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Mojouw
05-08-2015, 08:36 AM
IF the Steelers were outmaneuvered on draft day for a trade up in round 2, this version of events makes a hell of a lot more sense than the Max Williams narrative.

http://www.steelersdepot.com/2015/05/panthers-not-ravens-outmaneuvered-steelers-on-draft-day/

Steelman
05-08-2015, 08:55 AM
Honestly I thought the trade-up hype was for Rowe, but looking back it must have definitely been for Collins. Tomlin had a crush on him all draft season.

hawaiiansteeler
05-08-2015, 04:03 PM
by Bob Labriola
Steelers.com

The Steelers never were going to pick a tight end in Round 2 of the NFL Draft.

If Ozzie Newsome truly believed he needed to vault the Steelers in the second round to pick Minnesota tight end Maxx Williams, then he wasted a fifth-round draft pick.

* The Steelers were not going to be in a situation where they had used their first two draft picks and not added a cornerback, and the selection of Bud Dupree in Round 1 had them singularly focused on the position when Day 2 of the draft dawned. Hours before the 7 p.m. picking was to begin, word had filtered out that the Steelers were one of the teams looking to trade up in the second round.

* The target was a cornerback – most likely Jalen Collins from LSU – and the Steelers thought they had a real chance at a deal with the St. Louis Rams, the owners of the ninth pick in the second round. As the Rams went on the clock, Carolina swept in and bowled them over with an offer that included swapping picks in the second round and throwing in a third and a sixth.

* Naturally, St. Louis went took it, and the Panthers picked Michigan wide receiver Devin Funchess. Carolina spent three draft picks on that guy? Not to be judgmental.

* Anyway, the Falcons followed with the 10th pick in the second round and used it on Collins, so at that point the Steelers’ calls to the teams above them looking for a trading partner were geared toward picking Senquez Golson. A cornerback.

* I understand the whole “we don’t draft for needs” philosophy, but there are times when roster reality must factor into these kinds of decisions, because this draft was going to be the Steelers’ last best chance to re-make their depth chart in the secondary.

* The decisions to move on from Ike Taylor and Troy Polamalu, to step away when the offer to Brice McCain was for the caliber of player the Steelers didn’t think he was, those decisions could be made more easily if the second part of the equation involved utilizing premium draft picks to replenish the position. You don’t do that by going linebacker-tight end on the first two rounds of the draft.

* All due respect to Maxx Williams, but you don’t go tight end in Round 2 after you’ve gone linebacker in Round 1 even if the tight end is John Mackey. Maxx Williams is not John Mackey.

http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/On-opening-in-NE-Ravens-draft-drops/7d8984d1-ef36-4729-8864-b9ba46c60944