On the heels of the 2025 NFL draft, another draft with several value picks for the Pittsburgh Steelers, I was left with a question. How did their perceived “steals” (getting players later than many expected) stack up to the rest of the NFL?
So, the goal of this article was to come up with a number I’ll call “pick value.” I used the average of Steelers Depot Draft Grades, NFL Mock Draft Database’s Big Board (MDD), with personal grades breaking any ties. Then I took each player’s actual pick number and subtracted their ranking to get the pick value number.