Starting in the first round, when the Najee Harris pick was in as the previous draftee was still being announced, the Steelers did not mess around.
They had to have been "on the clock" less than any other team.
They clearly knew who they wanted.
Of course, whether or not the Steelers made the right choices won't be determined for months and, in some cases, not for a year or even two.
But on the surface, I don't mind what the Steelers did – or at least tried to do.
As usual, they went for Power 5 players.
Of their first six selections, half were from the SEC and half from the Big Ten.
There was also synergy with Texas A&M teammates, tackle Dan Moore Jr. and linebacker Buddy Johnson.
Moore is workout partners with guard Kendrick Green, and Johnson has butted heads with Harris.
Harris is clearly of high character, hosting a draft day party at an Oakland homeless shelter where he had spent time as a kid and is already looking into ways to help the community here.
Plus, he was the best – and most versatile - running back in the draft.
I had been all about the offensive line since last season ended, but Harris has won me over.
There was quite a bit of criticism surrounding Pat Freiermuth in the second round since tackle and center needed to be addressed.
Six tackles had gone off the board before the Steelers picked, four had gone in the first round, but Oklahoma center Creed Humphrey was available.
Yet, tight ends block, too — at least they're supposed to — so Freiermuth can help the run game, and he also doesn't drop passes.
"Baby Gronk" may not be the real thing, but he has a good chance to be a solid tight end for the next decade.
In Rounds 3 and 4 – or finally according to many – came the linemen.
Guard/center Green informed us that he is "a mean guy."
That's perfect.
Plus, he understands the Steelers legacy at the center position and is a Maurkice Pouncey fan.
Green has been working out with Moore, who seems too nice to be mean but assures us that he does have that coveted nasty streak.
By the way, it may be instructive that our friend Ramon Foster was among the nicest guys in that locker room, yet opponents knew not to mess with him on the football field.
I also have a feeling that, while he isn't Mike Munchak, new offensive line coach Adrian Klemm will be able to coach Green and Moore up.
As for the second fourth-round choice, I don't know much about Johnson, but as long as he has a stocking cap with his name on it, I'm willing to give him a chance.
Plus, I like the idea that he comes from an SEC school that isn't Alabama, LSU, or Georgia since that means he had to play against those future NFL players.
Not only were they quick on the trigger, but they also gave up a fourth-round pick in 2022 for a fifth-round choice this year to select defensive lineman Isaiahh Loudermilk.
There was not a ton of predraft buzz surrounding Loudermilk, but that didn't faze defensive line coach Karl Dunbar, who had the quote of the weekend.
"I come from the South," Dunbar said, "and they say that defensive linemen are like pretty women. There's not a lot of them, and everybody wants one.
"When you find a big guy, and you want to get him on your team that's what you do," adding that Loudermilk can play any spot on the DL.
Loudermilk has a strong basketball background, like Brett Keisel, who was a seventh-round pick.
If he turns out to be half as good as Keisel, that will make for a productive pick.
In the sixth round, the Steelers stayed Power 5 with Miami OLB Quincy Roche — although he actually started out at Temple after being under-recruited out of high school in Baltimore.
So yes, he was a Ravens fan, but he has already told his family to get all the purple out of the house.
Roche was also audibly irritated that he didn't get drafted earlier.
He will play with a sizable chip, so we know he will compete.
Mike Tomlin announced the seventh-round pick, Oklahoma cornerback Tre Norwood, not as a cornerback but as a "Swiss Army knife," so Norwood must have made some kind of impression on his potential coach.
The Steelers had better hope Norwood has some Mike Hilton in him, and in fact, Norwood said he knows all about Hilton and is most comfortable as a slot corner.
Finally, as if a Swiss Army knife wasn't enough, the Steelers went with a punter with their other seventh-round pick.
And not just a punter — a 263-pound punter!
Pressley Harvin III averaged 48 yards per punt, 51 yards against Pitt, but the key is he is also 5-11, 263 pounds!
I don't know about you, but I am always going to root for any player who makes me feel better about my physical.
So how did the Steelers do?
Even Tomlin doesn't know for sure.
"I can't think of a last day of a draft when I haven't been excited," Tomlin said, just before huddling with his personnel people to pursue free agents.
The unspoken part of that is that for every Cam Heyward and T.J. Watt, there is a Jarvis Jones and an Artie Burns.
A year ago at this time, we may have thought Chase Claypool would be OK, but we really had no idea he'd be as good as he was right away.
I don't believe any of us knew that Alex Highsmith or Kevin Dotson would prove to be NFL-ready so soon.
If the Steelers are going to contend this season, they will need Harris to be an even better rookie than Claypool.
Freiermuth has to be an NFL player from the jump.
Green needs to beat out J.C. Hassenauer and B.J. Finney, and if Moore can push the tackles, all the better.
Anything else is a bonus.
And God bless the 263-pound punter!