Originally Posted by
Born2Steel
The big question for this draft is when will the run on QBs come. The prediction today is the Browns, Giants, Broncos, Jets, Cardinals, Bills, all should be looking in the first, with the Chargers, Saints, Bengals, and Redskins all as possible cherry pickers should a top rated QB fall to their pick. There could be 5 QB selections taken by the time the Steelers pick. With Ben announcing his return for next season, this is a very good thing since it allows more defenders to fall down the board. Add in at least 2 RBs, 1-2 TEs, 2-3 OL, and another 2-3 WRs, it could total up to 15 offensive players taken before the Steelers at 28. Making one of the coveted ILBs, OLBs, or Safeties that much more likely to fall to us. I don't see us grabbing a DT, or CB in the 1st this year either, so add in another possible 4-5 players off the board. This first round COULD play out very nicely for the Steelers his year again. I believe we hit gold with Shazier, Burns, and Watt. Dupree still remains to be played out fully, but 3 out of 4 is a winning trend.
Keep in mind the year that we took Bud, also produced Coates, Senquez, and Doran Grant as our first 4 picks. Not looking good for Bud to pan out. (Jesse James, LT Walton and Anthony Chickillo are the keepers from that draft)