The Pittsburgh Steelers head into the NFL Draft on Thursday after an active free agency period where the team added Patrick Queen at linebacker and Russell Wilson at quarterback, along with DeShon Elliott at safety and other depth pieces at wide receiver. Because of the work that the Steelers did in free agency, head coach Mike Tomlin said in a pre-draft press conference that the Steelers aren’t “overly thirsty” for any particular position.
“I’m also excited about our draft because of just the quality work we’ve been able to get done in free agency. There’s two means by which we develop our football team for 2024 that goes with existing talent, that’s free agency and the draft and we’ve been very active in free agency and that makes you really comfortable as you lean in on draft weekend that we’ve addressed a lot of needs and we don’t feel overly thirsty in any one area and I just think that’s a good feel as you go into the weekend,” Tomlin said via the Steelers YouTube channel.