Throwback Thursday: Steelers rare first-round spectators
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers were expected to spend the first round of the NFL draft as spectators. The team traded its first pick in this year’s draft last September in exchange for safety Minkah Fitzpatrick. He earned All-Pro honors in 2019 thanks to a series of dynamic plays that helped keep the injury-ravaged club in the playoff hunt until the final weeks of the season. Pittsburgh likely won’t be on the clock until the middle of the second round, where it has the 49th overall pick.