official 2024 draft day thread

... and according to Tomlin... Troy Fautanu is a tackle.....


... soo... is Broderick Jones gonna be effed up like Kevin Dotson was...?!

 

Or they could keep building up front. Maybe they trade up in the second round to get Frazier.

 

Playing right tackle didn't seem to screw anything up for Jones in 2023.

 

Higher than Barton? Sure.

Higher than Arnold and Mitchell? Sorry. I'm just not buying it.

 

K, lets start taking those second round tackles.....

 

maybe with all those corners on the board the steelers may do some horse trading in round 2

 

In some rankings, yes, in some rankings, no. What matters is the Steelers' rankings.

 

Maybe, I doubt it though. Our in house guys are Anderson and Herbig. Neither would be upgrades over Mason Cole since both were Steelers last year and played behind Cole. Unless our plan is to re-sign Cole for cheaper?

We still need a WR, true. Are we going round 2 though? If we don’t we pretty much have to cave to Boyd’s contract demands or make a trade. We still need a C-WR-CB. We have 3 more picks tomorrow. Wouldn’t be shocked to see all 3 of those positions taken.

 

Just a reminder for all of you who said all three top centers would be gone in the first round.....
You were wrong.

 

They were determined to take a tackle. That's what they did.

He's a Steeler. So I am hoping it's a great pick. I just think there were better options. How often can you draft the top corner in the draft at 20?

 

lol me either. I was just trying to find Blast’s idea of “in-house center”. I’m not certain we have a center on the roster, let alone one we are confident trotting out as a day 1 starter. Maybe Anderson can be a high level interior back up that is C capable… but man that would be a huge leap for him to be counted on as the starter this year.

 

well Barton is gone. not sure this was a good idea

 

I am okay with Fautanu. At LEAST they did take a fairly highly rated OL. I was afraid of Atlanta Falcons stupid (Penix, really?). I just hoped they'd take an OC, OT, CB...or maybe best DT. I didn't want a WR (draft is deep, they have WRs, they'll use two TEs alot) this early and no other position made sense.

Fautanu is highly regarded, just that we all have favorties. I am not at all unhappy. I just felt the tape on JPJ jumped out at me, but maybe his agility isn't quite up to snuff. I hope they have an OC in mind for round 2 or 3. CB and WR would be nice, but not quite as glaringly necessary. DT also would be welcome, but they can get by this year with what they have, just that the depth isn't of high quality.

I also hope this means Dan Moore is no longer a starter...for the love of all that is terribly toweled, move on. Swindled some team out of a fourth or fifth round pick!

 

Should have a run on CBs pretty soon. Wiggins, DeJean, McKinstry still out there.

 

..... man.......


Just... man.....


I did have Troy rated as my number two OT in the class; above Mims. That said... him over Barton?!... man...


Hope I am wrong.

 

It took longer than normal to make the pick. I would have loved to here the discussion in the draft room

 

Sounds alot like Green. Agile, quick, former wrestler, blah blah blah. That said, he does seem to be a bit more powerful. If we end up with an OC that gets bulldozed into the QB every 3rd play, I am going to lose my mind. I'll keep trust in Khan/Weidl. They make the last five years of Colbert look like pre-schooler trying to work the draft and FA.

 

If they thought either of them were an upgrade over Cole, they would have played at some point last year. With all the blocking and snap issues Cole was having, it was pretty telling that we didn’t bench him bc we had no options at the position.

I like Spencer Anderson. He might be able to be counted on as an interior back up next year. It would be a HUGE step forward for him to be viewed as the next starter. We didn’t give any indication last season that he could be that guy. As for Herbig…. Again if we thought he was an upgrade over Cole he would’ve seen playing time at C. Cole was that bad. We’re closer to having 0 centers on the roster than we are a starting center.

I still think we’re fine if we want a C in round 2 (and expect it at this point). We overhyped the C’s on this board due to our need for a starting caliber guy… someone good will be available.

I am good with a trade for Sutton (3rd rounder?) and grab a C in the 2nd and a slot CB in the 3rd. I would feel pretty solid with the draft turning out like that.

 

No, he didn't. There was talk about his knee: “Washington OT Troy Fautanu’s knee was flagged. That one was described to me as the sort of issue that shouldn’t be a problem in the short term, but could wind up impacting his longevity in the pros." I've seen other comments like that. Apparently something with his ACL.

He had a lisfranc injury, too. Not serious, I guess, but I never like to hear about big guys and foot problems. Sounds like the Steelers are comfortable he's healthy so I'll trust them.

He's a hell of a big, mobile kid. Clearly talented. When you hear "he can play all 5 OL spots" it makes you wonder if that's because he doesn't excel at any of them. Jack of all trades, sorta thing. Would you even consider putting Broderick Jones at Center?

On the bright side, if he's healthy and actually is the 12-15th best player, our OL could be really good.

Barton to Tampa.