Pittsburgh Steelers 2026 defensive backfield after the draft. Who makes the cut?
Jamel Dean
Brandin Echols
Daylen Everette
Joey Porter Jr.
Jalen Ramsey
Asante Samuel Jr.
Donte Kent
Daequan Hardy
D'Shawn Jamison
Doneiko Slaughter
Cory Trice Jr.
Jaquan Brisker
Sebastian Castro
DeShon Elliott
Jack Henderson
Robert Spears-Jennings
So here's your #Steelers offenses and defense as it stands right now:
Offense:
QB: Mason Rudolph/Will Howard/Allar
RB: Dowdle/Warren - throw in some Heidenrich here now and then (Homer a possibility)
TE: Freiermuth and Washington with Nowakosky as your FB/H-Back, Galbreath a guy to watch too
WR: DK, Pittman, Bernard, Wilson/Skorownski - throw in Wentjen a bit here and there
OL: This is guess-work - LT - Fautanu, RG Hoffman or Dunker, C Frazier RG McCormick, RT Iheanachor - Cook and Jones OT swings - McCollum and Anderson backups IOL
Defense:
DL: Heyward, Benton, Joseph-Day, Harmon, Black, Lee
ILB: Queen, Wilson, Harrison, Holcomb, Bruener
OLB: Watt, Highsmith, Herbig, Sawyer - can see the signing a 5th here for depth
CB: JPJ, Dean, Samuel, Echols, Ramsey - Everett may be a PS guy to start off unless he flat out beats out Echols. Don't sleep on Kent either.
S: Brisker, Elliott, Castro, Robert Spears-Jennings - can see them signing a depth guy here - Savage has not been signed yet. Ramsey will slide to S at times too
STs:
K - Boswell
P - Johnson
LS - Kuntz
Return: Wetjen
USC WRs drafted in 1st round over the last 30 years:
2023 - Jordan Addison
2022 - Drake London
2015 - Nelson Agholor
2005 - Mike Williams
2000 - R. Jay Soward
1996 - Keyshawn Johnson
@HawkEmDownChris First instinct B but people always talk about some other player that's close and could or maybe in someway is better. But nobody even sniffs Gretzky so C.
TRUE OR FALSE: Minnesota #Vikings legend Harrison Smith is a top-five safety in #NFL history…?
2x All-Pro
6× Pro Bowler
All-Rookie Team (2012)
Total tackles: 1,180
Interceptions: 39
Pass deflections: 106
Forced fumbles: 13
Fumble recoveries: 10
Sacks: 21.5
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Grading potential steelers picks in the 2026 draft:
Amazing:
Lemon, Tyson, Vega
Good:
Omar Cooper, KC Concepcion
Ok...?
Simpson
Safety/Corner
Bad:
Denzel Boston
Emmanuel Pregnon
any other qb
any running back
AWFUL:
Any edge rusher
Steelers projected Week 1 starters:
QB -- Aaron Rodgers
RB -- Rico Dowdle/Jaylen Warren
WR -- DK Metcalf/Michael Pittman/Roman Wilson
TE -- Pat Freiermuth/Darnell Washington
OL -- Broderick Jones/Spencer Anderson/Zach Frazier/ Mason McCormick/Troy Fautanu
DL -- Cam Heyward/Keeanu Benton/Derrick Harmon/Sebastian Joseph-Day
LB -- T.J. Watt/Alex Highsmith/Nick Herbig/Patrick Queen/Payton Wilson
DB -- Jalen Ramsey/Joey Porter Jr/Jamel Dean/DeShon Elliott/Jaquan Brisker.
Three years ago today, only 5 of those players were on the roster