Because general manager Kevin Colbert elected to make a major splash by acquiring former Miami Dolphins safety Minkah Fitzpatrick midway through last season, the Pittsburgh Steelers do not currently own a first round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. Although such a move has already turned out to be quite a positive one for the Steelers, it is always tough having to sit out the first round of any NFL Draft.
Even so, Colbert seems very content with gaining the services of Fitzpatrick for a first round NFL Draft pick. That's a good deal for the Steelers.
“Quite honestly, we’re very comfortable not having a first-round pick this year, especially when it’s in the form of Minkah Fitzpatrick replacing that first-round pick,” Colbert said on Tuesday, via Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “Under the current circumstances, the uncertainty of the player you might be taking and to not have all the information you had in the past, I’m a lot more comfortable knowing we got an All-Pro player with that pick.”
Of course, due to a slew of injury trouble, especially at the quarterback position, the Steelers just missed out on the postseason in 2019. With the arch rival Baltimore Ravens eventually running away with both the AFC North division and AFC as a whole by the time all was said and done, the Steelers were forced to begin looking ahead to next season a bit earlier than usual. Nonetheless, there are definitely pieces currently in place for the Steelers to once again succeed in 2020 — first round pick or not.
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