OT: The Pittsburgher Thread: Off Season We dont need a QB Edition
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Really nice safety depth addition. There really aren't a ton of positions left to fill in the draft at this point.
I wonder if they'll be drafting a LT or LG in the draft this year. They'll almost definitely be taking a DL in round 1 and RB in round 3, but there aren't a ton of other positions left to use a draft pick on beyond that. I could see a 4th round LG making a lot of sense.
Depends on McCormick is he going be the long term LG. I expect a swing OT signed. I think 4th is a Qb. I really want to trade down and get more picks
Why trade down to get more picks? They don't have that many holes on the roster at this point.
They need a QB, RB, LG and DE, that's about it. They should just plan on using a 1st for a DE, 3rd for RB, 4th for LG and a 5th on a QB. Anything beyond that will just be depth. And with Rudolph signed for next year as well, I'm not entirely sure that they need to bother drafting a QB late this year either.
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They still need cam replacement and a backup for Benton at DE. I expect an o lineman drafted still want a development cb to push trice. Rudolph is the only qb under contract. A day 3 Qb like Milroe Howard would be a lottery ticket.
Cam’s replacement is going to be drafted in the 1st round, and I don’t see why they need to draft a backup for Benton when Benton is only 23. They also signed Ekuale in free agency.
They’ll draft a DE in round 1, RB in round 3, LG in round 4 and a QB in round 5. That leaves their 6th and 7th to fill any depth holes they feel they may have at a position like CB, safety or WR. I don’t see why they need more picks this year.
I think they still need two DL: one to eventually replace Heyward, and then a NT type to allow Benton to move into a Heyward type of role that I think he’s better suited for. So something like Harmon in round 1 and CJ West in round 4 I think would make sense.
I wouldn’t mind that strategy, but I would also support planning on using a higher round pick in 2026 to target that as well. Unless it’s easy to get good NTs in the 4th, I’d rather use a 2nd next year to make sure their DL is fully set up with Benton and their 2025 1st at DE and the other drafted guy at NT.
That said, CB also seems like a pretty major hole they’ll need to use a 2nd on next year as well. That’s part of the reason I was frustrated with Slay on a 1 year deal, they really should have targeted a multi-year deal for someone younger to fill the CB2 slot for longer.
Because right now they have Ekuale and Adams as NT Benton is sliding over taking Larry spot. Lowry Loudermilk just depth. Right now Anderson is the first IOl off the bench. They need a swing OT
Have they made any indications they will be moving Benton to NT? I also don’t see how it makes sense to move Benton to LE and then have to draft a NT rather than keeping Benton at NT until Heyward retires and then just move him at that point.
Ekuale is apparently more of a run stopper DE that will likely be competing with the round 1 pick for starts at Ogunjobi’s old spot. I don’t see anything that makes me think their DL won’t be Ekuale/round 1 pick at LE, Benton at NT and Heyward at RE.
Benton can’t beat double teams as a NT he is completely miscast as NT. They need him to develop into a tuitt.
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