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Labriola on the Steelers’ 2024 Draft Class

It’s a given. Every. Single. Time. Comparable to parents’ response when asked about their newborn. In the immediate aftermath of bringing a new draft class into the world, NFL general managers and coaches routinely sit behind microphones and they smile and gush when asked about the men who became the fruits of their three days of picking. Listen closely, and you might hear the strains of “Home On The Range” as background music.

“Where seldom is heard, a discouraging word, “And the skies are not cloudy all day.”

General Manager Omar Khan and Coach Mike Tomlin uttered no discouraging words when they met the media inside the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on April 27 after the Steelers finished picking/adding 7 players over the course of six rounds of the 2024 NFL Draft.

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