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stillers4me
04-21-2011, 04:57 AM
Football people hold two distinct philosophies when it comes to stocking teams with offensive tackles. One is to draft them in the first round whenever possible; the other is to ignore them in the first round, find them later and develop them.

For years, the Steelers have favored the latter and, while they have been quite successful as a team on the field, they've had only one Pro Bowl left tackle since the NFL merger in 1970, Marvel Smith -- and he made it once. The only other two to make it were right tackles -- Larry Brown (drafted as a tight end) once and Tunch Ilkin (drafted as a center) twice.

The Steelers have made no pretense about what they think of offensive tackles when it comes to drafting them. They have not drafted one in the first round in the past 15 years. They drafted only one left tackle in the first round since the 1970 NFL merger. They have drafted one tackle of any kind in the first round in the past four decades who turned out any good...............

read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11111/1140806-66.stm

Steeldude
04-21-2011, 10:50 AM
The Steelers have made no pretense about what they think of offensive tackles when it comes to drafting them. They have not drafted one in the first round in the past 15 years

and it shows

st33lersguy
04-21-2011, 11:51 AM
The Steelers will probably not find any value at pick 31 either