Down Time Debate Material

I ran into this debate in a comments section of a steelers article I was reading recently and thought it would make for some great debate material on here.

The question is " Who do you think the Steelers greatest draft pick is"?

I have my ideas but I think a lot of people could have some interesting opinions.

Sorry if this question has already been talked about.


My vote goes to the obvious Limas Sweed

 

I have to disagree here .. I think Pimply Dan has done more for us then Limas Sweed

 

The best draft pick has to be Joe Greene. He turned the whole franchise around.

If your talking about the best steal of all time John Stallworth.

 

It is Joe Greene. There is absolutely no doubt about it. The better question would be who is the SECOND greatest draft pick ever. I believe the answer to that would be Terry Bradshaw. 4 Time Champ and Back to Back Super Bowl MVPs. That's pretty awesome.

 

Without any doubt. It has to be Sepulveda. Any time you move up in the fourth round to pick a stud punter who had a linebacker type hit go viral you can't miss.

All kidding aside. It has to be Mean Joe Greene.

 

I think this question has been properly answered.

 

Yep, Mean Joe. The Steelers had, for the most part, been terrible before him. He helped bring in a new era.

 

Ben Roethlisberger.

We HAD success before him, but he brought it back!

 

I'd put Ben at 5.

Joe Greene
Terry Bradshaw
John Stallworth
Jack Lambert
Ben Roethlisberger

Honerable mention - Mike Webster.

 

So we are both in agreement that TB was the second greatest draft pick ever.

 

We got arguably the best WR in the NFL right now in the 6th round. Also picking Bell over Lacy and Ball was pretty smart. We took a risk moving up to snag Polamalu. We got Ben, even though he kinda fell to us.... We've had quite a few good ones recently

 

Yes. You have to go by key pieces of the puzzle and without him the team doesn't have the offensive power they needed to be great. Lambert was another key piece. Without his intensity the defense wouldn't have been as dominant.

 

Jack Lambert.A huge steal. If my memory
is correct, started and produced from year one.And only got better.We did the intimidating.
Oh how I miss those days/players.

 

Yeah, my thought was that Joe Greene would easily take it.

The Ben or Bradshaw is an interesting one to me.

Bradshaw has the hardware, but in my humble opinion Ben is the better player.

Of course my HUMBLE opinion comes with the baggage that Ben is my favorite player of all time, so I can't look past the potential bias in my opinion

 

A controversial opinion around here, for sure. But not without merit.

 

Joe Greene. Who stated on his show(NFL Network) that when he was drafted by the Steelers he was depressed. He did not want to play for us and quit at one time before being talked back to the team, shortly before they went on their first superbowl victory.

Now he is everything Pittsburgh Steeler and still 40 years later one of the faces of this terrific franchise.

 

Well, believe me, I love Ben and it's actually saying something for me to pick Bradshaw over him because my son is actually NAMED after Ben! So I love Ben BIG TIME. It's just that Terry called his own plays, was clutch when it counted, and created a true dynasty. Also his resolve was pretty stout given that he was benched and had a lot of problems to overcome. Ben is the absolute man though and I wouldn't take ANY qb in the NFL right now to play behind THIS line except for Ben.

 

I am of the opinion that there are far too many players worthy of this. I only picked Lambert because he would be in the mix. Joe Greene
Dan Rooney, Chuck Noll changed the Steelers
forever. I am old enough to remember the Steelers as the laughing stock of the league.When the Emperor came in everything changed, a new Sherrif had arrived. LOL the rest is history greatest franchise on the planet.

 

Perhaps the more interesting question for me is who was the best draft pick EXCLUDING current members of the HOF, and Roethlisberger (and Glen Edwards)?

So take the Greenes and Bradshaws as read, and consider more:

- The round the pick was made
- The number we were picking at
- Who else had been picked/was available
- The impact the player made on the team

(I'm awaiting JimmyAllen's response... )

 

Terry was wildly exaggerated to be dumber than he really was. He was a very intelligent "cat" that didn't need to be spotted the "C".

 

Greg Loyd?

 

A case can be made for any of the following:

John Stallworth (4th rd., 82nd selection) Available: Morris Bradshaw, more heralded WR out of Ohio State
Mike Webster (5th rd. 125th selection) Available: Efren Herrera, K, UCLA...Gerela was bad and this pick would have made sense.
Greg Lloyd (6th rd, 150th selection) Available: Bo Jackson and Dan Saleaumua
Hines Ward (3rd rd, 92nd selection.) Available: Az Hakim

 

Mel blount was a pretty good 3rd round pick