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Fowler: Steelers Believed Troy Fautanu Could Go 10th, Amarius Mims Was ‘On Their Radar’

The Pittsburgh Steelers couldn’t imagine a scenario in which Washington offensive tackle Troy Fautanu was still on the board at No. 20. When he was, they jumped at the chance to grab him. That’s what ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler has gathered throughout his post-draft reporting, summing up the Steelers’ decisions to go all-in on o-line in the first two rounds of last month’s draft.

“The Steelers thought Troy Fautanu could go as high as No. 10 to the Jets and didn’t expect him to fall,” Fowler wrote Tuesday morning. “GM Omar Khan worked the phones just in case, before Fautanu fell to the Steelers at No.