grade so far

That and the fact the media likes to grade this thing, too.

 

So far seems like a good solid draft. Right now I say B+. Lets see what happens the last rounds, might grade higher or drop like hell!

 

The team addressed needs. Needs we all were asking for. Solid draft so far.

Now to get a safety,ILB and tight end.

 

i know you can grade the draft yet but you can grade whiether you are happy with the picks. i know a cowboys fan who is pissed. i am sure the jets fans are wondering what they are doing so i think it is safe to grade the picks.

 

Wheaton looks more like brown on steroids then Wallace. Have you seen thus dude he us ripped. I saw his combine photo and you cab clearly see why he wins the ball when battling in the air.

 

The FO is drafting high character guys as mentioned earlier for a reason. Colbert drafting BPA is bull. The FO has decided to draft good guys,goodplayers who fills a need and this can be dangerous because you can miss of really great talent that way.

I will wait for a grade at this point but will point out a few things:

Jarvis Jones- Even though I had him as my #1 mock I'm really not that crazy about the pick. Forget his medical issue for a moment. Right now he's a one trick pony. His run defense and dropping into coverage has been questioned by a few. It also means we've wasted another high pick as it seems our #2 pick Worilds isn't what they were hoping for.

L. Bell--- He's another great guy and very good player. I mentioned on another poster's thread when he had bell in later rds Bell would go much higher and could be the 1st RB taken. He's Big 6'1" and 240 lbs running a 4.6 40 AND has the 3rd best 3-cone drill amonst ALL RBs. He's durable and had 3 games over 200 yds. He's a GREAT fit for us BUT we passed on Talent when we passed on ILB Brown who I was hoping we'd get and to note J. Franklin is still there.


Wheaton- He's a Clone of Brown but faster and Stronger ( 20 rep @ 225 ) meaning we have three guys who do the same thing--Brown-Sanders- Wheaton. I guess since we matched Sanders offer and then his agent went running his mouth about his next contract has to be big the Steelers decided to pick his replacement now so this pick is really to protect us next year and remember, WR is one of the hardest positions to learn and master..


I'm not a fan of David Amerson or Montee Ball at all and would have passed on them easily. I like Lacy but Bell is better for us. Franklin would be even better if we could have got him in the 4th.

Now I'm praying for Phillip Thomas safety in the 4th. I just got home from work and I don't think he's been drafted yet.

Cajun-

 

Cajun I thought they said bell had the best cone time because they said the best last year was Rainey. I could be wrong but I liked this pick at first and it has grown on me even more. Of all the backs I think he has the most upside. Lacy was running through holes the size of Texas thanks to his oline bell wasn't.

 

bell is eddie lacy plus. we got the better guy by far. with LSH and wheaton we got two very highly rated return men too we needed. i'm not sure how you can give the bell pick a D elvis.

 

Ok but Heck at his size top 3 is still awesome. He has what 50 pounds on Rainey.

 

I am going to run with the pack and give the draft thus far a B+ .. Its way too early to even consider how this will turn out for all of the reasons stated previously. It is off season though so we need to talk about something and I cant wait until August. Will probably get to the Burgh this year .. Looking at the Turds game...

Bman

 

ya too early to grade this draft,, last years draft got an A-.....now look at that mess..DD tore up his knee ,Rainey is gone, T'amu DUI

 

C , so far, don't really mind the Jones pick but think the RB and WR were not great value. Hope to see some size added today. The Steelers have been getting their asses kicked up front for the last 3 years. I don't look at rankings. I look at obvious running downs, 3rd and short. Both sides of the ball need to get stronger.

 

Regardless of what grade we have...Bengals had an even better draft. They might be poised for a deep playoff run next year.

 

Yeah and they might be poised to crap out as per every year. I see people predicting Bengals every year as being a threat.

Wont happen.. Even if they win the AFC North they still dont have the coaching personnel to make a run

 

this cracks me up. its kinda like a few years ago when the browns drafted well after doing so good in free agency. i think they won 3 games

 

b- , we missed a lot of picks , too high for bell a qb with no sense no lb no depth on oline and we lost a 3rd round next year in the process
people that i would have liked : swearinger k.allen a.brown barret jones quentarious smith john simon hugh thornton bw webb

 

I like those guys as well but when u take a close look at what we have done it looks great. I couldnt handle another year of seeing batch on the sideline. I like him but its time to move on

 

jones would have been still around now , like dysert and bray , we miss arthur brown or swearinger to take bell at 48 , in the 4rd we traded our next 3rd to land a safety that could have been around 5 spot later and we miss barrett joines to land this laundry. this draft should have benn perfect with all the holes we have , spence will not recover we still have foote no depth an oline spaeth and questionable depth at dt/de . i don't know i'm not happy expecially loking at san francisco and baltimore flying away

 

Bell pick is a real head scratcher for me also, Oh well can't say I told you so with evaluaters of RB, OL, CB
for the Steelers. I hope he makes me look bad, I am willing to give the kid a chance.