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Couldn't agree more! I'm so excited for this season already!

 

The problem with that is he's not great in man-to-man coverage.

On the other hand, he has a history of missing open-field tackles and taking bad angles in pursuit, so he fits right into what the defense did last season.

 

I like the pick, he has size 6 1/2 217 speed 44.7 40 and had a good college career only hampered by shoulder surgery, 101 tackles 4 picks as a soph his upside potential with new DB coach is very high in my opinion:


NCAA recap
R.J. White: A 247Sports Composite three-star recruit out of Ringgold, Virginia, Edmunds made eight starts as a redshirt freshman while racking up 34 tackles (1.5 for loss) and seven passes defensed. He broke out the following year, piling up 101 total tackles (4.5 for loss) and intercepting four passes, including one in a Belk Bowl win over Arkansas, and was named honorable mention All-ACC for his fine season.

Edmunds made just 10 starts as a junior due to shoulder surgery but still managed to be named third-team All-ACC after recording 61 tackles (2.5 for loss) with 1.5 sacks, four passes defensed and two interceptions.

 

Like the player but not at 28. Oh, well. Pittsburgh will always stay put in their drafting position and will always take the guy they want, even if it's a round "early", just to make sure they get him. With three second day picks now, hopefully we'll end up with a nice talent infusion. Still need another body at almost every spot.

 

Exactly what I was thinking. Also he gets beat over the top and has trouble locating the ball when his back is to it , so a new Mitchell without the hard hitting ability...although to be fair Mitchell had trouble locating the ball when he was FACING it.

Also, is our 1st round philosophy now: "Well, I heard his brother is really good!" ?

 

Picking at 28 is just an early 2nd round pick in my opinion....

 

We don't know how it will turn out but this is looking like a Burns type of pick. It was a position of need but a reach at 28, they could have easily gotten him in the 2dn as most analysts had him pegged as a 3rd round selection. My biggest problem is he misses open field tackles a lot, the same problem that most of our defense right now suffers from, lets just hope they get some value in the later rounds as I believe they blew it in the 1st.

 

NFL Channel just gave us a C+ on Edmunds pick.

 

The same reason some fans assume that due to "Player A" or "Player B" being on the board and, subsequently, being the "right choice", should be drafted.


That reason? Lack of intution. Some fans elect to do research mainly on prospects alone and ignore the teams themselevs. Some desire the team to draft a player to replace another on the team because they feel that player is underperforming even though that is for the team to decide.



My personal advice for those fans would be to research both prospects and the teams needs in addition towards studying film and dissect exactly what the team is looking for throughout the course of the previous season.


For example, when Shazier went down, we did not have a proper contingency plan in place; our loss to the Jaguars being one of the many examples of that.


Here is another; Pittsburgh gave up more touchdown passes over 50 yards than any other team and were the third worst in passes over 40 yards or more.



That being said, we needed a safety who not only has superb range in terms of speed but also the ability to play in the box.



It came down to two choices; Reie or Edmunds. Here in lies where the misconception begins however. Reid was brought in for a Visit. Visits sometimes are not just workouts. Visits can be getting to know the person. Given Justin's brother's stance in addition towards Pittsburgh's recent history of drafting the "Hearts 'n' Smarts" players, something must have went wrong during the visit.



As such, it was then about mere deducting reasoning soon thereafter. Edmunds was the pick due to not only the player need but character as well. Keep in mind that we were not even one year removed when Reuben Foster elected to become something unspeakable.




Character and player abilitites are main ingredients to finding the next Steelers player in the draft and I do not envision this process changing any time soon.

 

And 247 gave us a B, truth is until he plays this season their alphabet ratings dont mean diddly squat....

 

The thing to me is I don`t feel as good about the pick as last year at this time, and that is the bottom line. Was this year`s draft weaker on sure starters? I commented yesterday when our pick was near that I felt like that homeowner on the Little Rascals when he sat down to eat on Thanksgiving Day, but the ravenous boys only left him the turkey`s tail. I still feel that way. It must be a quality of available players issue.

 

I read somewhere in one of his draft previews that one of his pros was the ability to cover tight ends. That’s where the Gronk idea popped up.

As you listed, one of the cons was missing open field tackles.

 

http://www.steelers.com/videos/vide...-Edmunds/c50511aa-160c-4295-80a1-1161b7e5659a

good kid and can communicate well, not to mention talented and able to do many things well. thats why we picked him.

 

I live in Hokie country and heard the Edmunds brothers former head coach, Frank Beamer, speak at a charity event a few nights ago. Beamer recruited the E-bros to Virginia Tech a few years back and it's an interesting story. He actually went to see the oldest brother, Trey, now a RB with the NO Saints play basketball when he was in high school and said he was the most explosive athlete he'd ever seen. After the game, he met with Trey and younger brothers Terrell and Tremaine were also there. Beamer told Trey that he thought he was a tremendously explosive athlete and he wanted to offer him a full athletic scholarship to come and play football at Virginia Tech. Then...(and this is where it gets good), he looked at Terrell and Tremaine and said that he'd like to offer them full-ride scholarships to VT as well! He said he gave away a heckuva lot of scholarship money that night, lol. Then he said he didn't think he was really going out on a limb much though because they were all great athletes and dad was a Pro-Bowl TE and even mom was a tremendous athlete. He raved about their athletic ability but said that their character even supersedes that. I think we got a good one!

 

I like the player...not the pick. I think it was way to early.....Lowest ranked guy drafted in the first round..... Obviously the Steelers had him ranked MUCH MUCH higher than the rest of the world. But bottom line is if this was the Raiders or the Browns we would be mocking them for the reach. This is going to be a case of either the Steelers show they are just that much smarter than everyone else....or this board is blasting them ala Jarvis Jones in a few years.

HACK

 

What's the biggest knock on him? From what I'm reading, it's tackling technique. Who did we just hire as our secondary coach? Tom Bradley who is Mr. technique. He demands it and knows how to teach it.

You can teach tackling technique but you can't teach explosiveness and athleticism and Edmunds has as much or more of that than any safety in the draft. Let's all chill, sit back and see what happens.

 

Here's my problem. You're premise assumes that the Steelers HAD to take a Safety in rd. 1. So, the only two possible picks were Reid or Edmunds. That they allowed the S position to get so out of hand, that the only option going into the draft was to take a S in the 1st. No matter who else was available.
There were a lot of good players to choose from that could've helped this team without really reaching. Which many people, including myself, believe they did. You may not think so, and that's fine.

Like Hack said, maybe the Steelers are that much smarter than everybody else. I hope so.

 

Agree. What could possibly go wrong?

 

• Will do the work as tackler but can take the worst of the collision
• Missed open field tackles have dogged him
• Takes inconsistent angles to the ball
• Lunges rather than sliding his feet to close distance on cutting runners
• Too aggressive in response to route fakes
• Bites and gets forced into recovery mode
• Lacks desired instincts and feel for deep coverage
• Doesn’t get enough depth to help on deep throws
• Slow to read quarterback and get the jump to range over top
• Fails to find football when his back is to the ball
• Missed the end of the season with a shoulder injury that will have to clear medicals

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/terrell-edmunds?id=32462018-0002-5601-25af-a59d7c8988a5

Classic bad Steeler reach.

 

I'm glad they actually drafted area of need instead of best available like in the past. My only question is why they didn't do a better package with Oakland. Our 1st and Bryant for their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. We have no 4th round pick. Only 11 picks back and I'm sure he would have been there. Risky though.

I like the pick. Same combine numbers as J Peppers. Only 5 missed tackles in 600 attempts. My only concern is these Va Tech players have limited upside. They are lunch pail hard workers but not 1st round talent. Reminds me of Worilds. He will be a hard worker, solid starter, but no Troy or next level talent. Hopefully he proves me wrong.

 

I think it'll end up being a pretty good pick and a few years from now it'll be cool as well as funny to hear him laugh at the naysayers when he's reading the experts draft day notes on the Dan Patrick show.