No Steelers position in this young century has experienced more of a talent drain than wide receiver, and none has rebounded as quickly and with such ferocity.

The Steelers, who once expressed a philosophy under Tom Donahoe that receivers were a dime a dozen, have continued to put that into action under his successor, Kevin Colbert.

When it comes to finding diamonds in the rough, the Steelers have done as good a job as anyone in the NFL. They don’t just find them, they eventually let most of them go without so much as a contract offer and have someone ready to replace them, someone often better........

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