My Steelers 7 round mock 1.0

1st - Cordelle Patterson WR
With a little grooming, this raw prospect could develop into the tall WR Ben has always wanted. Was thinking of Keenan Allen but Allen looks like he has poor balance and no straight line speed or game chaning agility.

2nd- Giovani Bernard RB
Seriously underated, reminds me of a Ray Rice type back. Low gravity, cutback back perfect for Zone Blocking scheme.

3rd- Bacarri Rambo FS/SS
Exciting safety prospect who can play the run and has a nose for the ball. Is a playmaker with fumbles.

4th- Sean Porter OLB
In what draft haven't Steelers selected a OLB, Porter gives Keith Butler another project to develop. Huge upside.

5th- Nico Johnson ILB
May be a bit slow but can be the thumper to Lawrence Timmons with Johnson being the run stuffer and Timmons the playmaker TE covering LB. Also gives us another body incase Sean Spence doesn't return. (Praying for a healthy recovery for him.)

6th-Tyran Mathieu CB
Playmaking CB who will probably drop due to off field and hasn't played since 2011. To those saying he will go 3rd-4th round remember Alfonzo Dennard last year? Was 1st rd material but slipped all the way to 7th. An exciting playmaking CB who is hungry to prove doubters wrong. Was also thinking Gavin Escobar (TE) at this spot for some TE insurance but I'm intrigued with Paulson right now.

7th- Jordan Rodgers QB
Yes the younger brother of Aaaron. Can develop into a serviceable backup for Ben once Batch retires.

Don't think OLB is as big as a need as some say. Harrison if not cut is still serviceable and it's time for Worilds to play full time. He had 5 sacks in half the time Woodley & Harrison has.
So what do you think? All comments are appreciated, this is my first ever mock.

 

I like it overall. I mentioned in another post awhile back that we ought to think about Rodgers in the later rounds. We know he's got good QB genes.

 

I hope we don't go RB and WR in the top two rounds. I'm hoping one of those goes to ILB/OG, or if the right value falls into our laps, S/OLB. That said, I like the RB and WR you've chosen. At the moment those guys are my choices as well, if we had to go that route. Bernard in the 2nd I could definitely get on board with. I like Patterson in the 2nd too, but he's risen way too high now. I agree that OLB is not as big a need as some are making it out to be, and so I wouldn't mind putting it off until round 3 or later, or even next year if James is coming back healthy. That's still a position where I trust the Steelers far more than any draftnik/pundit in the world.

I haven't yet seen the film on Rambo and Porter, but I like the idea of where you have us taking those positions. I hope you're right about Mathieu dropping to the 6th. You never know.

 

I'd be very happy with this, but I'm not a fan of Patterson. He's got a high ceiling for sure, but I'd like a more polished receiver honestly. If you swapped that pick with Keenan Allen or my favorite, Deandre Hopkins, I'd love this draft.

 

17th overall is too early for Patterson IMO. Honey Badger has been talked about on here before, but I don't see us taking him...period.

Other than that, I like the other picks.

 

1st Round WR's that I remember:
1.Plaxico
2.Troy Edwards
3.Holmes
4.Lynn Swann

3rd round and later picks at WR that I remember
1.Hines
2.Wallace
3.Brown
4.Yancy Thigpen
5.Ernie Mills
6.John Stallworth
7.Randle El

You run a bigger risk taking a WR in round 1. Wait to later round to get a WR. Just my thoughts

 

hate the first pick with a passion. not crazy about second. i like the rest ofthe draft. i would hate it if we went offense with first two picks. patterson is a head case. i.will continue to say it every chance i get. i have meet the kid and know alot about him. trust me

 

I ve been pretty clear how I feel about Patterson...I LOVE him and would be the happiest person on the planet if we drafted him. However, I think he will be long gone by the time we draft - Im thinking the Bills will take him. I love your third pick too!

 

what about him makes you love him? just curious.

 

I think the first pick will be the best talent between: safety, mlb, and d-line. It is the defense's turn for round 1.

I think that rounds 2 and 3 will be the best talent between receiver, running back and maybe tight end. Round 2 may be a defensive guy that they liked that dropped.

I am expecting in rounds 4 and 5 between: safety, lb, and d-line depending on the round 1 pick.

Rounds 6 and 7 will be picking the best talent available, any position.

I do not have names.

 

i can tell u for a fact that in meetings he would not listen to coaches. he never learned the playbook and that was obvious with all the wrong routes he ran. as hard as bray was to coach, i know a former coach who said if he were tyler he would get pissed too. i ask him abiut two picks bray threw in a game. coach told me himself patterson ran wrong route. if the steelers coaches do their homework and talk to some of the former staff at tenn, they wont touch him in the first. he is talented i will admit but he thinks he knows better than the coaches. a teammate told me and i quote " there is a reason he went to jr college. dooley is trying to save his job is why he is here"

 

Raw may be a understatement I remember reading a scout saying he had no idea how to run pro- routes and he didn't catch many balls at the combine. His exact words were that you would have to start from scratch. Not my idea of a worthy pick at 17. I would want and expect a more polished receiver at that high of a pick. I'm officially on the Tavon Austin bandwagon he fills so many needs for us. Size shmize the guy is a weapon anywhere you want to line him up. There will be bigger receivers with talent to be had later on,if we so choose. Ideally I want to trade back pick up another pick and still select Austin. We need to surround Ben with weapons with the time he has left.

I know everyone says we have similar guys in Brown and Sanders,but Sanders staying healthy is a question mark. We all thought we had so much depth at WR last year and look what happened. Austin can help us in so many areas WR,KR PR and can even come out of the backfield if need be. He is 5 times the player we thought Rainey COULD be. He was training with Ike a month or so ago,so you have to respect his work ethic and Ike even said he's a special player. We shall see.

 

I hear what your saying and you are right, but he is so dynamic. I think all our guys have the ability to go vertical and I like the unpredictability of that,instead of one designated deep threat(wallace). I would like to have size at the WR position as well. Like I said we could address size later in the draft or bring Plex back for another year. I also think the other dimensions he brings like KR,PR could help us tremendously . He's not a talent that is so easy to pass up on especially if we can trade back. We're one injury at the WR position away from being in dire straits. With Manny's track record of being hurt ,its a possible scenario. I know you don't draft a player assuming injuries may happen and I realize we have other holes to fill as well. If we decide to go another route be it defensive or OL or whatever that's fine but if we are going WR in the first then nobody is more worthy and no one will have as much immediate impact as Austin.

There used to be a old auto repair commercial back in the day. There was a guy with a hammer in his hand and he used to say "We'll make it fit". lol.

 

the only problem i have with justin is his inability to catch the ball consistantly. i have found out that last year he was worried about the knee alot. is worth a first no. in the second or third i guess i would give him a shot. he is a good kid but seems to lack concentration. i will say the coaches praised him before the injury. he was a good teammate and worked at his route running. after injury not so much. but the inmates were running the asylum by the time he came back from acl. put him in a strong locker room and maybe he works out.

 

I love Justin Hunter... In the manliest man love kind of way.

He's been my 2nd rounder in every mock I've done, but I read this week some scouts are saying no way he gets out of round 1, UGH! Prior to his knee injury he was getting Randy Moss comparisons. After his knee injury I could see him being a Plaxico, but as he showed at the combine, his knee is getting better and he's getting his speed back.

Hunter reminds me a lot of Sweed, who could've been a force but he was very mentally weak. I don't think Sweed had bad hands, I think he just got in his own head too much. Ben would do cartwheels if we drafted him, I'm sure.

However, it now looks like he's only an option if we traded down.

 

Sorry, yesterday was crazy so I didnt get back on here after posting that so, thanks, Tomlin for answering. The size thing is huge for me (save the jokes please lol). I see all of these teams who have a big, strong WR and they go up and FIGHT for the ball. Even if its not a perfectly thrown ball, they can still come down with it. Brown and Sanders are SMALL - fast but small. He was really fast at his combine, too.

 

It is really interesting to watch....suddenly guys who were going to be in the 2nd and 3rd rounds at skill positions are moving quickly up the board. It happens like this all the time, every year. No talent. Weak on high end guys. Then suddenly teams fall in love with player X and they start shooting up the boards. The draft takes a completely different shape.

 

hunter made his hay against akron, ga st, troy, and missouri. when he faced a top db he struggled to catch the ball when he was covered. banks at miss st held him to a cuple of catches i think. same with bama and georgia. he struggles against good competition

 

realy u can say the same about patterson. take away the ncst, troy and i think florida his stats r average. he had monster games against ncst and troy. he ran a reverse against georgia but i bet he didnt catch three balls