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Steelers Take Three OL Within First Five Picks For First Time Since 1976

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Entering the 2024 NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers very clearly had a plan in place to address the offensive line.

Consider that plan complete as the Steelers did something Saturday that hadn’t been done since the 1976 NFL Draft in franchise history: selecting an offensive lineman with three of the first five selections.

According to Michael Bertsch, the Communications Manager for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the selection of South Dakota State’s Mason McCormick at No. 119 overall in the fourth round helped the Steelers do something for the first time in 48 years.

Pittsburgh used three of its first five selections in the NFL Draft on offensive lineman for the first time since 1976 – (RAY PINNEY, C, Washington; JAMES FILES, C, McNeese State; RON CODER, G, Penn State)…#BertschyBits https://t.