In fairness I’m sure his plan was to get a tackle but there was a real run on them before their 55th pick. If that didn’t happen, this underwhelming TE pick wouldn’t have happened in round 2.
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The two centers on their roster are a guy who wasn't good enough to start in college and who was mediocre at best last season when he got thrown into the games, and a guy who signed as a free agent with a team with one of the worst lines in the league and got cut because he couldn't get on the field, who then got picked up by the team with perhaps the worst line in the league and he couldn't even get on the field for them.
They could have picked a guy who is likely to be vastly superior to what they currently have on their roster, and instead they went for what will probably be a small upgrade at a less important position.
Quinn Meinerz would be a good pick at C if he's still available. He also has position flexibility to play either G position.
It seems that Steeler fans are more worried about the OL than the Steelers. They must believe the draft pool is so deep for OL players they have decided to address other needs,. If the Browns had not moved up and drafted Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, I believe the Steelers would have drafted him and the Browns knew it... The Steelers are sticking to their draft board...
I think that's the best case scenario for the 3rd round. Unfortunately I don't think he's going to be there. But we can hope.
I was thinking when it got to about a half dozen spots before they picked that if he somehow kept falling they would take him with that pick.
Yep. Two centers went after the Steelers. And the vikes have three picks before the Steelers. They’ll undoubtedly take another.
You give your Yinzer pedigree away with the "Stiller" go to. The Steeler offense needs a bigger target who can catch the ball when needed and provide a Red zone target. This guy provides that in spades and has the size and strength to help in the running game as well.
I thought the Steelers would take a blocking TE with upside like Tommy Tremble in round 4 or something. I don't know how Friermuth pairs with Ebron. I think he's got long term upside but they need a blocking TE with this line.
Actually my use of "Stillers" is to mock yinzers such as yourself who think that it isn't even possible for the Steelers to make a mistake.
Didn't they use a second round pick last year for their Red zone target? Claypool had double digit TDs as a rookie and has better hands than Freezermuth.
That would make more sense
They must like their free agents as more than depth
Yeah I figured 2nd and 3rd had to be OT and C. Drafting Harris 1 isn't going to make a lot of sense without a solid line.
Maybe...Just spit balling...The Steelers realize they are not going to the Super Bowl anytime soon... So in that case they are trying to stick to their board and get as many good players as they can regardless of "need". Now maybe the fans need to grasp that reality.... Just saying...
I called it.... Kendrick Green
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Agreed. I don’t know much about him but it seems like he has good position versatility in-between the tackles.
I suspect the Stillers planed to take him in this spot along. Maybe the TE too.
Who in the hell could possibly think that??? Yinzers always think the steelers make mistakes, actually it's way over the top that they think they make mistakes
They don't believe their not going to the Superbowl. R u kidding? If they believed that they would've never kept Ben.
I just read an article that he is the most complete Y TE in the draft. Nasty in line blocker with ability to move defenders. As a pass catcher he moves the chains.
Im just saying they picked him for his blocking first.
Solid picks so far that can (need to) start. Would have liked to have gotten a starting OL instead of TE but that run starting with Jenkins probably had 4-6 guys that they might have taken go off the board. I do t mind taking the TE if that’s the case. Bad part is that most of the top tackles are gone. Positive is... that most other teams that needed tackles already took them?
Humphrey was a plug and play guy. This guy only started 4 games at Center and will take some time to develop. The starting OL is still a weak link.
Think most here are forgetting Matt Canada’s influence except for one poster.
Thanks sunshine
He can play multiple positions and adds needed depth
Did I say he’s a star ? No
He’s a good interior option
Sheesh
This year for the Steelers is going to be a circus. I will have my popcorn ready to see who wins the power struggle between Matt Canada and Ben over the play calling.
Ben gives them the possibility to be a playoff team, nothing more.
He’s elite. No 2 ways about that. Very versatile, excellent receiver, can split our wide. He’s a Swiss army life with home run speed.
But Harris is the better NFL prospect and the better bet for a NFL team looking for a Day 1 starter.
He needs to show he can get the ball downfield again or else the Steelers are doomed to repeat their performance the final two months of last year. If it’s more of the quick release 5 yard crossing passes over and over again it will be a long year, the NFL is all about adjustments and the league caught up to that in a big way in the second half of the season.
Now do me a favor and describe the scheme both Shady and Charles played in versus Lynch.
There was a time when a prime McCoy saw more 6/7 man boxes than any RB in the league. He had Chip Kelly running his 10/11 personnel up tempo system with Vick at QB and Desean Jackson at WR running a wide open scheme. Jamaal Charles ran in Andy Reid's wide open system that he implemented in Philly just a few years before. It became the archetype for what he runs now. 10/11 personnel.
Lynch played in a smash mouth downhill attack that constantly saw 9/10 man boxes. He didn't have the luxury of seeing a 6/7 man box because no one was scared of what the Seahawks had outside.
Lynch was the motor that ran that offense and was the driver for a Super Bowl winning offense - that line is way better than any stat you've described.
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