te\u0430ms since 2020. - 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