2018 NFL Draft: Round 1 mock after flurry of NFL trade deadline deals
By Peter Panacy
Few other teams covet elite-level inside linebackers than the Pittsburgh Steelers, and this is clearly a pressing need heading into 2018.
Alabama linebacker Rashaan Evans has come about after being overshadowed by Reuben Foster a year ago, and it wouldn’t be a shock at all to see him land at the tail end of Round 1. The sturdy 6-foot-3, 234 pounder is displaying the same kind of tenacity Foster had at Alabama a year ago, which would fit perfectly into the system head coach Mike Tomlin wants.
Pair Evans with linebacker Ryan Shazier, and the Steelers already-improved defense would get back to being scary.