We have Finally reached the 2025 draft for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the rest of the NFL.
Here is OUR “”Breakfast with Benz“” Analysis of what Steelers should do – and what they will do – this weekend.
First round: Pick n ° 21
What the Steelers should do: Write a defensive line player.
They need a replacement for (and improvement) Larry Ogunjobi. They must also start preparing a successor for Cameron Heyward.
Like our “”Breakfast with Benz“” Project analyst Matt Williamson suggested the following three players could still be on the board at n ° 21:: Mississippi Walter Nolen, Michigan Kenneth Grant and Oregon Derrick Harmon. If this happens, Identifier Exchange – But not completely Outside the first round to get another choice of day 2.
If that can’t be done,, Identifier Take NOLEN at n ° 21. If they can exchange, Identifier Target Grant, which is more a nose plate than an end.
“I Think that the nose is an animal that disappears from the way the back is an animal disappearing in our game,“” Head coach Mike Tomlin said.
Except that I think Grant is a nose plate that can also become in the field and help rush the smuggler. It makes him an animal: a unicorn.
What the Steelers will do: I think They will do it Plan to do just about the same thing – unless the quarter of the Colorado Shemer Sanders is available. SO They will do it Take it.
Tomlin The effusive praise of the Sanders could be a smoke screen. That born darken me. But I also think that they are intrigued by the idea of perhaps obtaining the second best quarter of the draft of your choice n ° 21. Hey, they obviously were moved to take the best QB in a bad QB draft two years ago at n ° 20 with Kenny Pickett, right?
This feel familiar in this regard. Unfortunately, I think Sanders will be closer to Pickett as a player than any of the best quarters of the AFC than the Steelers are challenged Face so often these days (Joe Burrow, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, etc.)
I too don’t do it Know how the steelers really of such an in -depth error. Do they pump Sanders because they are In fact Do you plan to take Dart at No. 21?
Unlikely. And, I mean, how much the coat and the dagger must reach end up taking One of the three defensive line players – half the league always expects what they do even if Sanders is still on the board?
It seems exaggerated to me.
Not only that, but taking a quarter of a quarter on Thursday decreases the need to meet all the whims of Aaron Rodgers and the team doesn’t must feel recruited to take One when the project is in Pittsburgh next year if a better option doesn’t introduce oneself.
I am lukewarm on Sanders. However, I can see why the Steelers could love him, and I can’t see why they Feel the need to shoot a three -card riding match with him like the hidden price.
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What the Steelers should do: As I mentioned above, if Steelers can go back but stay in the first round, Identifier Consider strongly. It would be great to recover the selection of the second round lost in the trade of DK Metcalf, but to obtain an additional third round – considering this These choices will probably be used We would be good Also.
What the Steelers will do: They will probably remain in place – especially if Sanders is there and they want it.
“Pjointly in recent years, There is has always been people who were Really Enthusiasm when were On the clock,“” Tomlin said on Tuesday. “”It is Easy to be enthusiastic about prospects when you have done the job. I imagine I will be in the same state this year. “”
Steelers not exchanged in the first round since the selection Casey Hampton in 2001. I don’t do it Expect that this trend is changing on Thursday.
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What the Steelers should do: They should stay in place or exchange. I don’t do it want them to exchange for a quarter. They should not I have to exchange for one of these three defensive line players, and I can’t Consider what would try them else to sacrifice other choices to get into Tour 1.
They only have six choices this year. And me can’t imagine they are go to Be at the top of sacrificing choices next year when the draft is in Pittsburgh.
What the Steelers will do:: “”I don’t do it Know how realistic it is that we are showing, but you never know,“” Managing Director Omar Khan said on Tuesday. “”I think staying in place or moving back, is probably a better option for us. “”
He No realistic. It is not necessary either. I doubt They will do it exchange.
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Trading George Pickens
What the Steelers should do: Unless they can sign it to a long -term extension on an incredibly friendly reduction in the hometown before the start of the first round, Identifier Exchange it if I could recover this second round choice.
Picoller is likely to keep it doesn’t Get its extension. I suppose it is Pickens will be a giant distraction all year round if doesn’t Get the extension he wants. You can replace it with a first-round receiver, always a good defensive line player in the Tour 2, a ball carrier around 3 and a quarter, a tight corner or end.
Or even another defensive line player.
What the Steelers will do: Rumors begin to circulate Dallas and green Bay has both potentially integrated to acquire pickensBut my The belief is that the Steelers hold it.
Steelers seem in love idea To have Pickens and Metcalf as a double threat combo for at least a year with Rodgers, Mason Rudolph or a recruit QB. And I am I will assume that Tomlin thinks he can manage Pickens during this potential year of walking during the last season of his entry -level agreement.
I think he is wrong. But I bet he thinks he can do it effectively.
Write a ball carrier
What the Steelers should do:: Use a third -round choice on a ball carrier after taking a defensive line player. Even if they exchange pickens and obtain a selection of second round, they can divide the first two choices between the receiver and the defensive line and be in a fine position to acquire a back that can complement Jaylen Warren and Kenneth Gainwell.
It is A deep class in this position. Even if the first five or six left, the Steelers are still likely to Find a good on turn 3.
What the Steelers will do: I think that the franchise has a similar opinion. THey Do the same thing. They can wait for the fourth round if they really appreciate a corner, a QB, a receiver or a tight end to Tour 3.
Who has It’s always going. A potential quality runner will always be on the table by his choice on Tour 4 (n ° 123).
“”It Important to get to know these guys as much as possible and sort, you know, how we would stack these guys and take these guys,“” Khan said deep RB and D-Line classes.
Espn Mel Kiper has put editorial notes on more than 30 half-runners.
Get a QB even if it is not in the first round
What the Steelers should do: Yes. They should absolutely.
Actually, I think that rounds 3-5 are fairly fertile hunting grounds for quarter-rear this year. In deeper QB drafts, It is Where the jackson Darts And SheDer Sanders‘ people should leave. But if these guys are supervised in 2025, then Will Howard (Ohio State), Tyler Shough (Louisville), Kyle McCord (Syracuse) or Jalen Milroe (Alabama) would have a lot of meaning for that for that team Since the club wishes to bring four quarters-back to the training camp.
But just make sure that at least a defensive line player and a ball carrier have been taken Already.
What the Steelers will do:: I am Known that the Steelers agree on this subject.
My only concern is that they In fact Write too high a QB.
Listen:: Chris Adamsk and Tim Benz discuss the draft of NFL 2025 from the point of view of Pittsburgh
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