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stillers4me
04-24-2011, 03:34 PM
With the second installment of the Pittsburgh Steelers Draft Back In Time (http://www.steelerschronicle.com/2011/04/pittsburgh-steelers-back-in-time-rating-the-2010-nfl-draft.html/) series, we’re going to be taking a look at the 2009 NFL Draft, which wasn’t exactly the best of drafts that one has come to expect from the team, but also helped out at at least two separate positions in two separate rounds.


It was a draft that would see the Steelers having no second round pick, but that may or may not have worked out for the better, as you’ll read about soon.

http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/2011/writers/don_banks/01/26/nfl.insider/mike-wallace.getty.jpgAnd on a sour note, notice the picture to the left, wouldn’t it have been oh so much more satisfying to have that winning touchdown catch against the Green Bay Packers to have been in Super Bowl XLIII? What’s that? Sour grapes? Nah, just contemplating is all.

Round One: Evander ‘Ziggy’ Hood, Defensive End, Missouri
Steelers Chronicle Grade: B............

Read more @ http://www.steelerschronicle.com/2011/04/pittsburgh-steelers-back-in-time-rating-the-2009-nfl-draft.html/#more-589