Which round Steelers should target each offensive position?

Offensive Tackle

Third Round

While a lot of fans have offensive tackle as a first-round need, the reality is that this team is relatively set at the position next season. Long-term they will need some options, but that opens the door for a developmental player to be the pick over higher round pick. With this class being so deep at the position, the team can still get a decent developmental player somewhere in the third round.

Options like Walker Little, Spencer Brown, and Brady Christensen are projected to be available then, and each has the potential to be a starter on either side of the line down the road. While the team could certainly target a falling tackle earlier in the draft, the third round seems like a good zone to target a tackle. They could sit for the season and enter the starting competition next year.

Had the team not brought back Zach Banner this need would have vaulted to at least a second-round pick and more than likely the top overall need. Instead, the team is set at tackle and even signed swing tackle Joe Haeg as a free agent. A rookie has no way to playing time year one, meaning the team shouldn’t target it before round three unless the value is too great. The third round and perhaps even after that makes the most sense for the team to target a tackle.