Only three players selected in the third round started all 16 games last season, providing somewhat long odds that the Steelers found a Day One starter with pick No.
Finney has the most experience of the team’s other centers, but didn’t play there at all in 2020 after recording 318 snaps in 2019 with the Steelers.
Turning to a third-round rookie with limited other options was something of a risky move, and one of the reasons that the Steelers’ 2021 NFL Draft class go so-so grades from evaluators.