By far the most questioned and criticized move of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2021 NFL Draft was their decision to trade a 2022 fourth-round pick in exchange for a fifth-round pick, which they used to draft Wisconsin defensive lineman Isaiahh Loudermilk.
While that decision raised eyebrows on the outside, it was the most normal thing in the world for those in the Steelers’ front office, as general manager Kevin Colbert explained yesterday in discussing the draft with Stan Savran on ESPN radio.
With Loudermilk’s situation, we had him graded where he would easily have been selected in the fourth round, had we not done some other things, as we talked about with Dan Moore and Buddy Johnson”, he told his host.