It doesn’t seem to be very often that Pro Football Focus ever has much of anything good to say about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rookie players. It seems as though every year they come away thoroughly unimpressed with their first-round draft picks during their rookie seasons. That has certainly been the case in recent years, though it would probably be fair to say that it may well have been deserved.
The 2016 season has proven to be an exception, and it probably should come as a surprise. Back at the end of the first day of the 2016 NFL Draft, PFF listed the Steelers’ selection of cornerback Artie Burns with the 25th-overall selection as the fifth-worst move of the first round.