Draft discussion thread.

[SteelerAl]

Solid pick and a good complement to Heyward up front. I can't complain.

However, I'll say ONE thing: are they content with what they currently have at WR and CB? They seem to think so.

They will probably take 2 of each in rounds 3-7...

 

[steeltruckin]

They will probably take 2 of each in rounds 3-7...

IMO they probably think they have there top three WR so why take a wr early and he want get much playing time.

 

[Punxsutawney]

They will probably take 2 of each in rounds 3-7...

Perhaps so, but by not addressing either position early reflects the scale of confidence they have in the likes of Cortez Allen and Markus Wheaton.

I really like both players, but I think they may be expecting too much from them.

 

[freak]

Do you prefer reach for a cb now when a talent like tuitt that fill a need is there ????????????

 

[SteelerAl]

Do you prefer reach for a cb now when a talent like tuitt that fill a need is there ????????????

It's crazy how people on this board swear that the only way to draft is BPA and then there's a meltdown when we go with BPA over perceived need.

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

Damnit, Robinson is gone.

 

[Idioteque]

for those who forget. He was the true freshman who got thrust into the National Championship game for Texas vs Alabama when Colt McCoy got injured on the first series of the game. He did pretty well and had Texas close late. But of course, that had zero to do with the outcome, and to suggest otherwise is just being a hater.

No, telling us that Bama-Notre Dame was too close to call is being a hater. Telling us that OK State would have hung with Bama the previous year, same thing.

 

[Black & Gold Bleeder]

wtf
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[CharlesDavenport]

Weird pick in third round. Feels like a two year experiment that will fail or get killed in our AFC North battles.

I guess the front office didn't get the memo about CBs and WRs.

 

[skialta]

I won't ever watch a draft again

 

[CharlesDavenport]

Tomlin's last year I hope.

 

[Steel Not A Player]

Tomlin's last year I hope.

WTF are you talking about?

Super Bowl or bust!

The division is ripe, we've shored up our front 7 and gotten very young, and just added a tremendous weapon to our special teams.

We're short at WR and LT. But we've played well while weak at those positions before. The SeaCocks proved that defense does indeed win championships, and ours just got better.

I wish we had a real NT, but that's another discussion.

10 wins. Minimum. Tomlin wins another ring before his era ends. Write it down and remember where you heard it.

 

[skialta]

All this deepest cornerback/wr draft **** we were forced to believe was apparently solely to lube us up for not addressing either position till the 4th

 

[Bigappleyinzer]

WTF are you talking about?

Super Bowl or bust!

The division is ripe, we've shored up our front 7 and gotten very young, and just added a tremendous weapon to our special teams.

We're short at WR and LT. But we've played well while weak at those positions before. The SeaCocks proved that defense does indeed win championships, and ours just got better.

I wish we had a real NT, but that's another discussion.

10 wins. Minimum. Tomlin wins another ring before his era ends. Write it down and remember where you heard it.

Breh- where have you been? You are like a breath of fresh air!!!


Everyone else on this board is normally so doom and gloom. The last pick was so-so, but people are acting as if we picked a punter and not a guy with 4.26 kick returning speed in essentially the 4th round

 

[CharlesDavenport]

WTF are you talking about?

Super Bowl or bust!

The division is ripe, we've shored up our front 7 and gotten very young, and just added a tremendous weapon to our special teams.

We're short at WR and LT. But we've played well while weak at those positions before. The SeaCocks proved that defense does indeed win championships, and ours just got better.

I wish we had a real NT, but that's another discussion.

10 wins. Minimum. Tomlin wins another ring before his era ends. Write it down and remember where you heard it.

Love your optimism but I don't share it. This team is getting worse each year and the drafts have sucked under Tomlin.

 

[Steel Not A Player]

Love your optimism but I don't share it. This team is getting worse each year and the drafts have sucked under Tomlin.

I seem to remember Cowher AND Noll stinking it up from time to time. Football is cyclical. We're not ******* NE, they're not going to re-write the entire rule book just to suit our QB's strengths and weaknesses. We've gotta earn it EVERY SEASON.

And remember, we're one bad KC field goal away from the playoffs in 2013, and that's with every damn thing in the book going wrong the first half of the season.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Wexell says Steelers want nothing to do with Bryant.

 

[Idioteque]

and that's with every damn thing in the book going wrong the first half of the season.

Like losing to awful teams? Getting shredded by Matt Cassel? Was that all just bad luck?

 

[Steel Not A Player]

Like losing to awful teams? Getting shredded by Matt Cassel? Was that all just bad luck?

Where in there did I say anything about bad luck?

 

[Idioteque]

Where in there did I say anything about bad luck?

You said "everything went wrong" as though the first half was a fluke and our mediocre second half was a sign of great things to come.

Everything went wrong because we're a team with massive issues.

 

[Steel Not A Player]

You said "everything went wrong" as though the first half was a fluke and our mediocre second half was a sign of great things to come.

Everything went wrong because we're a team with massive issues.

Look.

I've lurked on this board long enough to know what the real deal is. A bunch of dudes over here hate Tomlin, so they root against everything he does, hope to lose, so they can hire a coach who's less...

...how shall I say...

...swarthy, in visage.

And that's fine. But I put the team first, not my like or dislike of staff members/players. Too many of you cats are just looking for something to hate on.

 

[Idioteque]

Oh, **** me. I forgot. I'm not actually a Steeler fan. And I'm racist. Because I see "massive issues."

Another awesome FNG has joined the ranks.

 

[antdrewjosh]

Lmao I like him.

 

[Steel Not A Player]

Oh, **** me. I forgot. I'm not actually a Steeler fan. And I'm racist. Because I see "massive issues."

Another awesome FNG has joined the ranks.

Why, because I'm not a hater?

What kind of fan hates on HIS OWN TEAM?

I'll tell you, the kind with an agenda. And alot of you have one. I don't. I just want my team to win, and I'm going to give my team the benefit of the doubt, rather than hating.

So push your bullshit politics all you want, trash your own squad and root for your coach's demise. To me, that just makes you a traitor.

 

[Idioteque]

Why, because I'm not a hater?

What kind of fan hates on HIS OWN TEAM?

I'll tell you, the kind with an agenda. And alot of you have one. I don't. I just want my team to win, and I'm going to give my team the benefit of the doubt, rather than hating.

What is "hating" to you? Pointing out that Jarvis Jones didn't have a good rookie season?

Go cheerlead, kid. That's what the bar is for, not an internet forum. We do discussion and debate here.

Politics? Racism? Face ******* palm.