2019 NFL Draft: 1st Round Pittsburgh Steelers news, updates and open thread

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Apr 2019

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The Pittsburgh Steelers will select 20th overall in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft. Sit back and enjoy the festivities with your fellow fans.

Well, Day 1 of the 2019 NFL Draft is finally here!! No more mock drafts. No more breakdowns. No more educated guesses. No more scenarios.

No, it is time to sit back and see who the Pittsburgh Steelers select with their 20th overall first round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. Will it be a linebacker, or will they go with a cornerback? Could they surprise everyone and make a trade, or decide to take a tight end?

If you need information on the upcoming event, here is some solid stuff for you below:

Round 1:

Each team is allowed 10 minutes to make their selection.

Iconic former Pittsburgh defensive lineman Joe Greene will announce the Steelers first-round selection.

2019 NFL Draft Order:

The New England Patriots and New York Giants currently have the most selections in 2019 with 12 each, closely followed by the Cincinnati Bengals (11) and Pittsburgh Steelers (10). No team has less picks than the five selections the Seattle Seahawks hold, even after their trade of defensive end Frank Clark to the Kansas City Chiefs on Tuesday, a feat also matched by the Chicago Bears.

The Bears are also one of five teams without a first-round selection this year, along with the Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints, Cleveland Browns and Chiefs. The Oakland Raiders, Green Bay Packers, Seahawks and Giants are the only teams with multiple picks in round one.

Steelers draft picks in each round:

Pittsburgh holds 10 selections heading into the draft after receiving a third and fifth round picks from the Raiders for Antonio Brown and a sixth-round pick from the Cardinals for Marcus Gilbert this offseason. The Steelers also traded their seventh round selection to the Cleveland Browns as part of a deal for Sammie Coates that saw them receive a sixth round draft pick in 2018.

Their seventh round selection this year comes from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as part of the trade for J.J. Wilcox in 2017. The Steelers extra sixth-round pick (No.175 overall) comes as part of the trade for Ryan Switzer in 2018 that saw them send their 2019 fifth-round pick to Oakland in return. That selection has since been traded by the Raiders to the Buffalo Bills.