Steelers annual draft review thread. 2026

I don't think Johnson has anywhere near that level of talent, but writing a player off due to one boneheaded mistake is foolish. Foster is a great example of that.

 

Yes no maybe

When Roman is lined up in the slot runs a seem route wide open and is waving his hand you throw him the football for the long gain or TD

You can work on the route afterwards

And I watched this happening

 

Best draft I've seen by the Steelers in a long while. I am surprised, because I've never looked at McCarthy as one of those coaches who improves the player evaluation side. But for whatever reason he and Khan seem to make a good pair.

Iheanachor was one of the best performers during Senior Bowl week, a solid OT addition in a weak tackle class. Bernard was a steal, the kind of wideout we never end up with, he's stable, talented, and productive and not out of his mind. Everette's a bit of a dev challenge but has all the tools and the right mentality. Dunker's going to be a solid starting piece on this line for years once he gets into the lineup. And where this draft haul really shines is in its depth. Wetjen's a special returner. Nowakowski can play at this level and where they got him shows the depth of this TE class. Rubio's a rotational DL addition. Jennings has the tools and is a strong leadership type. And Heidenreich is a legit joker type, also outstanding quality for where they got him.

This is the type of draft that will propel a team into playoff contention for a few years. And it adds enough for this year's run to where I find myself wondering what it looks like if the old man can stay healthy this season at QB.

 

But I saw it more than once

So maybe he was running the route

Maybe he was open because the other team knew he wasn’t going to get thrown to

 

I was not surprised when the Steelers went with drafting 10 players this year.

I will also not be surprised when we see a lot of Tomlin draft picks hitting the road when the team announces their 53-man roster. I feel like the guys making the roster for their special team abilities under Tomlin and Danny Smith, may find themselves unemployed before the season starts.

 

ah yes
AR / BR

 

There clearly was a reason why the Steelers drafted a WR in Rd2. The draft might have been different if Roman showed something last season.

 

Click bait

 

I just needed a button to push

The former one got too whiney

 

Funny how some folks who like to dish cannot take.

 

Yep. I see a lot of that around here... but I won't say any specific names.

 

You do realize that you don't stay young, or a rookie??

 

Carolina Panthers expansion team trades, and he never played for them, and then later that year Bengals picked him up because of injuries, but he changed his mind , and never played for them either. He's was a Razorbacks so I remember.
Also difference in KJ, and Foster, the Ball actually touched KJ so he had no excuse.

 

That's like a guy a worked with celebrating his 30 years working.
But the way he worked it was more like 1 year of experience 30X....

 

That does seem to be the trick.

 

Everyone on offense that is still on the team deserves a chance with this new coaching staff.

I’m looking forward to seeing if we can scheme more people open now that we finally have a HC on the offensive side.