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Locked On Steelers – Daily Podcast On The Pittsburgh Steelers

Steelers' Secret NFL Draft Plan to Snag Playmaker DB? | Dexter Lawrence Trade Hurts Top WR Chances?

Locked On Steelers – Daily Podcast On The Pittsburgh Steelers

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4.6742 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The Steelers made it clear their top pre-draft research was into wide receivers and offensive linemen. But could their plan for an early pick be a secret plan to get a defensive back?

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0:00.0

Big trades are happening and the Steelers are still lining up their moves.

0:04.6

Where should they go if they go defense early?

0:06.8

We talk about that on the Locked-on Steelers podcast.

0:09.1

We got Mike DeFabo on today.

0:10.3

I'm your host, Chris Carter.

0:11.3

Let's get into it.

0:17.8

You are Locked-on Steelers, your daily Pittsburgh Steelers podcast, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.

0:33.7

Hello and welcome to the Locked on Steelers podcast.

0:36.2

I'm your host, Chris Carter, Biggie you, your daily dose of all things on the Pittsburgh Steelers. As always, you can find

0:39.8

the show your favorite podcasting on YouTube, like this video if you enjoy, subscribe to this channel to get all of your daily Monday through Friday episodes. As I said before, we're joined by the man himself, Mike DeFabo. He's back from the athletic. We love having Mike on.

0:52.2

He's their Steelers Beat Rider there.

0:54.1

We got a lot to discuss here today.

0:55.9

We got our final mock draft Monday winner of the athletic. We love having Mike on. He's their Steelers beat rider there. We got a lot to discuss here today. We got our final mock draft Monday winner of the year. Big trade from the Bengals. They get Dexter Lawrence. We'll talk about the impact of that, not just for them in the AFC North, but also into the draft planning because the Giants now have two picks inside the top 10. But lead thing we want to lead

1:11.3

off here today. We got a chance to finally talk to the Steelers coordinators. And we'll get some more

1:15.1

to that as the offseason progresses, but it's draft week. And I wanted to pertain one response

1:20.2

that we got from Patrick Graham as it looks to how the Steelers could address defense early.

1:25.1

Mike, you've been mock drafting with the rest of us.

1:28.0

We've all been turning through all the players.

1:30.8

If the Steelers were to go defense instead of offense early at some point,

1:36.6

where are the key things that you're looking at that would be the key needs and also

1:41.4

like the key positions that you like the most in this draft class.

1:44.9

Yeah, if they're going on the defensive side of the ball, I think safety could be in early

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