{"id":144731,"date":"2026-03-21T15:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/144731\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T15:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:08:20","slug":"steelers-mocked-to-select-clemson-tigers-tackle-to-fill-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/144731\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers Mocked To Select Clemson Tigers Tackle To Fill Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/pittsburgh-steelers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> have the 21st overall pick and have been linked to addressing the offensive line.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh could look to draft a left guard, as well as a tackle, as the Steelers\u2019 starting left tackle, Broderick Jones, is recovering from neck surgery. So, NFL <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/four-round-2026-nfl-mock-draft-four-trades-shake-up-round-1-jets-take-quarterback-ty-simpson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">analyst Chad Reuter of NFL.com predicts <\/a>Pittsburgh will select Clemson Tigers tackle Blake Miller with the 21st overall pick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith LT\u00a0\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffBroderick Jones\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\u00a0recovering from December neck surgery and the team weighing whether to exercise his fifth-year option, Miller should be squarely on the Steelers&#8217; radar,\u201d Reuter wrote in an article published on Friday.\u00a0\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\u201dTroy Fautanu\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\u00a0can move back to left tackle if Miller needs to step in as a rookie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miller could come in and start at right tackle from Day 1 and help protect whoever the Steelers quarterback is. The 6-foot-7 tackle is known for his long arms, and his speed and explosiveness are major strengths.<\/p>\n<p>However, Miller\u2019s footwork has been criticized, but if he can improve on that, he could be an impact starting tackle for the Steelers for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh has 12 picks in the 2026 NFL Draft, including five in the first three rounds.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 NFL Draft is set for April 23-25 in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/pittsburgh-steelers\/news\/chase-claypool-teases-potential-steelers-return-free-agency\/23b7d22c73493ea2a8f84544\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Former Steelers Wide Receiver Teases Potential Return In Free Agency<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers have the 21st overall pick and have been linked to addressing the offensive line. Pittsburgh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-144731","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-pittsburgh","9":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","10":"tag-pittsburgh-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}