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Welcome to Steeler Nation Broderick Jones

Very stoked, youngster and was pulling for him and Johnson. Couldn't be happier the way it played out. Gonzales would have been a nice pick but the CB class is much heavier
 
Yeah, trade #32 and pick up another pick or two. Right now we have three picks and more than three holes to fill. If you could trade back three picks, still get a guy you want, and get back that 4th round pick you gave up earlier, why the hell wouldn't you?
 
TheDudeAbides said:
Yeah, trade #32 and pick up another pick or two. Right now we have three picks and more than three holes to fill. If you could trade back three picks, still get a guy you want, and get back that 4th round pick you gave up earlier, why the hell wouldn't you?
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very good point
 
scraps said:
Turns out Tomlin first became aware of Broderick a year ago after his teammates boasted about him.


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I like that. When your teammates are crowing your name, as a coach, you have to take notice.
 
i cant say i dont see the reasoning behind this pick. And that's a very good thing at the least.

They are trying to address the elephant. The front office wants Pickett upright and went into FA to get a few maulers. They pick BJ cause he's huge and could pack on a few pounds in the NFL. The coaches saw tape on him pulling out and driving LBers into the dust. Explosive hands is what the word is.

The more and more i see of BJ on tape, the more i hate this pick.

BJ could even have that kind of power and translate it into the NFL game but it's highly doubtful he's gonna roadgrade anybody based on what his tape shows. That's just my opinion. i consistently see that BJ lunges, head down and all. And BJ often stands up the most powerful of DL on running plays but BJ does not get any leverage whatsoever. Like... ever. it's truly pitiful.

And so i would never accuse BJ of being a "people mover".

Unless the coaches think they can change BJ's game and clean all that crap off of him, i think this pick was pure garbage. Dan Moore Jr., your spot is still very safe at LT.
 
steelreeling said:
i cant say i dont see the reasoning behind this pick. And that's a very good thing at the least.

They are trying to address the elephant. The front office wants Pickett upright and went into FA to get a few maulers. They pick BJ cause he's huge and could pack on a few pounds in the NFL. The coaches saw tape on him pulling out and driving LBers into the dust. Explosive hands is what the word is.

The more and more i see of BJ on tape, the more i hate this pick.

BJ could even have that kind of power and translate it into the NFL game but it's highly doubtful he's gonna roadgrade anybody based on what his tape shows. That's just my opinion. i consistently see that BJ lunges, head down and all. And BJ often stands up the most powerful of DL on running plays but BJ does not get any leverage whatsoever. Like... ever. it's truly pitiful.

And so i would never accuse BJ of being a "people mover".

Unless the coaches think they can change BJ's game and clean all that crap off of him, i think this pick was pure garbage. Dan Moore Jr., your spot is still very safe at LT.
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Sometimes I feel like they could get a Lawrence Taylor clone and someone would *****. Look there is no such thing as a sure thing. But this was about as good as it got. Hell if they would havevsaid Joey Porter Jr would have you been shocked. Well guess what they get both for the price of a 4th.
 
steelreeling said:
i cant say i dont see the reasoning behind this pick. And that's a very good thing at the least.

They are trying to address the elephant. The front office wants Pickett upright and went into FA to get a few maulers. They pick BJ cause he's huge and could pack on a few pounds in the NFL. The coaches saw tape on him pulling out and driving LBers into the dust. Explosive hands is what the word is.

The more and more i see of BJ on tape, the more i hate this pick.

BJ could even have that kind of power and translate it into the NFL game but it's highly doubtful he's gonna roadgrade anybody based on what his tape shows. That's just my opinion. i consistently see that BJ lunges, head down and all. And BJ often stands up the most powerful of DL on running plays but BJ does not get any leverage whatsoever. Like... ever. it's truly pitiful.

And so i would never accuse BJ of being a "people mover".

Unless the coaches think they can change BJ's game and clean all that crap off of him, i think this pick was pure garbage. Dan Moore Jr., your spot is still very safe at LT.
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Yeah. Zero sacks allowed in 445 pass plays at left tackle, versus the SEC and then two more games in the CFB.

You've got to really hate a pick like that.
 
topseed said:
Yeah. Zero sacks allowed in 445 pass plays at left tackle, versus the SEC and then two more games in the CFB.

You've got to really hate a pick like that.
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I hear you. It's my opinion and i could wrong as hell.

And still i think this kid is gonna be terrible. Really. Not just bench-warmer 2 years-still learning bad, i mean JFC bad.

BJ looks like he wins all the time based on leaning on guys with a heavy frame; getting a wedge on a guy and lifting him around.

i just think when BJ gets to the NFL, it's gonna be a rude awakening that he cannot dominate players with physicality like he's been doing. i think BJ is gonna whiff way too often and Moore is going to look God-like in comparison.

Again, maybe the kid gains weight and starts sitting back in his haunches and stops lurching. The SEC has top-shelf DL for sure. So you know BJ has got all the physical tools to make it.
 
steelreeling said:
i cant say i dont see the reasoning behind this pick. And that's a very good thing at the least.

They are trying to address the elephant. The front office wants Pickett upright and went into FA to get a few maulers. They pick BJ cause he's huge and could pack on a few pounds in the NFL. The coaches saw tape on him pulling out and driving LBers into the dust. Explosive hands is what the word is.

The more and more i see of BJ on tape, the more i hate this pick.

BJ could even have that kind of power and translate it into the NFL game but it's highly doubtful he's gonna roadgrade anybody based on what his tape shows. That's just my opinion. i consistently see that BJ lunges, head down and all. And BJ often stands up the most powerful of DL on running plays but BJ does not get any leverage whatsoever. Like... ever. it's truly pitiful.

And so i would never accuse BJ of being a "people mover".

Unless the coaches think they can change BJ's game and clean all that crap off of him, i think this pick was pure garbage. Dan Moore Jr., your spot is still very safe at LT.
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I thought BJ was the safest pick at LT by a mile… I went through dozens of scouting breakdowns…
Peter Skoronski was the most technically sound but had some length questions that might get him kicked inside.
Antwon Harrison was the next most polished guy, but he didn’t have the physical ceiling of the other top guys. He also was better in Pass Protection than runblocking
Paris Johnson had all the physical traits but he had some questions about hand use that won’t matter to some teams, but it seemed like a big deal for our system at least


Darnell Wright was never going to be a LT… he was exclusively a RT…

Broderick jones graded out better as a runblocker than a passblocker but still seemed to have an ok grade there. He had a good combine. His overall grades ranged from the mid 20’s to the top ten based off of like a dozen different scouting rankings…

He has star upside but a good starter floor.

The important thing to note is he only has 19 starts under his belt… so he definitely has some technique to refine, but the stuff he is best at are the things that our new blocking scheme requires the most

His punch technique is what probably sold us on him… like Cowher’s Erhardt blocking scheme would want Paris Johnson and Arians would want Skoronski or Antwon Harrison… this guy could work in those schemes but he is going to be better rated in this punch centric monstrosity we are utilizing…
 
Also I might add I loved that they fleeced the Jets. There’s no doubt that they wanted Jones.
I remember wanting Revis badly and the Jets picking him one spot ahead of us.
Also didn’t the Jets losing keep us out of the playoffs this past season? Joe ******* Flaco doing his thing to make sure they lost. Omar and the boys remember. **** the Jets.
 
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