The Pittsburgh Steelers entered the 2021 NFL Draft listed 11th in ESPN’s power rankings. They sure must have messed up their draft, however, as they exited it ranked 15th overall for a drop of four spots.
Why did the Steelers drop four spots in ESPN’s rankings? It certainly appears as though the main reason is because they did not spend an earlier-round selection on a tackle, based on what Brooke Pryor wrote in her synopsis of the team’s ranking after first naming tackles Zach Banner and Chukwuma Okorafor as the team’s players who benefited most from this year’s draft.