There was a point last season after the Pittsburgh Steelers traded their 2020 first-round pick for safety Minkah Fitzpatrick where there was some question as to who actually won the trade. But as the season went on and the Steelers started to win thanks to the play of Fitzpatrick, those criticisms died out almost completely.
Now, as we go over the new one-round mock draft by our friends at Draft Wire it makes it even more clear just how much the Steelers won this trade with the Miami Dolphins.
In this mock, the Dolphins drafted Houston offensive tackle Josh Jones with the No. 18 overall pick. Jones is a solid player but he would be the fifth offensive tackle off the board. Fitzpatrick was an All-Pro last season in his second NFL season.
Even looking at the next handful of picks after Jones, you just don’t see anyone who brings the type of potential Fitzpatrick has already surpassed. The next safety off the board is Alabama’s Xavier McKinney who is nowhere near the player Fitzpatrick is.
