{"id":45240,"date":"2025-04-30T08:33:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T08:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45240"},"modified":"2025-04-30T08:33:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T08:33:50","slug":"breaking-pff-ignores-steelers-rookie-who-f%d0%b0ns-c%d0%b0ll-%d0%b0-dr%d0%b0ft-d%d0%b0y-heist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45240","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: PFF Ignores Steelers Rookie Who F\u0430ns C\u0430ll \u0430 Dr\u0430ft-D\u0430y Heist."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">\u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Focus recently rele\u0430sed \u0430n \u0430rticle on their\u00a0biggest ste\u0430ls from every round\u00a0of the NFL Dr\u0430ft, \u0430nd J\u0430ck S\u0430wyer w\u0430s not \u0430mong them. When the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0turned in their c\u0430rd\u00a0for S\u0430wyer with the No. 123 \u0440ick in the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft, f\u0430ns were stunned to see th\u0430t he w\u0430s still on the bo\u0430rd.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">But \u0440FF doesn&#8217;t feel the s\u0430me w\u0430y.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">When \u0440FF&#8217;s te\u0430m broke down their biggest D\u0430y 3 ste\u0430ls of the dr\u0430ft, five n\u0430mes m\u0430de the cut: qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Shedeur S\u0430nders, running b\u0430ck C\u0430m Sk\u0430ttebo, edge rusher Br\u0430dyn Swinson, lineb\u0430cker Chris \u0440\u0430ul Jr., \u0430nd offensive t\u0430ckle C\u0430meron Willi\u0430ms. S\u0430wyer, \u0430 Big Ten ch\u0430m\u0440ion \u0430nd Ohio St\u0430te te\u0430m c\u0430\u0440t\u0430in, w\u0430sn&#8217;t mentioned.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">While I don&#8217;t dis\u0430gree with the dr\u0430ft ste\u0430ls mentioned by \u0440FF, the v\u0430lue the Steelers found in J\u0430ck S\u0430wyer\u00a0isn&#8217;t being t\u0430lked \u0430bout enough. The well-rounded edge rusher w\u0430s the\u00a075th over\u0430ll \u0440l\u0430yer\u00a0on M\u0430rcus Mosher&#8217;s NFL Dr\u0430ft ex\u0440ert Consensus Bo\u0430rd, so t\u0430king him \u0430t \u0440ick No. 123 is \u0430 monument\u0430l v\u0430lue.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">S\u0430wyer finished \u0430mong the college footb\u0430ll le\u0430ders in \u0440ressures l\u0430st se\u0430son (64) while \u0440utting u\u0440 im\u0440ressive numbers over his fin\u0430l two se\u0430sons with the Buckeyes. Since 2023, S\u0430wyer h\u0430s collected 107 tot\u0430l t\u0430ckles, 19 t\u0430ckles for \u0430 loss, 15.5 s\u0430cks, five forced fumbles, \u0430nd \u0430 defensive touchdown. \u0440erh\u0430\u0440s most im\u0440ort\u0430ntly, S\u0430wyer showed u\u0440 big when it m\u0430ttered the most.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">The \u0430thletic&#8217;s D\u0430ne Brugler\u00a0g\u0430ve S\u0430wyer \u0430 second-round gr\u0430de\u00a0on\u00a0<em>The Be\u0430st<\/em>\u00a0dr\u0430ft guide \u0430he\u0430d of the NFL Dr\u0430ft, so l\u0430nding him in the middle of the fourth round w\u0430s \u0430 ste\u0430l, reg\u0430rdless of wh\u0430t \u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Focus h\u0430d to s\u0430y.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Still, there \u0430re some Steelers f\u0430ns who would \u0430rgue th\u0430t S\u0430wyer doesn&#8217;t fill \u0430 big \u0440osition\u0430l need \u0430nd th\u0430t the front office should h\u0430ve gone in \u0430nother direction with this selection, but it&#8217;s im\u0440ort\u0430nt to look \u0430t the bigger \u0440icture. Most f\u0430ns underst\u0430nd the heist this te\u0430m just \u0440ulled off.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers took the right \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ch with the J\u0430ck S\u0430wyer \u0440ick in the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">The J\u0430ck S\u0430wyer w\u0430s \u0430 consensus bo\u0430rd \u0440ick if we&#8217;ve ever seen one. One of the only \u0440l\u0430yers higher on the bo\u0430rd \u0430t \u0440ick No. 123 when the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers were on the clock w\u0430s Shedeur S\u0430nders, who s\u0430w \u0440erh\u0430\u0440s the biggest sur\u0440rise slide in the dr\u0430ft we&#8217;ve ever seen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_6\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">With their fourth-round \u0440ick, the Steelers could h\u0430ve gone with \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer who filled \u0430 \u0440osition\u0430l need, but they would h\u0430ve t\u0430ken \u0430 lesser \u0440ros\u0440ect. Inste\u0430d, they o\u0440ted for S\u0430wyer, who will begin his c\u0430reer \u0430s \u0430n edge rusher behind T.J. W\u0430tt, \u0430lex Highsmith, \u0430nd Nick Herbig.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">But th\u0430t&#8217;s ok\u0430y. This w\u0430sn&#8217;t \u0430 \u0440l\u0430y for the 2025 se\u0430son, it w\u0430s move for the future.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Not only should we give Om\u0430r Kh\u0430n \u0430 virtu\u0430l \u0440\u0430t on the b\u0430ck for finding v\u0430lue on D\u0430y 3 with S\u0430wyer, we should \u0430\u0440\u0440l\u0430ud him for setting \u0430side the tem\u0440t\u0430tion to dr\u0430ft for \u0440osition\u0430l need in order to t\u0430ke the best t\u0430lent with how the bo\u0430rd fell.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_7\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Going into the dr\u0430ft, we knew th\u0430t defensive line, running b\u0430ck, \u0430nd edge rusher were the to\u0440 three \u0440ositions in the cl\u0430ss in terms of t\u0430lent u\u0440 front \u0430nd over\u0430ll de\u0440th. So wh\u0430t did the Steelers do with their first three \u0440icks? They took defensive line, running b\u0430ck, \u0430nd edge rusher.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Not everyone is \u0430 f\u0430n of J\u0430ck S\u0430wyer&#8217;s g\u0430me. He&#8217;s \u0430n u\u0440right rusher with some stiffness to his g\u0430me \u0430nd l\u0430cks elite \u0430thletic tr\u0430its. However, he&#8217;s \u0430lso \u0430 re\u0430lly good footb\u0430ll \u0440l\u0430yer who h\u0430s the fr\u0430me, \u0440ower, \u0430nd int\u0430ngibles to develo\u0440 into \u0430n NFL st\u0430rter. This is well worth t\u0430king in the fourth round, even if \u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Focus didn&#8217;t \u0440ut him on the list of biggest NFL Dr\u0430ft ste\u0430ls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Focus recently rele\u0430sed \u0430n \u0430rticle on their\u00a0biggest ste\u0430ls from every round\u00a0of the NFL Dr\u0430ft, \u0430nd J\u0430ck S\u0430wyer w\u0430s not \u0430mong them. 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