View topic - Your choices (positions) in next years draft?

[bigjoespompano Profile]

Considering the absolutes piles of SHIT we have occuping several key positions on this team, it's going to a hard choice on which position gets selected and in what order. What seemed secure 'yesterday' has now reveled itself to also be a pile of shit making the selection that much tougher.

You're the GM. What is your Draft order by position? What are the most 'critical' needs and in what order do you select them? Do we have anything worth trading to move up and grab something really good?

Lastly, all things considered, where do you see us landing in the upcoming draft? Is 10th wishing too high?

[r1stillerman Profile]

The 10th slot would be great but I see the Steelers more like 16th at the best or 20th at least. The Steelers could lose out. They have the Pack and Ratbirds at home and the Fish on the road left. Given their gutless performances over the past 5 weeks losing out is real possibility. I hope it happens given the fact this team is not going to playoffs to defend their championship.

I think the first thing they need to address is the secondary, the defensive line, the offensive line and back up quarterback in that order. Since I am not a draft guru I have no idea how that will play with the talent available. Also the Burnet and Lewis I think have a lot of upside. I expect Arians to be burned at the stake in Hines Field on the 50 yard line at the conclusion of the season. So we will need to see how all that plays before the draft.

[mckeesrockstheburg Profile]

I think the first thing they need to address is the secondary, the defensive line, the offensive line and back up quarterback in that order.

Need shut down corner or cover safety if available in 1st round. If there is a better inside LB (Penn State boys Hull or Lee, my fav.) than an available DB, grab one. Is Bailey an answer? Fox is a logical choice as Farrior is done. Can A. Harrison play 3 downs? Let's find out NOW. These 2 slots are my 1st 2 rounds.

Then we go to DL, then OL; although Cleveland game says reverse these needs. I really thought OL was stepping up. Is it me or does Colon look disinterested?

Frankly, I am good at QB with DD as #2. THEY MUST LET HIM PLAY NOW FOR GAME EXPERIENCE. SHUT BEN DOWN NOW! Why try for playoffs only to get waxed in 1st round when game experience for next year will be more valuable? Plenty of decent #3's (Batch MUST go) show up later in camps.

I want Sweed's head straightened out NOW and only way is to play him. Let Hines and Tone play 1 half each now. Get Mendy 1k yds and then play half games. Can K. Lewis play? Burnett? Play whoever is on practice squad - who are they? Summers? Can he play? Let's find out NOW what we have .

[ballhair Profile]

Cornerbacks. Got to rebuild that defense. The OL is playing good enough to win games. The "skill" players are the ones not doing what they are getting paid big bucks to do.

[FineLine Profile]

Defense needs re-tooling.Old age and free agents there now.With that in mind,needs are NT,S,CB,ILB and DE and OLB depth.Maybe a RB to spell Mendy.Another C for depth.A blocking FB if Arians leaves.Always could develop another young QB.
Other than that looks good.

[OmarEppsTomlin Profile]

Cornerbacks. Got to rebuild that defense. The OL is playing good enough to win games.

I'm sorry, have you seen our sacks allowed stat? Granted some of those are due to Ben's lack of blitz read abilities, but giving up 8 sacks to the clowns is unacceptable The OL cannot be ignored in the offseason again.

[BGSUsteelers Profile]

Cornerbacks. Got to rebuild that defense. The OL is playing good enough to win games.

I'm sorry, have you seen our sacks allowed stat? Granted some of those are due to Ben's lack of blitz read abilities, but giving up 8 sacks to the clowns is unacceptable The OL cannot be ignored in the offseason again.

Most of those sacks were from the WR's not being able to get open. There was 1 or 2 that were on Ben (not making the correct pre-snap read, holding the ball too long, etc.), and then there was 1 or 2 on the OL.

[thesteelhammer Profile]

LEFT TACKLE
Guard or Center
Cover CB
Cover Safety
ILB
kick returner
Kicker

[Sun and Steel Profile]

DB that can cover and tackle, ILB, OC/G in the first 3 rounds in that order. After that we need DL,SS/FS and a TE project. I believe Max is adequate at LT and they just invested a butt-load of money into him I think. He's not going anywhere.

[HowBoutThemSteelers Profile]

I dont give a shit where they pick @.

OL or CB in the first round (whatever the better player is @ said possition)
rest of the draft is on Secondary. We dont need anything else as badly as we do Secondary.
we have plenty of weapons on the offensive side of the ball, sure up that D and keep it moving

[Steeler Jim Profile]

In the off-season:
Draft:
Linebackers, Linebackers, Linebackers. They shore up kick coverages, pressure QB's, and stop the run.

After that...
D-line for the same reasons as above.
Fullback, is UNLV the guy - don't know yet
O-Line (or is it coaching or both?) we need to impose our will in Q#4 and keep the D-on the bench.

Personnel Moves:
Keep Parker at a reduced rate.
Cut Farrior

...none of this will matter if we don't have an O-Coordinator with a FRIGGIN GAME PLAN. If I can tell you what the play is from my basement in Michigan - then nothingelse matters.

[HowBoutThemSteelers Profile]

In the off-season:
Draft:
Linebackers, Linebackers, Linebackers. They shore up kick coverages, pressure QB's, and stop the run.

After that...
D-line for the same reasons as above.
Fullback, is UNLV the guy - don't know yet
O-Line (or is it coaching or both?) we need to impose our will in Q#4 and keep the D-on the bench.

Personnel Moves:
Keep Parker at a reduced rate.
Cut Farrior

...none of this will matter if we don't have an O-Coordinator with a FRIGGIN GAME PLAN. If I can tell you what the play is from my basement in Michigan - then nothingelse matters.

Linebackers? No we dont need linebackers...... we need 1st amd foremsot secondary help. We have linebackers and i see that your saying to help out the ST's but Im pretty sure you can find some "cheap" ST only players in free agency, but I also think that its just as much the ST coaches fault as it is the players.

[steelmann58 Profile]

CB ans Safety
ILB

[steelandblood Profile]

More "shutdown corner" talk. *groan* We will not draft high enough to get a blanket corner. And even if we did, those guys only show up once in a blue moon. Sure, there will be good corners that will go early, some may even dominate, but corners in the class of Mel Blount, Mike Haynes, or even at the next rung down in greatness like Deion Sanders show up maybe once or twice in a decade. We need to draft offensive and defensive linemen, and maybe a running back, if we can find a jewel in the bottom rounds.