~ OFFICIAL 2014 TSF.COM FANTASY DRAFT STEELERS VOTING & DISCUSSION ~

Curious, what do you see in him TTF? A few of the sites I've been to have him rated as either a 7th rounder or undrafted. Position flexibility is nice, but I think there are better prospects out there versus a guy that isn't necesariliy stellar at any one position.

 

Marcus Smith

 

Since good L.B.'s means so much to the Steeler D, I will go with Marcus Smith.

 

Just a quick update....we have 8 candidates with votes.


K'Deem Carey w/ 1
OLB Trevor riley w/ 1
OLB Carl Bradford w/ 1
WR Josh Huff w/ 1
OL Wesley Johnson w/ 1

WR Brandon Coleman with 2
OT JaWaun James with 2
OLB Marcus Smith with 4

So we do have a leader at this point.

 

I'll go with JuWaun James, OT Tennessee.

 

Voting will be closed at 10pm Eastern tonight. If there is a tie...then there will be a quick re-vote between those 2.

 

Ya know what? My vote goes for

Carl Bradford, LB, Arizona State

In round 2 I didn't think he carried enough value compared to Tuitt or the receivers, and at this point I don't think any of the receivers have enough value compared to Bradford. It's less of a need than WR for sure in my mind, but I like what Bradford could bring to us. A lot of times "position flexibility" is code for "good backup, bad starter," but I think what I've read of Bradford's intangibles - his work ethic, leadership, intelligence, explosiveness, motor - is exactly the right thing to cancel that out. 3rd round is awfully high for a non-starter if we extend Worilds, but I think it's a position that could use more rotation, and both starters are known to get injured from time to time, and Carl seems like he could potentially back us up on the inside too, and I bet he'd make a great special teamer.

 

Just to make thing interesting I"m going to vote here too.

 

a little less than an hour left...this is the closest vote so far.

 

Voting is over

 

Players with more than 1 vote:

WR Brandon Coleman with 2
OLB Carl Bradford with 3
OT JaWaun James with 4
OLB Marcus Smith with 4

So we have a tie between James and Smith...

Seeing how I haven't voted yet...I'll be the tie breaker...instead of wasting time doing a re-vote like I mentioned before...

While ideally I'd liked to have gotten a solid WR here. After looking into these guys (as far as where they rank/projected round/etc)...they are fairly even. So I will go with what I think the team needs. Between an OT and an OLB...based on what the team as now (well when this mock began)...I see LB as having the least amount of depth and is in need of a player that can step in to give the starters a rest or coming due to an injury.

So my vote and the winner is OLB Marcus Smith, Lousiville.

 

Agreed.

 

Hahaha.

Hey I was going to flip a coin to make the pick...then I was like nah...people will probably complain....so I based on depth. The OL has more depth than LB right now so...yeah...haha.

 

Agreed... And I've been picking defense. Still, you can't control how the draft unfolds, and as long as you're picking BPA at a position of need, you're doing well. I have a hard time forcing an inferior pick because I haven't gone offense yet.

 

I actually disagree,.... The Broncos had the best offense and the SB showed once again defense wins
Championships.

Our offense should be playoff caliber now and our defense is in need of several position upgrades/additions.

I would be stoked if we drafted exactly like the TAG mock has gone for the 1st 3 eds.

Cajun

 

I would jump off a tall building if we didn't get Ben any weapons in the first 3 rounds.

However, I do hope our draft ends up being mostly defense.