Remember when Steelers fans were mad about...

[stillers4me]

...taking WR in the second round of the draft?

They grow up so fast. :bounce:

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[Hawkman]

You just gotta love the guy. I hope he’s a Steeler for life.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Watching the playoffs last year pretty much showed us that we didn't have a single WR on the team that could be counted on consistently after AB. The need was there, even with Bryant coming back. I didn't know anything about JuJu when we drafted him but I'm sure glad that we did.

[stillers4me]

The Killer B's : Ben, Brown, Bell, Boswell, Bryant, Bince, and JuJubee #HereWeGo (https://twitter.com/hashtag/HereWeGo?src=hash)https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags/NFL_2017_PITSteelers_v2/NFL_2017_PITSteelers_v2.png (https://twitter.com/hashtag/HereWeGo?src=hash)

[stillers4me]

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[tube517]

Yeah, twitter had a meltdown over Juju's pick.

I can't find the draftday round 2 thread in this forum. :chuckle:

[Fire Goodell]

I wasn't mad, I'm a supporter of drafting the BPA. It's won us championships! After all, we weren't in need of a QB when Ben dropped to us. That worked out well

[steelreserve]

I don't think I was mad at anyone except Bryant and Coates about that pick. Nice that it worked out a well as it did, though.

[teegre]

Bryant and Coates HATED the pick...

[86WARD]

I only remember the Bryant/Coates play fight...I don’t remember anyone being upset

[El-Gonzo Jackson]

I only remember the Bryant/Coates play fight...I don’t remember anyone being upset

Agreed, anybody that remembers ending last season with Cobi Hamilton and Demarcus Ayers playing WR, should not have been upset with the JuJu pick. Personally, I thought it was a great pick.

[Edman]

The AFC Championship game last year exposed the Steelers' biggest weaknesses.

No reliable backup after AB, and a crappy secondary.

[Steel 36 Bus]

Being A lifelong ND fan and watching this guy kill the Irish every time he played them. I knew Juju was good. although I didn't expect him to take off like he did. But he is doing the same thing for Steelers he did for SC. although there he was returner as well and scored td's. reading the comments after he was picked was hilarious. as most had no clue other than reading scouting reports which are not always accurate.

[stillers4me]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6knv1w5iLjQ&feature=youtu.be

[pczach]

Yeah, twitter had a meltdown over Juju's pick.

I can't find the draftday round 2 thread in this forum. :chuckle:



Here it is! http://www.steelersuniverse.com/forums/showthread.php/27002-The-official-2017-NFL-Draft-(rounds-2-amp-3)-DISCUSSION-thread/page11

The pick came on page 11 of this thread I linked above.

[polamalubeast]

In hindsight, our depth at the WR position before the season or before the draft was the most overrated thing of this team ....

[teegre]

Here it is! http://www.steelersuniverse.com/forums/showthread.php/27002-The-official-2017-NFL-Draft-(rounds-2-amp-3)-DISCUSSION-thread/page11

The pick came on page 11 of this thread I linked above.

Good find.

What is interesting is the consensus among most of us about Cameron Sutton and Desmond King being good CBs. As the season draws to a close, we were right. Yeah, us!!!

[pczach]

Good find.

What is interesting is the consensus among most of us about Cameron Sutton and Desmond King being good CBs. As the season draws to a close, we were right. Yeah, us!!!


That was awesome just talking draft with a bunch of good guys that know their players and try to break down the skills of each player and how they fit. It was great as many of you called it as each team picked because you knew other team's needs and the players available. As is always the case, you gave a lot of input and were all over it. You and SecondaryConcerns were two of the mainstays.

As usual, I think I aged about 5 years over the couple days of the draft! :chuckle:

I went through the whole thread again. I was laughing my ass off at a lot of the comments!:sofunny:

That was truly fun for me. I know you feel the same way.

[teegre]

That was awesome just talking draft with a bunch of good guys that know their players and try to break down the skills of each player and how they fit. It was great as many of you called it as each team picked because you knew other team's needs and the players available. As is always the case, you gave a lot of input and were all over it. You and SecondaryConcerns were two of the mainstays.

As usual, I think I aged about 5 years over the couple days of the draft! :chuckle:

I went through the whole thread again. I was laughing my ass off at a lot of the comments!:sofunny:

That was truly fun for me. I know you feel the same way.

Draft day is one of my favorite days... and not just for the draft (it’s the discussions & comradery).

(btw: you nailed the Brian Allen pick.)

[pczach]

Draft day is one of my favorite days... and not just for the draft (it’s the discussions & comradery).

(btw: you nailed the Brian Allen pick.)


Thanks brother.

Even a blind squirrel...........:flap:

[Mojouw]

Well....I definitely was wrong about Juju. Can’t separate and immature. That’s a solid call right there!!


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[st33lersguy]

He is awesoms

[Psycho Ward 86]

happy to eat my crow big time on this one

[pczach]

Well....I definitely was wrong about Juju. Can’t separate and immature. That’s a solid call right there!!


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Don't beat yourself up about it. That's what the evaluation process is all about. Everybody.....and I mean everybody has players that they are dead wrong about.

You were big enough to admit you were wrong about him. There's no shame in that.

[tube517]

Here it is! http://www.steelersuniverse.com/forums/showthread.php/27002-The-official-2017-NFL-Draft-(rounds-2-amp-3)-DISCUSSION-thread/page11

The pick came on page 11 of this thread I linked above.

I had never heard of him but I don't watch much college football let alone the PAC 12. Good thing you watched him!

Happy I now know who he is. :chuckle:

[Mojouw]

Don't beat yourself up about it. That's what the evaluation process is all about. Everybody.....and I mean everybody has players that they are dead wrong about.

You were big enough to admit you were wrong about him. There's no shame in that.

Oh, for sure. It’s part of the fun for me with the draft. It’s such a crapshoot. I was certain Lima’s Sweed was gonna be great!!

I also was pumped about Shamarko!!

Glad to be wrong on Juju.


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[Psycho Ward 86]

Oh, for sure. It’s part of the fun for me with the draft. It’s such a crapshoot. I was certain Lima’s Sweed was gonna be great!!

I also was pumped about Shamarko!!

Glad to be wrong on Juju.


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Why the fuck was i pumped about Frank Summers

[Lady Steel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6knv1w5iLjQ&feature=youtu.be

Haha! JuJu is something else.

I noticed he got some ice cream on his left hand, licked it clean, then continued to make the person's ice cream without washing his hands. :lol:

[Hawkman]

Oh, for sure. It’s part of the fun for me with the draft. It’s such a crapshoot. I was certain Lima’s Sweed was gonna be great!!

I also was pumped about Shamarko!!

Glad to be wrong on Juju.


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Two years in and I was still pumped/hopeful about Shamarko.

[pczach]

I had never heard of him but I don't watch much college football let alone the PAC 12. Good thing you watched him!

Happy I now know who he is. :chuckle:



It doesn't really matter that I watched him and thought he would be a good player. It matters that the Steelers watched him and picked him!

I'm just a nobody behind a keyboard! :tongue1:

[teegre]

Two words:
Matt Elam

[pczach]

Oh, for sure. It’s part of the fun for me with the draft. It’s such a crapshoot. I was certain Lima’s Sweed was gonna be great!!

I also was pumped about Shamarko!!

Glad to be wrong on Juju.


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I was riding the Limas Sweed train too. I was convinced his size and speed would translate. Who knew he would blow a psychological gasket any time a football came near him?

Such is life evaluating football players.

[Mojouw]

Why the fuck was i pumped about Frank Summers
You were not alone.

Remember Fred Gibson? I loved that pick.

[El-Gonzo Jackson]

Two words:
Matt Elam

Yeah, I wish we would have taken him instead of Jarvis Jones, but in the end neither worked out in the league.

I'd say my biggest misjudgement over the years was Steven Jackson. He looked like a guy that ran so upright and he piled up big numbers against the lousy teams in the Pac10, but when they played any of the better teams he had pedestrian rushing games. Oh well, I thought we needed a WR and JuJu showed early in camp that he was gonna be solid.

[tube517]

You were not alone.

Remember Fred Gibson? I loved that pick.He was Sweed in Rogue One

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[El-Gonzo Jackson]

He was Sweed in Rogue One

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Not exactly, Gibson was the #2 WR at Georgia back then and a 4th round pick. Sweed was one of the all time WR leaders at Texas but was coming back from an injury, so the thought was he was devalued in the 2nd because of his injury.

The drag about Gibson, who never made the 53 was that I thought Chris Canty was a good fit for the 3-4 and the Steelers passed on him in the 4th to take Gibson. :doh:

[tube517]

Not exactly, Gibson was the #2 WR at Georgia back then and a 4th round pick. Sweed was one of the all time WR leaders at Texas but was coming back from an injury, so the thought was he was devalued in the 2nd because of his injury.

The drag about Gibson, who never made the 53 was that I thought Chris Canty was a good fit for the 3-4 and the Steelers passed on him in the 4th to take Gibson. :doh:I know I was just being sarcastic. There was a lot of excitement in a different forum for Gibson since he was tall and Plexiglass had just left

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[86WARD]

I was riding the Limas Sweed train too. I was convinced his size and speed would translate. Who knew he would blow a psychological gasket any time a football came near him?

Such is life evaluating football players.

I was on board with Sweed...and I’d be on board again if they drafted someone like that. He was really the only pick I liked in that disaster of a draft.

[tube517]

I was on board with Sweed...and I’d be on board again if they drafted someone like that. He was really the only pick I liked in that disaster of a draft.I think alot of Steeler fans were excited.

The sad low point was watching Sweed walk around on media day of Super Bowl XLV and nobody wanted to talk to him.

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[86WARD]

He does have that blocking highlight to fall back on...that was pretty...

[El-Gonzo Jackson]

I know I was just being sarcastic. There was a lot of excitement in a different forum for Gibson since he was tall and Plexiglass had just left

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You were being sarcastic?

https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/500x/54122151/i-feel-shocked.jpg

[tube517]

You were being sarcastic?

https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/500x/54122151/i-feel-shocked.jpg:rofl2:

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[ALLD]

JuJu is better than Bryant without all the drama. I would still keep Bryant.

[Steelermania]

I wasn't mad, I'm a supporter of drafting the BPA. It's won us championships! After all, we weren't in need of a QB when Ben dropped to us. That worked out well

Didn't need a QB? We were desperate for a QB. Ben is all everyone around here was talking about leading up to the draft. We knew he had a chance to fall to us, and he did.

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Here it is! http://www.steelersuniverse.com/forums/showthread.php/27002-The-official-2017-NFL-Draft-(rounds-2-amp-3)-DISCUSSION-thread/page11

The pick came on page 11 of this thread I linked above.

teegre, and pczach, take a bow!!!

[teegre]

Here’s how much I like the Limas Sweed pick...

If Sweed were available in the 2018 draft, I’d draft him again. :lol:

[86WARD]

Here’s how much I like the Limas Sweed pick...

If Sweed were available in the 2018 draft, I’d draft him again. :lol:

Lol. Same.

[pczach]

teegre, and pczach, take a bow!!!


What are you referring to?

[43Hitman]

Here’s how much I like the Limas Sweed pick...

If Sweed were available in the 2018 draft, I’d draft him again. :lol:


Lol. Same.

Yep, me too. :lol: I just knew he was going to get his head fixed and be dominate. Nope. :lol:

[tube517]

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