Different teams and general managers have varying philosophies when it comes to the NFL draft. Do you draft for need to give yourself the best chance of winning in the short term and pass up on players that you have rated higher? Or do you draft the best player available to give your team the most talent possible but risk leaving holes on the roster? For the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2024 Draft, they got the best of both worlds.
“Hall of Fame executive Bill Polian often said, [if] great player, need match for your pick, that guy’s got a chance to be a good player for you,” Charles Davis said in a clip from Path to the Draft posted on NFL.