Which Is Truly "Elite" Among The Elite?

If you were Kevin Colbert of the Steelers and given one choice of a transcendent player at a single position, which position would you pick and why?



Here Are The Choices:



An elite interior defensive lineman who can disrupt and penetrate opposing offensive lines at will?


An elite linebacker who can defend the pass and run in addition to rushing the passer?


An elite cornerback who can defend the run and nullify any number one wide receiving threat?



An elite safety that can negate not only ultra athletic tight ends in addition to negating big pass and rush plays?





Again, which one would you pick and why?

 

my faith is waning on the ability to pick a db from our front office
unfortunately it appears we still need help there
sooooooooooooo
i say
Des Lawrence
soo
i guess i'm saying corner
ALTHOUGH
We need dline mos def to fill in for Tuitt n Cam because their workload is sick

line backer would be nice we're ok

then safety we're ok

in that order

jmo with what we are seeing at this present time

 

I would choose safety. I think it is the most important position on defense. if you have a good one, then you have a decent defense. if you have a great one, you have a great defense. troy in his prime. defense great. look at seattle when before Thomas and cancellor got paid.lol

Donnie shell, who should be in the hof, great defense. and late in his career he carried the defense

 

I went LB.
Our defense has always depended on this.

 

LB who can rush the passer

 

It starts up front

 

Easily would pick an Elite defensive interior lineman.

 

Everything fell apart when Casey Hampton retired. Nuff said.

 

to a certain extent I agree and 10 years ago I would completely but now, the way the game is played. I think casey would be a nonfactor. its all about pass rushers and secondary now and I hate it.lol

 

Elite linebacker...we just don't have that elite 4 anymore.

 

Interesting that the votes are relatively evenly spread (at this point).

I went with safety because I think having an all-rounder back there frees up the LBs a lot. When Troy was in his element, he could fake a blitz or a coverage, and keep the QB guessing. Last season we saw that the safety blitzes started to get nullified fairly easily, and this season we are hardly rushing the safety at all. It's a key position, but you have to have the right guy there to exploit the reach of what it can do.

 

unless you prefer bootys

 

Elite corner by a long shot... because they are few and far between. There's a lot of "good" corners in the NFL... but very few "elite" and/or "exceptional" corners, IMHO.

 

My choice isn't available... I want a DL Edge rusher (not a coverage Lber who also rushes)

A true DE edge rusher
Not a interior DL
Not a tweener OLB
A hand in the dirt, explode off the edge, bend the corner, kill the QB, Edge rusher

 

Interior DL for me. JJ Watt type of player.

 

Me too. I feel like as a Steelers fan I'm basically obligated. LOL!

 

I will ensure to add that option later in the day. Thank you for your input.

 

Silly to think just 1 player...


Kiesel=Elite
Hampton= All pro
Smith= vastly underrated

Woodley=Elite
Farrior =elite
Foote= good
Harrison= all pro

McFadden=decent
Clark= really good
Troy= God mode
Ike= really good

Hard to pick just one good player



Now it's

Hey ward= elite
Hargrave=good
Tuitt= good

Moats=trash
Timmons=slow
Shazier=glass
Jarvis=Jervis

Ross=decent
Mitchell=good
Ss=who
Burns/Davis/gay=ok

 

The word "Elite" is used so liberally it has reached the status of good to very good.

 

not sure what you are trying to say? the question was pick one position. I know its not just one player but that was original question

 

pretty liberal use of the term "elite"

more like:

Kiesel=Very good
Hampton= Good
Smith= Great

Woodley=Average
Farrior = Good
Foote= Average
Harrison= Elite

McFadden=Average
Clark= Very Good
Troy= Elite
Ike= Good

Heyward= Great
Hargrave=Good
Tuitt= Good

Moats=Below Average
Timmons=Average
Shazier=Very Good
Jarvis=Average

Ross=Good
Mitchell=Very Good
Golden=Good
Gay=Average

 

I'm not ready to give Elite to Heyward

 

Woodley wasn't a average player, made the Pro Bowl put up double digit sacks. I think he has the Steelers record for sacks in the postseason.

 

This seems pretty accurate.
Only thing I'd change is I thought Woodley was pretty good before the injuries started pilling up.