Welcome to the terrible take a mini podcast telling Steelers Nation what's on our mind.

I'm Josh Carney. One of the very best parts about the pre-draft process surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers

is the work that we do here at Steelers Depot,

tracking the front office personnel and coaches at Pro Days,

formal meetings at the combine,

and pre-draft visits to the South Side facility.

Over the years, it's helped give us a very clear understanding of which players and what positions

the Steelers are most likely to target each spring in the NFL draft.

This year, that process has seemingly never been clearer.

With a major need along the offensive line, the Steelers aren't hiding their intentions in the trenches, especially at the offensive tackle position.

Names like Georgia's Amarious Mims, Alabama's J.C. Latham, and Oregon States to Lisefuaga

are the three most likely first-round picks at the position. Simply based on the work

the Steelers have put in from a combine, pro day, and pre-draft meeting perspective.

A little under a month ago, I had a terrible take right here in this very form

saying that it appears as though Mims was the

clubhouse leader for the Steelers' likeliest first-round pick in April's draft.

Again, that came in mid-February. On Wednesday, news from the Pittsburgh

Post Cosette's Ray Fittopoldo, regarding the Steelers and Mims broke. Mims had a pre-draft visit with the Steelers.

Now he's not just a clubhouse leader. He's lapped the entire field.

The Hawking-Georgia product checks all the boxes that the Steelers like.

Athleticism. Power-5, and Sighs.

He also checks the important pre-draft process boxes,

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