Steelers 2025 draft needs by Position

[madinsomniac]

1. Qb. With only two on the roster, and needing 4 for camp arms.. even if Arod was a lock, they still must acquire one more either by draft or udfa...
this could mean one or even two picks in this draft, ranging anywhere from 1st round to 7th round, depending which direction they go...

2. DL. Cam Heyward is just old enough that you want the replacement in the pipeline now... its a great DL draft, but you really need the first or third to be one if you want top level talent..

3. RB. Warren is RB1. Gainwell is RB2... but after that its the ancient Patterson... taking a late to mid round flyer here is probably a worthy plan

After the top 3 spots, it gets more hard to see where they need guys... mostly they need injury fill in types...

They could shore up IOL.. they lost Daniels and Herbig there... and you need lots of depth. They have more depth at OT right now, and pure C.. Stephenson is a utility jack of all trades... they probably need abother Guard type in case of injury

They could take a stab at a low round WR. There is no need for a high round one. You need 7 viable ones these days, but you will only carry 5 or 6 on the 53 man roster... there needs to be one or two guys on the PS with potential to fill in well... one of the 53 will be a pure ST guy ( Ben Skowronek) two will be outside guys, (DK and Pickens) two will be slot guys ( CA3 and Wilson) and one will be a utility reserve... which currently is held by Scotty Miller... there isnt a need there, but having another guy who can play outside and probably can be stashed on the ps would be a very nice idea...

It would be hard to see them taking another Tackle or a TE... though maybe very low if a guy really dropped

Inside lb seems cramped as it is, I dont see a move there
outside LB maybe they could take a special teams / development type guy.

There is weird speculation in some places we would use a first on a safety... i dont see it, but another later round pick at the position is a possibility just from a competition vantage point. Also Miles Killabrew is getting close to the expiration date of a special teams ace... he will turn 32 in may... so a Special teans demon might be an add here

At CB the staff seems far more happy with the makeup than the fans... i wouldnt expect a significant add there this year... like Safety, that final DB that plays Special teams could be an add... Piere is really good... but may be a guy they look to replace..
I do think the starters and top backups are already on the team at the various DB spots...

 

[keslerclan]

Imo, we don’t have enough picks to cover our needs:
We have no #1 (with acceptable production) at QB, RB, CB2, LT, RT, and NT/DE2.
1. At QB, we presently have an average back-up (Rudy-3rd rounder) and a below average back-up (S.Thompson-7th). Maybe we will also have a low-mobility geriatric future HOFer. Either way, we need a pick anywhere from the 1st-6th rounds to see if we can find a Diamond in the rough. Then again, we’ve had the #2 overall, the #11 overall and our own #20 overall and none of them performed well in our scheme/style/redundant offense. Maybe it’s not the QB?
2. At RB, we have a RB2 that has injury history on limited carries with a few fumbles and another RB2. Whether we get a speed guy only and just use our RB2s as RB1s and have the speed pick (early/later) as a 3rd-down guy, we have no bell-cow back on the roster and need a pick (3rd-5th) plus a UFA who can be a back-up. We have a scheme based on running the ball. We need to value the position more than most.
3. Who is our CB2? We don’t have anyone with acceptable production on the team. We need to draft an outside CB in 1st-4th rounds in case our inexperienced CB4s cannot cover anyone.
4. At LT&RT…two of the obvious key elements to a play-action/run-first scheme, we have a guy whose played less than a game, and another that has gotten worse since his rookie year playing in a more critical position at LT which he hasn’t played in a few years now. Mind you, with no dependable back-up behind either. Aside from a new OL Coach, this is the most needed position we need to sign/draft. This is a pick that falls between 1st-4th to get anyone worth a damn. If we don’t cover our butts here, we might as well let Skylar be the QB1 because whoever it is will be killed.
5. Lastly, we have what most assume is our biggest need position on the DL. While we suck at stopping the run anymore, we are making things worse with our oldest player being the only one to create interior pressure. It would be “nice” if we could get his eventual replacement in this draft BUT that might mean we lose out on one of the 4 positions of NEED. There is depth at NT that could be had late/UDFA that would be better than Benton/Adams at NT against the run. Actually, they don’t provide pass pressure either so it’s all good.
Might be easier to get a decent run-plugger at NT and try Benton at DE/DT.

Imo, we have so many holes their may not be enough fingers in this draft to keep the boat from sinking.

This doesn’t seem like one draft can fix this ship…maybe that’s exactly what needs to happen to change our philosophy in the FO?

 

[MT~Forged]

The Steelers can’t stop the run because they play a 2DL set a lot of the time.