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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – APRIL 25: Devin Bush of Michigan reacts after being chosen #10 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

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Steelers’ Drafted Players Table

Rnd	Player	Pick	Pos	College/Univ
1	Devin Bush	10	LB	Michigan
3	Diontae Johnson	66	WR	Toledo
3	Justin Layne	83	CB	Michigan St.
4	Benny Snell Jr.	122	RB	Kentucky
5	Zach Gentry	141	TE	Michigan
6	Sutton Smith	175	DE	Northern Illinois
6	Isaiah Buggs	192	DT	Alabama
6	Ulysees Gilbert III	207	LB	Akron
7	Derwin Gray	219	OT	Maryland

Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/1/2019.

The Pittsburgh Steelers desperately needed a linebacker, and they got one when they traded up to No. 10 overall to land Michigan’s Devin Bush.

If Bush winds up living up to his potential, he’ll make the injury loss of linebacker Ryan Shazier that much easier to overcome, especially if the rookie winds up being that prototypical sideline-to-sideline force Shazier was before his back injury.

Likewise, the Steelers seem to always know what they want in a wide receiver. After trading off Antonio Brown to the Raiders, the hope will be for Toledo’s Diontae Johnson to complement Pittsburgh’s new No. 1 pass-catching target, JuJu Smith-Schuster.

Offensively, look for the Steelers to be just fine again in 2019.

There are still questions on defense, though, although Bush and Michigan State cornerback Justin Layne should help matters a lot.

Layne’s rise up draft boards in recent months has been fun to watch, and he should make the failed experiment on cornerback Artie Burns a mere afterthought.

Pittsburgh gets some help in NFL power rankings, largely based off offensive weaponry and the needed help on defense.