Steelers mostram interesse em três prospectos do draft que não são wide receivers

O insider da NFL Jason La Canfora informou que o Pittsburgh Steelers está considerando o defensive lineman Kayden McDonald, da Ohio State, o safety Dillon Thieneman, de Oregon, e o offensive lineman Kadyn Proctor, do Alabama, na primeira rodada do Draft da NFL de 2026. As sugestões vêm de fontes da liga e destacam alternativas aos wide receivers frequentemente associados ao time. Nenhum dos prospectos visitou Pittsburgh para reuniões pré-draft, embora os Steelers tenham se encontrado com Thieneman e McDonald no NFL Combine.

Pittsburgh tem sido frequentemente conectado a wide receivers no início do draft, mas La Canfora, escrevendo para o Sports Boom, indicou que os Steelers podem buscar outras opções com base em informações de fontes da liga. A equipe não realizou visitas formais pré-draft com McDonald, Thieneman ou Proctor, uma mudança em relação ao padrão do general manager Omar Khan de selecionar escolhas de primeira rodada que visitaram as instalações anteriormente. Caso os Steelers selecionem um wide receiver, La Canfora mencionou o WR Jordyn Tyson como uma possibilidade, que também não visitou o time. Thieneman poderia atender às necessidades na posição de safety, após a visita pré-draft dos Steelers com Emmanuel McNeil-Warren. McDonald oferece capacidade de parar o jogo terrestre como um potencial nose tackle, permitindo que Keeanu Benton se mova para defensive end em meio às dificuldades de Pittsburgh contra o jogo corrido desde o final de 2024. Proctor oferece versatilidade como tackle ou guard, preenchendo lacunas após a saída de Isaac Seumalo na free agency e com Broderick Jones e Dylan Cook enfrentando incertezas contratuais. La Canfora observou pouco burburinho anterior em torno desses nomes para Pittsburgh, sugerindo que a equipe pode estar mantendo seus interesses em sigilo. É improvável que Thieneman chegue à escolha nº 21, assim como Proctor, mas McDonald parece ser o mais acessível do trio.

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