On the heels of the 2024 NFL Draft, another draft with several value picks for the Pittsburgh Steelers, I was left with a question. How did their perceived “steals” (getting players later than many expected) stack up to the rest of the NFL?
The goal of this article was to come up with a number I’ll call “pick value.” I used the average of Steelers Depot draft grades, NFL Mock Draft Database’s Big Board, with personal grades breaking any ties. Then I took each player’s actual pick number and subtracted his ranking to get the pick value number.