On April 13, NFL analyst Gil Brandt dropped his yearly “Hot 150”, his personal top 150 NFL draft prospects for the upcoming draft. While not a mock draft, Brandt has done an excellent job in the past of ranking prospects, and his rankings typically correlate pretty well to the value the NFL teams place on these teams. What does this mean for the Steelers though?
Well, for starters, his 2019 Hot 150 included all of the 32 first-round picks. Out of his first 32 picks (essentially his first-round graded prospects), 24 of them ended up being selected in the first round.