Pittsburgh Steelers staff in attendance at Missouri Pro Day

The Pittsburgh Steelers are racking up frequent flyer miles, and one coach in particular is really hitting the pavement hard — OLB coach Joey Porter.

Porter has the responsibility of helping the organization make the best decision possible in regards to making the selection everyone knows is coming, and that is which edge pass rusher will the team be selecting in the 2017 NFL Draft.

While Porter has seen many of the top-rated pass rushers in this year’s crop of players, his most recent stop was at the University of Missouri to get a glimpse of Charles Harris.

Harris has been linked to the Steelers in several analysts’ mock drafts, and he is one of many pass rushers who aren’t considered top tier players, but are in the back half of the group which could be available to the Steelers when they pick 30th in the first round of the selection process.

The Steelers are doing their homework on this very deep pass rushing class, but the tough decision they will have to face is finding a player in Rounds 1 and 2 who are NFL capable, and ready, their rookie season. The team was fortunate in doing so by drafting Artie Burns, Sean Davis and Javon Hargrave in Rounds 1-3, all which had a large role in the 2016 success of the Steelers.

With the draft just weeks away, a lot of these answers will become more clear in the near future.