Is it really ever too early to start thinking about the NFL draft? We don’t think so, and neither do our friends over at Draft Wire. In face with less than two months to the start of the season, they put out their projection for the 2018 NFL draft order. And the good news is they don’t have the Pittsburgh Steelers picking No. 1 overall.

But they don’t have they picking No. 32 either. The guys at Draft Wire have Pittsburgh checking in as the third best team in the AFC behind the New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders once the playoffs shake out and land the No. 28 overall pick.

The youthful secondary will still be a question mark, but Big Ben should have the Pittsburgh offense humming yet again this year. If the core of this team stays healthy through the whole season, they could end up being the most formidable challengers to the Patriots at the top of the AFC.

You might be wondering who the Steelers took the last time they had the No. 28 pick. Well, this won’t exactly inspire hope, but it was all the way back in 1980 when Pittsburgh drafted quarterback Mark Malone out of Arizona State.

Malone went 21-24 as a starter in seven seasons with the Steelers. Let’s hope that if Pittsburgh gets that pick again they can do a bit better.