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2019 NFL Draft: Full two-round mock for all 32 teams, Super Bowl edition

By Peter Panacy

ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 26: A video board displays the text "THE PICK IS IN" for the Seattle Seahawks during the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft at AT&T Stadium on April 26, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 26: A video board displays the text "THE PICK IS IN" for the Seattle Seahawks during the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft at AT&T Stadium on April 26, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /
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COLUMBIA, SC – OCTOBER 9: Defensive back Deandre Baker #18 of the Georgia Bulldogs breaks up a pass intended for wide receiver Tyler Simmons #3 of the South Carolina Gamecocks of the Georgia Bulldogs on October 9, 2016 at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Todd Bennett/GettyImages)
COLUMBIA, SC – OCTOBER 9: Defensive back Deandre Baker #18 of the Georgia Bulldogs breaks up a pass intended for wide receiver Tyler Simmons #3 of the South Carolina Gamecocks of the Georgia Bulldogs on October 9, 2016 at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Todd Bennett/GettyImages) /

Cornerback. Georgia. Deandre Baker. 20. player. 55.

2018 sure was an interesting year for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and it’s looking like 2019 is shaping up to be the same as well.

The Steelers are one of the league’s bigger disappointments last year, and a possible loss of wide receiver Antonio Brown on the trade market would make things that much weirder. Still, Brown is beginning to look like he’s a second option to the younger JuJu Smith-Schuster. And Pittsburgh still holds the proverbial cards regarding Brown anyway.

Instead, all of Pittsburgh’s attention this offseason should be on building that defense back up. An inside linebacker would help, especially with Ryan Shazier a long way off from ever playing football again. Some pass-rushing help to assist EDGE T.J. Watt could do some good, too.

Yet one of the better moves to make here at No. 20 would be to grab a promising cornerback, Georgia’s Deandre Baker.

Baker, 5-foot-11 and 185 pounds, plays larger than his smallish size. And he’d help make up for the disappointment that has been 2016 Steelers first-round draft choice, Artie Burns, who has lost his starting job.