4 players that should be dropping down Steelers draft board

Steelers should drop first-round ILBs

While not one of the heavily talked about early picks, inside linebacker was a sleeper pick heading into the combine. Nakobe Dean and Devin Lloyd both could have been realistic options at pick 20 had the board fallen a certain way, but it seems far more doubtful of that now. Neither wowed like many hoped they would have.

Dean was by far the more disappointing of the two. While he didn’t test, his size was Devin Bush-like, as he was only 5’11 and 229 pounds. Devin Lloyd came in at a better size and tested well as an athlete, but many expected him to test better as an athlete. Lloyd is still safely a first-round pick, but he didn’t do much to help his stock at the combine.

The real issue is that the growing list of day-two options tested as well, if not better, than either of the two top names. Players like Leo Chenal and Chad Muma are rocketing up boards as a result, and for the Steelers, that likely means the top names are falling. While Lloyd could be the target still, it seems far more likely that the Steelers go elsewhere in the first and land a linebacker later.