Steelers Hosting WR Donte Moncrief Today

If you combine Moncrief with some higher-level QB play than he got at Ole Miss, he will be really something.

(Apologies to Bo Wallace, his friends, and family. Not a guy you could hang your hat on.)

 

I'm good with fuller, moncrief, turner, feidorowicz, seastrunk, gaines, Janis, barnett, way.

 

Love it. He has all the tools to be a big time playmaker in the league. Would be an awesome pick.

 

I hope he has better hands than the last WR the Steelers drafted from Ole Miss, Mike Wallace aka hands of stone.

 

If we draft him just hope he can produce anywhere near Wallace's numbers in his time here.

 

I'll take better hands any day. If he can consistently move the chains and keep the O on the field, he's OK with me.
If he can go and get the deep ball, then he's already better than Wallace.

 

Absolutely this. I know people are sour on Wallace since he had a down year before he left and was kind of a "diva", but the facts are facts... he changed the game in a serious way for us and was incredibly productive. If you could tell me we could get another Mike Wallace in this year's draft, I'd do it in a heart beat.

 

Yes, he did prove that speed can kill even in a "ground and pound" town.
Yes, he did draw a lot of safety help.
He did catch some long balls.
With that said....we need that plus someone who can block, catch slants/go over the middle occasionally(Def. Coordinators are not stupid; they will take away the deep ball after a while), and extend his arms to reach out and make contact with the ball-and maybe catch it. That set of gator arms won't get him into the HOF.
He was the recipient of a lot of perfect throws. If it was not perfect, he would not even attempt to sacrifice his body for it.

We need a more-rounded receiver with that kind of speed. I'll get right on that.

 

I meant I'd take another Wallace in terms of production, especially production early in his career. I don't want a guy that essentially quits on his team and has a poor attitude. It is hard to dispute that Mike Wallace has some serious talent, and could have been a very good player with a better attitude. That's what I was calling for, not a "diva-Mike" clone lol

 

Or a better foundation to build on early in his career in Pittsburgh. I still to this day think that the young money crew were seriously hampered by the lack of fundamentals during practice. The lets practice a play once or twice and then spend the rest of the time running the jailbreak plays were Ben scrambles and they run around trying to get open. Less emphasis on running good routes, catching the ball, securing the ball, the little things that set up a player to succeed long term. The whole "when the play breaks down and it will break down we just need to get open" strategy has no need of solid fundamentals but when you play for a team that doesn't have a scrambling QB that creates on the run those fundamentals really standout.

 

You may be on to something Mac.

 

I'm telling you the more I watch tape on fiedorowicz the more I see heath miller 2, and that ain't a bad thing. he blocks like a tackle and just because he wasn't a big threat down the seam was iowa didn't use him that way. it doesn't mean he couldn't. he's also got some good hands.

I'd love a draft like this. 2 good corners, 2 tall,fast WR's, a LT, a stud TE, a good RB, a good NT and a good DE that are both talented. bring in some UDFA LB'ers for this year, and there are some good ones late and we should be fine going forward.

 

if he's sitting there at our 3rd round comp pick I would not pass him up. he's much better than spaeth. if you add him with those two big fast WR's, we don't need a slot TE.

 

After signing 2 WR's in free agency I don't think the Steelers will draft 2 WR's, I like the rest of your suggestions though.

 

I would like a big receiver but a guy who looks better and better to me is Cook. Has that 4.3 speed and seems to be outstanding after the catch. Return skills and seems to be a great fit for Haley's offense. Not a redzone guy but with his skill's to score from anywhere we might not be there as often

 

WHOLEHEARTEDLY!!!

Was getting ready to post this same thing almost verbatim.

 

Cook is basically the same type of player as Wheaton just a little faster, I think they need a big WR to help in the redzone. If teams have pay more attention to a tall physical WR then it may open things up for the other receivers.