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b'Don\\u2019t sleep on the New England Patriots swooping in and scooping up Justin Fields, leaving the Steelers with Kyle Trask. That\\u2019s because the NFL is a literal arms race. It\\u2019s all about the passer. But here your Pittsburgh Steelers sit with a plethora of needs, eight picks in the NFL draft, the first of which is at slot 24. Quarterbacks abound in this draft, but the top five, including Fields, could be off the board in the first 10 to 12 picks. The clearest message the tight-lipped Steelers brass have communicated is that they do not want to trade up. They prefer holding onto their eight selections, including five in the top 140 slots of the draft. Fine, I guess. But this scenario leaves the Steelers with\\u2026 drum roll please... Kyle Trask out of Florida. That\\u2019s because I believe your favorite football team is going in looking for a live arm in the ultimate arms race that is the NFL. As for all those other positions Pittsburgh supposedly needs right now? All of them are shorter term. Nothing ensures a franchise\\u2019s long-term future like a franchise QB. Hence the name. When you realize this, drafting a passer must always be within arm\\u2019s reach of any team. Most especially, your soon-to-be-Big-Ben-less Steelers. Needless to say, a plethora of Pittsburgh draft predictions are flying fast and furiously as the seconds stick down to the Steelers being on the clock. We have all the latest and greatest Steelers\\u2019 scenarios for what could transpire in this draft-day edition of your Steelers Update Podcast. Plus, l\\u2019m rounding up all the late-breaking memes to tell this momentous Steelers\\u2019 draft story for Thursday\\u2019s Steelers column on PennLive. Do not miss it!\\xa0 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'