The Terrible Take - Episode 1875 - April 22, 2026

0:00Welcome to the Terrible Take at Ali Segment telling Steelers Nation what's on our mind, an Alex Cazora. This will be my final Terrible Take before the Pittsburgh Steelers make their first round selection Thursday night. The big question in my mind will Pittsburgh break their golden rule. One that says the first round selection has been and will continue to be a prospect either brought in for a pre-draft visit or someone a decision maker in this case Omar Khan and Mike McCarthy saw at a pro day. Every pick since at least 2010 is fallen into one of those two buckets and in the three years with Khan as GM all have come in for visits. In my final Steelers mock draft I broke that rule. I mocked Indiana wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr who checks neither box. It's a stretch one I did not expect to originally make but his connections to wide receivers coach Adam Henry and Frank Signetti Jr being on Pittsburgh staff told me a visit was

1:01not mandatory. Time will tell if that was the right call if history continues and Cooper will not be the pick. It'll be someone like Denzel Boston or Van Gogh Yawane. It's been a season of changes beginning with the head coach and maybe ending with the first rounder coming from a different pool than any time in recent memory. Enjoy the draft everyone. Be sure to follow us at SteelersDepot.com and check out episodes of The Terrible Take every day at 5 p.m. Eastern Time and check out the Terrible Podcasts with myself and Dave Bryan every Monday Wednesday and Friday.