Hater = Realist
Well, that's the thing. If we didn't need a QB, say we already had a franchise QB that was about 28 years old. Do we still draft Ben? We probably would have went with another position.
To be clear, I consider Timmons a way better "athlete" than Ben. In fact, Ben would never be drafted under a strict adherence to Best Possible "Athlete".
All the mock drafts that I've read always take into consideration what positions need to be filled. If not, we would probably draft a Linebacker or CB/Safety, WR or RB in the first round of every draft. In my mind they are the best "athletes" on the field.
BPA would have RGIII ahead of Luck, everyday of the week.
I wonder how Steelers fans would feel now if we had taken Burfict in the later rounds last year. Even with his problems causing him to go undrafted he was still rated a first round grade by some experts and had a very solid rookie year for Cincy.
To a lesser degree this is what happened with Adams and why we ended up getting two first round grade linemen with our first two picks.
Also, I am curious if Te'o has a history of nuttyness or is this incident more of an exception and something that just spun out of control.
"With love, with patience, and with Faith
....She'll make her way" ~ Natalie Merchant
Of course.
However I do think there is a tendency to focus on the most athletic players (all other things being relatively equal) because of the belief they may have a greater likelihood of developing into a starter or solid back given a given a couple years to develop.
"With love, with patience, and with Faith
....She'll make her way" ~ Natalie Merchant
My apologies. I don't know why I started thinking BPA was best possible athlete.
Agree Jesse Williams is the best NT for Steelers. First Round pick at 17 for Steelers in order of preference:
#47 Ansah! Nuff said.
Eddie Lacey. With a much sounder "O" Line, he will add years to Benb's longevity.
Jessie Williams. Strongest guy around & will eat space.
I think it is a perfect trade down scenario this year. The 4 worst teams all need QBs but Geno Smith or Matt Barkely are not worth that high of draft pick. A trade down from 17 to 33 to 36 should net an additional high 3rd and 4th rounder as well as getting the a player that falls out of 1st round. Getting 10 picks this year would help in the reloading process, especially if 5 of those players are in the Top 100.
Obviously 10 rookies won't make next year's team.
Who are the Replacements for Foote, Hampton, Foster, and Starks, if they are not re-signed?
Who is Wallace, Keenan Lewis and Mendenhall's starters in waiting?
Will these back ups whose contracts expired be future starters? Mundy, Will Allen, Legursky
The Starters in waiting succession plan as I see it is
Foote>>>Spence, if healed, or is he better as a backup to Timmons? Sylvester???If they are not thumpers then we need one.
Hampton>>>McLendon, TaAmu, Fangupo
Foster>>>DeCastro takes this spot now who is his back up? Beachum?
Starks>>>Gilbert or Adams now who are there back ups? Beachum?
Now lets talk about Wallace, Mendenhall, and Keenan Lewis. Lewis may be the only probability of signing but if not Cortez Allen looked pretty good in packages. Wallace is clearly a #1 receiver. Brown and Sanders are good but do not stretch he field. Are you comfortable that Cotchery or Gilreath is the starter in waiting?
Mendenhall may be back on the cheap but Dwyer and Redman did not look like game changers.
Do you think Cotchery, Harrison and Colon will not be Cap casualties?
Worilds may be the starter.
Does Gilreath take over if Cotchery is a casualty as the number 3 WR?
Does Beachum take Colon's spot?
Are you comfortable with Robert Golden replacing Clark or Polamalu within the next few years or are 2 rookies needed to play special teams and learn the system for a little while before starting? We will need at least 1 or re sign Mundy or Allen as starters in waiting.
Now knowing how many free agents we sign each off season and looking at our starters in waiting, how many new rookies are on the 53 next year?
At minimum......New starters in waiting needed for WR, RB, ILB, SS
Possibly More starters in waiting
FS if Golden is not the answer for Clark
OLB if Worilds is not the answer
OLB if Carter is not the answer for Woodley. I hope Woodley can stay healthy.
CB if Curtis Brown is not the answer for Ike Taylor
DE if Heyward is not the answer for Keisel
The maths been done
http://www.steelersdepot.com/2012/12...y-cap-numbers/
My fix would be dump Woodleys overated ass and start Worilds
"It comes with the Territory" - Floyd 'Money' Mayweather
Sanders ran a 4.41 forty at the combine ...here is the write up on him directly afterwards.
We have not utilized him in that capacity ...yet. But that doesnt mean he cant do it if asked.He shows excellent acceleration off the line and can stretch the secondary down the seam with his vertical speed.
http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/...ders?id=497322
"I believe the game is designed to reward the ones who hit the hardest. If you can't take it, you shouldn't play"
-- Jack Lambert --
A trade down would be great but that's usually tough to do.
I would love to see Jarvis Jones drop to us as some mocks are showing but I just don't believe that it'll happen.
If Jones isn't there, I'd love to get Ogletree.
a LOT of player adjustments are being made on boards around the league and many many more " fine tuning " will be done got a couple looks at Brad Sorenson's stock and it is on the rise from a few months ago a 5th round guy to now some boards ( draft sites ) have him sneaking into the 3rd round hell at this rate ( if those sites are close to correct ) a solid combine and he may be off the board before we pick in the second round lol .......
it is just hard to say where some guys will go considering all it takes is 1 team to fall in love but myself this is the time to get a longer harder look at game tape than it is to worry about the combine ( and for whatever reason ) that will have more effect than what a great game or horrible game here or there will ... for me it is more about what they did on the field of play vs other guys trying to stop them than what they do in shorts and a T Shirt in Indy ( but watch guys go shooting up mock draft boards based on Indy ) I want football player not track stars ...do it in pads and then I am impressed !
BigC ( Curtis Popejoy ) from Draftbardinsider and now rant sports pre combine mock http://www.rantsports.com/nfl/2013/0...fl-mock-draft/
if you are unfamiliar with Curt he has been on many local espn affiliates in the past talking the draft , is a co founder of my old board and a long time internet friend who is a noteworthy draft guru that his 5 year mock averages are well documented and is top 25 in the nation over that span http://www.thehuddlereport.com/index...ftscores.shtml
just thought I would add this for some perspective