Best/Worst Colbert Pick All-Time

[DesertSteel]

What was the best and the worst Colbert pick of all time? I thought of this question when someone brought up the LS he drafted a few years back.

[st33lersguy]

Best pick: Ben. Won the franchise 2 Super Bowls. Also had no business being drafted where he was

Worst pick: Jarvis Jones. Set the defense back a few years and is one of the 1st round draft picks in Steelers history

[hawaiiansteeler]

worst -

off the top of my head:

1) Limas Sweed
2) Jarvis Jones
3) Artie Burns

[DesertSteel]

I’m thinking...

Best: Ben/Troy tie
Worst: Jarvis Jones

[hawaiiansteeler]

not sure we can give Colbert the credit for picking Ben.

Colbert and Cowher were going to pick Shawn Andrews if Dan Rooney hadn't stepped in to convince them to select Ben instead.

[ThorndikeFFA]

Best: Troy
Worst: Burns

[Mojouw]

Fred Gibson. Cedric Hume.

[pczach]

I hope I didn't miss anyone, but the best draft picks based on value in no particular order since 2000:

Plaxico Burress 1st round
Marvel Smith 2nd round
Clark Haggans 5th round
Troy Polamalu 1st round
Ike Taylor 4th round
Brett Keisel 7th round
Ben Roethlisberger 1st round
Lawrence Timmons 1st round
LaMarr Woodley 2nd round
William Gay 5th round
Casey Hampton 1st round
Kendrell Bell 2nd round
Chris Hope 3rd round
Larry Foote 4th round
Heath Miller 1st round
Santonio Holmes 1st round
Mike Wallace 3rd round
Keenan Lewis 3rd round
Antonio Brown 6th round
Maurkice Pouncey 1st round
Cam Heyward 1st round
David DeCastro 1st round
Kelvin Beachum 7th round
Le'Veon Bell 2nd round
Vince Williams 6th round
Stephon Tuitt 2nd round
Ryan Shazier 1st round
Javon Hargrave 3rd round
TJ Watt 1st round
JuJu Smith-Schuster 2nd round
Bud Dupree 1st round
Martavis Bryant 4th round
Emmanuel Sanders 3rd round
Willie Colon 4th round
Chris Kemoeatu 6th round

A little early, but looking good:


Devin Bush 1st round
Diontae Johnson 3rd round
Cam Sutton 3rd round
Chase Claypool 2nd round
Alex Highsmith 3rd round
Keven Dotson 4th round

I just wanted to list all the players that I believe were and are quality players at an excellent value, even if they didn't spend most of their career with the Steelers.

[FrancoLambert]

Best: Troy

Worst: Jarvis Jones

[teegre]

Best: Jon Kuhn

Worst: Ben Roethlisberger

[Lloydwoodsonjr]

Best value: AB

Worst value: Jarvis Jones edges out Artie Burns and Xavier Rhodes was such an obvious Steelers type corner to pass on

[pczach]

Here's and article on this very subject through 2018.

https://wholeninesports.com/2019/04/...draft-history/

[Born2Steel]

Best: I hope it has yet to happen but for this conversation, TP43.

Worst: Gerod Hollimon

[Hawkman]

Here's and article on this very subject through 2018.

https://wholeninesports.com/2019/04/...draft-history/

They should just have named him Vernon Haynes. Even announcers couldn’t get Verron right. Spell check still wants to make it Vernon.

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I hope I didn't miss anyone, but the best draft picks based on value in no particular order since 2000:

Plaxico Burress 1st round
Marvel Smith 2nd round
Clark Haggans 5th round
Troy Polamalu 1st round
Ike Taylor 4th round
Brett Keisel 7th round
Ben Roethlisberger 1st round
Lawrence Timmons 1st round
LaMarr Woodley 2nd round
William Gay 5th round
Casey Hampton 1st round
Kendrell Bell 2nd round
Chris Hope 3rd round
Larry Foote 4th round
Heath Miller 1st round
Santonio Holmes 1st round
Mike Wallace 3rd round
Keenan Lewis 3rd round
Antonio Brown 6th round
Maurkice Pouncey 1st round
Cam Heyward 1st round
David DeCastro 1st round
Kelvin Beachum 7th round
Le'Veon Bell 2nd round
Vince Williams 6th round
Stephon Tuitt 2nd round
Ryan Shazier 1st round
Javon Hargrave 3rd round
TJ Watt 1st round
JuJu Smith-Schuster 2nd round
Bud Dupree 1st round
Martavis Bryant 4th round
Emmanuel Sanders 3rd round
Willie Colon 4th round
Chris Kemoeatu 6th round

A little early, but looking good:


Devin Bush 1st round
Diontae Johnson 3rd round
Cam Sutton 3rd round
Chase Claypool 2nd round
Alex Highsmith 3rd round
Keven Dotson 4th round

I just wanted to list all the players that I believe were and are quality players at an excellent value, even if they didn't spend most of their career with the Steelers.

I don’t think I ever realized that Keisel was a 7th round pick. I’m so glad we had him. He is a Steelers through and through.

[W&M_Steeler]

not sure we can give Colbert the credit for picking Ben.

Colbert and Cowher were going to pick Shawn Andrews if Dan Rooney hadn't stepped in to convince them to select Ben instead.

What is the source for the Shawn Andrews story? I have seen this alleged before, but I don't think I've ever seen a source for it. Is it true, or is it just Steelers' fan lore?

Ben and Troy are the Colbert era's best picks. AB is honorable mention, but his departure soured it.

Jarvis and Burns are the worst picks- clear first-round busts that derailed the defensive rebuild (and I think cost the Steelers a real shot at a Super Bowl in the latter half of the 2010s). Alonzo Jackson, Senquez Golson, and Ziggy Hood are honorable mentions.

[86WARD]

Best was Antonio Brown
Worst was Jarvis Jones

[tube517]

What is the source for the Shawn Andrews story? I have seen this alleged before, but I don't think I've ever seen a source for it. Is it true, or is it just Steelers' fan lore?

Ben and Troy are the Colbert era's best picks. AB is honorable mention, but his departure soured it.

Jarvis and Burns are the worst picks- clear first-round busts that derailed the defensive rebuild (and I think cost the Steelers a real shot at a Super Bowl in the latter half of the 2010s). Alonzo Jackson, Senquez Golson, and Ziggy Hood are honorable mentions.

Dan Rooney himself wrote about it in his book

[Hawkman]

Best-Troy
Worst-Sweed

[pczach]

Best: Jon Kuhn

Worst: Ben Roethlisberger

Obviously....

[W&M_Steeler]

Dan Rooney himself wrote about it in his book

That's a pretty damn good source.

[Fire Goodell]

It’s Polamalu doo dooo doo doo

[86WARD]

Best was Antonio Brown
Worst was Jarvis Jones

Changing worst to Burns. It was just not necessary to take Burns in that spot. It was a reach for need and a player that wasn’t worth the spot to start with.

[pczach]

They should just have named him Vernon Haynes. Even announcers couldn’t get Verron right. Spell check still wants to make it Vernon.

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I don’t think I ever realized that Keisel was a 7th round pick. I’m so glad we had him. He is a Steelers through and through.

Keisel was a huge bargain and a terrific player for a long time here. He was a perfect fit here schematically and from a personality standpoint. Great dude, great teammate, great in the community.

A real homerun late in the draft.

[Hawkman]

I’m adding to my worst that most haven’t even thought about. Do to all the bitching and moaning that, this and every other Steelers chat board did, the organization decided to do something about the OL. In a three year period, they drafted in early rounds Gilbert, Pouncey, DeCastro,......and......wait for it......Mike Adams, right after DeCastro. He got benched, started, and benched again. He was so bad they brought Max back. He was out of the NFL in three years. Round 2 from OSU, you would think we would have the best OL. 2 first and 2 seconds on the OLine. Thank goodness Max was decent. I don’t blame that on Colbert.

[El-Gonzo Jackson]

Best: I hope it has yet to happen but for this conversation, TP43.

Worst: Gerod Hollimon

Oh, you have to be playin. Wasnt Holliman a 7th round pick or something? Sure, he sucked but with relative value I would say that Tony Hills in the 4th or Bruce Davis in the 3rd are worse. Maybe Dri Archer in the 3rd is worse than wherever they got Benny Snell at RB.

I still think it was Jarvis Jones as worse. I could see on tape he just hustled and was all effort, but no athleticism, even Gil Brandt trashed Jones. Artie Burns was all athleticism but no technique or discipline, although a lot of pundits had him highly ranked.

Trading up for Troy is a baller move.

[RunNGun]

Best picks
1. Ben
2. Troy

Worst picks
1. Jarvis Jones
2. Limas Sweed

Best steals
1. AB 6th rd.
2. Ike Taylor 4th rd.
3. Brett Kiesel 7th rd.

[tube517]

Best: Danny Sepulveda

Worst: The Flowering Branch at TE

Haley Special: Dri Archer, Baron Batch, Chris Rainey

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Best: Jon Kuhn

Worst: Ben Roethlisberger

Winner! 2 HOF'ers there

[steelcityboyz]

Best- TJ Troy Ben

Worst- Senquez Golson Jarvis Jones

[DesertSteel]

Best- TJ Troy Ben

Worst- Senquez Golson Jarvis Jones

I think Golson was more bad luck than bad pick.

[Born2Steel]

Oh, you have to be playin. Wasnt Holliman a 7th round pick or something? Sure, he sucked but with relative value I would say that Tony Hills in the 4th or Bruce Davis in the 3rd are worse. Maybe Dri Archer in the 3rd is worse than wherever they got Benny Snell at RB.

I still think it was Jarvis Jones as worse. I could see on tape he just hustled and was all effort, but no athleticism, even Gil Brandt trashed Jones. Artie Burns was all athleticism but no technique or discipline, although a lot of pundits had him highly ranked.

Trading up for Troy is a baller move.

I agree there are many picks that turned into worse picks. But those picks at least made sense when they got selected. Holliman was a wasted throwaway of a pick. Sort of like Colbert was surprised he had one more pick to make. Sort of like that longsnapper pick a couple drafts ago. What was his name....?

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I think Golson was more bad luck than bad pick.

Yep Golson just couldn't get through TC without a season ending injury. Bad luck, bad feet and ankles.