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Run on WRs pushed QBs down

Once upon a time, NFL teams that made moves up in the first round of a draft generally did so to pick a quarterback. Once upon a time, an NFL Draft was defined by the number of quarterbacks drafted in the first round and how high those selections were made.

Luckily for the Steelers, and especially their fans who were laser-focused on the team adding a quarterback to replace the retired Ben Roethlisberger, the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft was all about the wide receivers.

When the first round concluded with the Minnesota Vikings selecting Georgia safety Lewis Cine, six of the first 32 picks were wide receivers; on two separate occasions teams traded up in the round to get into position to pick a wide receiver; and the two trades executed on April 28 that involved active NFL players both

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