With Shedeur Sanders still available for the Pittsburgh Steelers to draft at No. 21 overall in the first round, no one was expecting NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to announce Oregon DT Derrick Harmon’s name.
The move clearly fills a much-needed hole on the defensive line — but could the Steelers have traded back, gained more picks, and still landed Harmon?
After injury concerns emerged ahead of draft day, Harmon was projected by some to slide out of the first round entirely. GM Omar Khan even admitted that trade calls were coming in all day — but said Harmon was a player they simply weren’t willing to trade back from.