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With the 2022 NFL Draft only three days away, things are about to get serious for the Pittsburgh Steelers and all of the teams across the NFL. In the coming days teams will finalize their draft boards, and try to go over every situation that might arise whether it’s trading up, down, or staying put. Something that a majority of NFL teams do is try to simulate who might be picked by which team until it’s their turn. It’s commonly known as a Mock Draft.
As everyone knows that’s been following along there is a new Mock Draft dropping about every 10 minutes from the time the regular season ends until the draft begins. Then as soon as the draft is over someone is putting out a ‘way too early’ Mock Draft for the next season. It’s an incredible phenomenon that’s gotten bigger and bigger each off-season.
During the Steelers pre-draft press conference today, Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert, and Head Coach Mike Tomlin said that the Steelers stopped doing Mock Drafts as an organization sometime between 10 and 12 years ago. Instead the team builds a list, and in this years case, a list of 20 prospects because they pick at #20 in the first round. They then go down the list as who they would take if they picked #1, #2, #3 all the way to their pick. Thus giving them a list of their top 20 choices.
Colbert also noted that the team considers what type of player that may be trading away when it comes to dealing future picks. He specially mentioned the names of Emmanuel Sanders, and Antonio Brown when it comes to players they may be unknowingly trading away should they deal a third and sixth round pick to another team.
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Everyone always laughs at how quickly the Steelers run up to the board with their selection when it’s their time to pick. But understanding what they do and how they rank the players is why they’re able to do that. It’s a pretty cut and dry process for Pittsburgh it seems. While other organizations may be indecisive on two players, the Steelers aren’t when it comes to the first round at least.
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As everyone knows that’s been following along there is a new Mock Draft dropping about every 10 minutes from the time the regular season ends until the draft begins. Then as soon as the draft is over someone is putting out a ‘way too early’ Mock Draft for the next season. It’s an incredible phenomenon that’s gotten bigger and bigger each off-season.
During the Steelers pre-draft press conference today, Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert, and Head Coach Mike Tomlin said that the Steelers stopped doing Mock Drafts as an organization sometime between 10 and 12 years ago. Instead the team builds a list, and in this years case, a list of 20 prospects because they pick at #20 in the first round. They then go down the list as who they would take if they picked #1, #2, #3 all the way to their pick. Thus giving them a list of their top 20 choices.
Colbert also noted that the team considers what type of player that may be trading away when it comes to dealing future picks. He specially mentioned the names of Emmanuel Sanders, and Antonio Brown when it comes to players they may be unknowingly trading away should they deal a third and sixth round pick to another team.
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Everyone always laughs at how quickly the Steelers run up to the board with their selection when it’s their time to pick. But understanding what they do and how they rank the players is why they’re able to do that. It’s a pretty cut and dry process for Pittsburgh it seems. While other organizations may be indecisive on two players, the Steelers aren’t when it comes to the first round at least.
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