Offense Or Defense In The First Round?

We are on the same page, maybe not the same paragraph though.

I voted DEFENSE!!!!! Leaning heavy towards the secondary also.

I almost went the way of undecided like steel_elvis because you really always need to go BPA but at #15 we should get BPA/defense to most effectively help this team.

Cajun-

 

Cotchery and Sanders are free agents so the Steelers aren't set at receiver. I would try to re-sign Cotchery though he had 8 or 9 TD's last season.

 

I guess I am in the minority I picked defense,
watching the Seahawks tonight makes me envious. I love that style of football.

 

cotchery had 10 TD's last year.

 

since we draft bpa not for needs in the first round ,i would say let's see who is there at 15

 

You don't score, until you score!

 

This.

 

I want a ball hawkin' corner but my head says offense. I would say on offense they would be looking for either a TE or a WR. On defense I would say they are gonna be looking for a safety or a corner. Maybe if Keenan Lewis had stayed they would be looking straight safety.

 

If it's defense in the first round then take the best CB on the board, the Steelers secondary is the weak link on the team. I would be interested in Justin Gilbert or Darqueze Dennard. I don't want them to draft a NT or ILB at #15.

 

Agree. I haven't done much of my research yet, but right now I think an ideal scenario would be to trade down and land Gilbert. Seems like a pretty complete player that would fit with us, and as a bonus would improve our KR immediately.

 

I look for us to take one of those wr's. it's been awhile since we had a top wr pick.

 

Only 7 years. It's been 11 years since we took a safety in the first, and 17 years since we took a CB in the first. We've taken 3 WRs in the first round since the last CB. If you don't count Lawrence Timmons (who was drafted as an OLB), the Steelers have NEVER drafted an inside linebacker in the first round.

Not saying that's the way I want to go though. But at the moment I'm leaning to defense.

 

the league as a whole really started to down play the safety position for a while. it's come back though. last year there were a lot of good ones. this year is kind of sparse. I think our last higher pick of a corner was Bryant McFadden. he was a 2nd. cb is pretty deep in this draft. so is qb,wr,te,olb,ilb and rb. it should be a good year to add some players at spots we need.

 

Going to be upgrades on both sides of the ball but i feel the defense will be the the most active going into '14 season. I see a melt down ref. inhouse FA's with vet min.offers. Going to be interesting to view the names working the revolving door. As one here mentioned it takes offense to win your games look over your shoulders.. they had trend winning years with the D taking charge. I feel the organization will concentrate on resurrecting the Steel Curtain.

 

Just a thought: I know they've had an offense-defense-offense pattern since 2006, and here we all are making our picks, but I'm sure the team itself doesn't know which side of the ball they'll be drafting until they're on the clock. If Jarvis Jones had been drafted one spot ahead of us, we might well have taken offense. Same for all the other years. We'll have to wait and see who is there and what the trade options are, just like Colbert himself.

 

Its sad when you here comments
I want an impactful CB/Safety
and in the same phrase. Oh he won't play in this defense for three years. Has to learn the system.
Folks football is football if you can play,
and have more talent than what is on the field,
you should be playing.

 

yea they saw the field and had some starts, BUT those starts and playing time was because we absolutely had nobody else. it's not that they outplayed the guy they replaced and earned a spot. it was out of necessity. no depth can make guys look better then they actually are sometimes. they played OK and I'm sure will improve with time, but we still have nothing behind them, nor in front of them worthy.

also before you bring up bell, I want to say besides him. < that's how a 2nd rounder should play, in my eyes. that's a big part of your core that is sub par. worilds after 3 1/2 years. gilbert, adams, need I mention sweed. now Woodley is looking like a bad investment lately. we need better drafting in rounds 2-5. we can't afford guys like hawthorne to fail so badly.

there is still a lot of work to do to get us to championship level. you have to have the backups in place too. we are very, very thin at many spots that one or two drafts isn't going to solve. we seem to do better with very late and UDFA's then we do with 2nd round thru 5th round picks. this is what's put us behind the 8 ball so to speak. it's just tough to make up for.

 

yes and this is because Colbert is the best GM in the business and we will win it all next year.

 

that's what you are saying , I'm just agreeing. no worries what so ever, if we have kev at the helm of the team.