Welcome to the Steelers Kayden Wetjen

Bud Clark going as high as he did didn't shock me. Single High Deep Centerfielders like him with the production he has are very much worth the investment. The question with him isn't effort but technique.


Technique can be fixed. Effort cannot.

 

Antonio Brown was 4.48 at the combine.
Still able to smoke players at the NFL level on punt returns and long TD throws.

Hester went in the 2nd round, not the 4th.
Never contributed much as a WR, despite how much the Bears tried to get him involved.

 

I hear ya, but Wetjen was the best kick return man in college. He was also one tough cover in shrine bowl practices! Really is there a difference between getting a guy in round four, or round six IF he fills a team need? Kick returner was a need.

 

So you wanted to swap a ST starter for a 4th round project? Sorry, I'm taking the starter for a team that needed immediate help there.

 

I thought Clark would still be on the board in the third round, but what do I know I'm just a fan.

 

Brown also went in the sixth round, where Wetjen should have been.

 

Louis could have made an impact on special teams, too, and offer greater long-term value. Hell, they could have gone with Bell to get a return guy, but one who is far more likely to contribute on offense.

 

I know what you were doing, but you made this claim that the Steelers already have linebackers with his skill set and they do not. Queen stinks in coverage. Wilson isn't great. I'm well aware that none of these rookies have proven what they can do in the pros, but if you are going to say a draft pick brings skills the Steelers already have, the only way that point makes sense is if you look at what he is projected to be able to do. Louis showed exceptional coverage skills for a linebacker at Pitt, one reason he has been projected to possibly move to safety.

 

The entire discussion avoids that Louis should be developed as a safety anyway, but let's go with the premise of leaving him at linebacker, which seems to be your approach. Wilson is a better overall linebacker, but coverage by the linebackers has been a major problem for the Steelers for years. That hasn't changed with Wilson on the team. Louis, on the other hand, excelled when called upon in coverage at Pitt. That is the skill he is projected to offer that the Steelers don't have. Maybe Wilson will figure it out and use his great speed to become a better coverage linebacker at some point, but it hasn't happened so far.

 

With Metcalf, Pittman, and Bernard in front of the next guy you are grossly overestimating any contribution to the offense. Without looking it up, name me the 4th string WR on the Steelers last season. And Bell is not the returner Wetjen is.

Was Louis going to return kicks?... I think not.

 

Bernard hasn't taken an NFL snap yet. Perhaps hedging their bets with another option would be a good idea.

I guess you would say Skowronek was the fourth receiver last year, but that unit was such a **** show, it was hard to tell.

You do realize players can make an impact on special teams without returning kicks, right?

 

30-40 times in multiple posts

 

Fair enough.

Safeties with that level of production with the traits to match usually go within the Top 50 or so. Buds age and his inconsistent tackling are two major factors as to why he wasn't viewed as a First Round Pick. Remove those and one can easily talk themselves into him being either a Top 20 Player to potentially a Top 15 one.

 

I assume Sgt. Stonewall is at it again?!

 

Clark was a ball hawk in college with 15 interceptions that's what made me notice him.

 

For me it wasn't just the production. The manner in which he earned that production spoke volumes. Single High Deep Centerfield, in the Box, in the Slot or even playing the STAR Role, Clark was a turnover machine at TCU. Production by itself is great but the how of said production is key in terms of traits translating to the NFL.... and that difference matters.

 

Weak points. Only need to look at ST player contracts to understand which ones are getting paid $$. Hint; it ain't some ST tackler like Louis might be.