{"id":169465,"date":"2026-04-18T16:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/169465\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T16:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:43:08","slug":"beat-writer-names-the-four-positions-pittsburgh-will-consider-in-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/169465\/","title":{"rendered":"Beat Writer Names The Four Positions Pittsburgh Will Consider In First Round"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heading into the home stretch of the NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 first-round board feels wide open. As unclear as ever, really. For the PPG\u2019s Gerry Dulac,<\/a> the pick at No. 21, or elsewhere in the first round, should there be a trade, could go in four directions. Wide receiver is obvious. If not a pass catcher, Dulac outlined three other areas the Steelers will consider.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Steelers elect to wait until Day 2 to take a receiver, they will likely look at three positions \u2014 cornerback, safety and guard \u2014 when deciding which player to choose with the 21st overall selection.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notably, Dulac does not mention tight end despite teasing Oregon\u2019s Kenyon Sadiq<\/a> over the past month. A freakishly athletic player, he could be considered a wide receiver or offensive weapon just like the draft\u2019s top true wideouts, but Dulac seems more apt to mention Sadiq in his chats instead of his articles.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh\u2019s shown plenty of interest in the positions Dulac\u2019s named. The team brought in four cornerbacks for pre-draft visits.<\/a> San Diego State\u2019s Chris Johnson is the most notable name, a potential first-round pick, while Texas\u2019 Malik Muhammad could be a Top 75 selection. The Steelers also hosted Washington\u2019s pair of long-limbed defenders, Tacario \u201cBobo\u201d Davis and Ephesians Prysock.<\/p>\n

Three safeties came in, too. Toledo\u2019s Emmanuel McNeil-Warren is on Pittsburgh\u2019s shortlist of first-round candidates, while Arizona\u2019s versatile Treydan Stukes, capable of playing nickel or safety, is a Day Two selection. Miami (FL)\u2019s Jakobe Thomas sits as a late-round option.<\/p>\n

At guard, three names visited: Penn State\u2019s Vega Ioane, Georgia Tech\u2019s Keylan Rutledge, and Iowa\u2019s Beau Stephens. Ioane is among the favorites to be Pittsburgh\u2019s pick. That is, if he falls to No. 21.<\/p>\n

A veteran roster and active free agency have left Pittsburgh without major roster holes. That leaves the franchise flexible to go in any direction, a desirable place to be at the top of the draft. An array of prospects is worth considering, but Dulac is correct that the pick is likely one of the four positions above. Narrowing it down from there is the hard part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heading into the home stretch of the NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 first-round board feels wide open. As…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[31803,41057,73,75,74,1833,995],"class_list":{"0":"post-169465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-gerry-dulac","10":"tag-pittsburgh","11":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","12":"tag-pittsburgh-news","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","14":"tag-trending"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169465","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=169465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}