The Terrible Take - Episode 1875 - April 22, 2026

Welcome 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

not 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.