Without any significant needs, the Pittsburgh Steelers had the freedom to select their top player on their board when they went on the clock with the No. 49 pick overall. The front office decided to make a position of strength a little stronger with the selection of former Notre Dame wide receiver Chase Claypool.
Here are four things the pick means for the Steelers.
More four-wide receiver sets
Where Claypool can excel in the NFL is by taking advantage of mismatches. There’s no better way to get a guy who is 6-foot-4 and nearly 240 pounds into a favorable matchup is to force a sub-package defender to try and cover him. With JuJu Smith-Schuster, Diontae Johnson and James Washington to spread things out, Claypool could really exploit those looks.