NFL Draft
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Steelers should go double WR here and add the WR from Oregon. They have Tice as another DB coming back from injury.
I like this dude from NC State, but we don't need an ILB and he's been more banged up than a crash test dummy. I liked him a while ago, but that was before we got Queen. Eh. We'll see.
That’s excellent for a comp pick. Could’ve been a first round pick without his injuries. Best defensive player in the country last year. Love it!
They can trade him in three years to the Bears for a 1st round pick.
It's a good pick if he can stay healthy. Just seems to be a luxury pick with some of the needs we have.
This draft is definitely an attitude adjustment draft. I like that.
He has had double digit surgeries since his senior year of high school, including multiple surgeries on his left knee and multiple surgeries on his shoulders.
That seems like kind of a red flag.
If he has the career arc of someone like Leighton Vander Esch (really good ILB but is done by year six due to injuries), honestly I’m fine with that for a guy selected at 98.
I'm questioning what came first - the husky or the egg? - on some of those. Kind of how guys' free agency value spikes after a team wins a Super Bowl. Some of it is definitely legit; you need good players to succeed. But I think there is some contact high in there at times.
I give the Steelers an A- grade so far. Got a great OL (tackle), a better-than average C, a dude of a slot receiver, and a LB that if he can recover from all his surgeries will help on both D and special teams. It would still be nice to find another WR to play opposite Pickens, as well as a S or DB. Looking forward to seeing who the Steelers draft on Saturday (or pick up as a F/A)
Not taking a corner... they must have something cooking. I'm guessing a Cam Sutton reunion once they get more clarity on his legal situation.
If these picks pan out and they get a veteran outside WR, the offense is pretty deep. Only question, and it's a huge one, is if Russ has anything left in the tank.
If these picks pan out and they get a veteran outside WR, the offense is pretty deep. Only question, and it's a huge one, is if Russ has anything left in the tank.
Hope we can sign Boyd or acquire Sutton. I’m not counting on a splash acquisition at this point. With the improved offensive line and run game, Russ should be setup to succeed.
It's not ideal to need to rely on, but they might be able to find CB3 in the 4th. I'd honestly give Big Bad Bub a look as well. Need someone who can play the outside. Has to be one of those two positions, and then you acquire the other via trade or after some unexpected cut.
My god,that is a name and image I havent heard of in like 40 years!
I mean if you are a Steelers fan, they have completely nailed this draft. So far.
My post didn’t have anything to do with Kenny’s career, it was pointing out the Steelers incompetence and mis-management of the entire offense.
It’s funny that most of us acknowledge that Kenny wasn’t good and that Kenny may never be good. But then some people refuse to acknowledge that there were extenuating circumstances.
I mean, if my job is to sell widgets to X corporation, and X corporation already uses widgets that are cheaper and significantly better than mine, and my company can’t produce the widgets in a timeframe that meets X corporation’s needs, AND not to mention that X Corporation is in bankruptcy…well you can call me a failure because I didn’t close a deal…but it’s obvious that there is no way that I was closing anything.
Yet people expected Kenny to produce and by some measurements, like wins, he actually did against all odds.
And some people can't acknowledge that the Steelers also did KP a huge favor by drafting him in the first round.
No other team would have done that, and it allowed KP to have a running start both financially and in terms of starting in the NFL.
Players don't have much control over where they are drafted, unless they dig in and hold out or refuse to report to a bad situation. Pretty sure KP was thrilled to get drafted #1 by the Steelers.
No doubt, the Steelers were in a funk, and it was a horrible situation for a rookie QB. But those are the cards he was dealt, and he seemed to do the best he could. It just wasn't enough and the ever negative and shock jock Pittsburgh sports media pounced, as they always do.
I don't understand this argument/debate of how KP was done dirty by the Steelers. It was a mutual separation, he wanted out and the Steelers accommodated him. He gets his $$ and a fresh start, and the Steelers apparently feel better with their QB room as well.
Best of luck to both of them.
The Steelers gave him a chance and I stated here (above) that Kenny had the support of his head coach. That’s great. Sometimes that’s as much as you can ask for because you can’t control what’s on your roster. And let’s face it, first round QBs normally don’t have the talent around them that Ben Roethlisberger had as an example. Or Brock Purdy for that matter. The only thing the steelers should have done more was part with Canada last offseason. But where I think kenny was done dirty, not my phrase but I’ll humor you and use yours, is with the media. They speak in absolutes and control the narrative and almost never acknowledge how poor of a situation it was here. They expected Kenny to be Ben or Brock and there was absolutely no way that was happening. And yinzer sheep nation followed along because they are not smart enough to realize they are being influenced by aholes.
KP was never a media darling here. Madden the bloviated pig with a microphone led the charge, and others were right behind him.
There was a pretty universal opinion in the local and national media that the Steelers reached with picking KP. But KP's play was never good enough to change that perspective.
Yinzer sheep nation, I'll use your term, are quick to pounce and criticize. It isn't just KP, but Tomlin, Sullivan, Letang, Geno, K'Bryan Hayes, Shelty, and others. They all have taken their turns in the Sheep Nation Barrell.
Well that's just dumb. The Stillers didn't do Pickett a "favor" by drafting him in the first round. The Stillers drafted him in the first round because they thought that that was the best thing for THEM to do. Doing a favor for Pickett had nothing at all to do with it.
It can certainly be that they were wrong to think that, but that has nothing to do with what they did or why they did it.
NFL teams don't make first round draft picks based on doing someone a favor. Not now, not ever. They pick the guy that they think is going to help them the most. Nothing more, nothing less.
I haven’t participated much in the subject but I agree. But as is always the case there are groups on the outer edges.
For the Kenny was screwed and did little to no wrong crowd, I’m guaranteeing one thing now if it goes this direction.
If Kenny never becomes a true #1 that crowd will be proclaiming for life that the Steelers ruined him.
So many 1st round quarterbacks have walked into situations MUCH worse than what Pickett had. If the Steelers defense wasn't what it is, for example, he would be lucky to have two wins as a QB.
None of his teammates, who see him at practice in shorts (i.e. the offensive line is a moot point), are going to bat for him. In a normal draft, he might have been a 2nd or 3rd round guy. Something about his 1st round status, in conjunction with the very unsual situation Purdy walked into, has Pitt people thinking he is oozing with all this untapped potential. I just got off the phone with a friend and we were talking about this. Like, Tebow led a bunch of 4th quarter comebacks and showed "flashes," too. At the end of the day, neither of them could produce at a high or consistent level.
Pickett's situation wasn't great, but it's pretty damn good now (the team, I mean). Let's see him beat out/fill in for out a 2nd round pick and produce at a high level if he's the player many Pitt fans seem to think he is.
Figuratively speaking! Not literally for the nuance challenged, dumb if you like.
They did him a favor by drafting him in the first, and yes it was a fortunate mistake for KP.
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