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Steelers ’10 former 1st round picks on defense’ is very misleading

With the acquisition of former 11th overall pick, Minkah Fitzpatrick, everyone is boasting about how the Steelers have 10 former first-round draft choices on defense. While it’s admittedly an intriguing number that not many teams can claim they have, it really doesn’t amount to a hill of beans.

Technically, the Steelers have 10 former first-round picks on their team. However, all that really matters is what they are worth in reality.

I decided to put these players into a chart that shows where they were drafted in the first round as opposed to what round they should have been drafted in.