Best first round pick and worst first round pick

Best first round pick is a toss up between Joe Green and Terry Bradshaw. Worst pick in my estimation is Huey Richardson. I don't think Richardson has a single tackle while here. Could be wrong though.

 

Best probably Bradshaw or Roethlisberger. Worst Huey Richardson or Dick Leftridge from WVU, though few would remember him. I only vaguely know of him.
If you count success for other teams but not the Steelers, Len Dawson was a number one but won three championships with Kansas City. In the 50s/early 60s the Steelers had Dawson, Unitas, Morrall, Finks, Kemp, and Marchibroda at one time or another, but had no idea what to do with any of them.
I thought maybe Rhino Rienstra was the worst but he actually played longer than I remembered.

 

by some: this years
by others: this years

 

Franco Harris
Ben
Swann
Mean Joe
Bradshaw

Worst:
Burns
Jarvis
Richardson

 

Worst was Rivera for several reasons.

 

Best
Ben ,Bradshaw , Greene, and Troy P.
Worst
Jarvis
Jarvis
Jarvis
Richardson

 

You are kidding me.

 

The result? Find one worse.

 

Took Rivera and passed on Marino. Worst mistake ever made by Pitt

 

Best Pick: Joe Greene


Changed the franchise's culture and played a major part in the transformation of the organization


Worst Pick: Huey Richardson


I could go on and on about this pick but I will put it this way; Huey's Career makes Artie's look like Ike Taylors.

 

That's some funny stuff right there!

 

And to make it 100 times worse for Rivera and the Steelers, he got drunk and drove into a retaining wall.

Tragedy all around, especially for Gabe.

 

No i thought you were judging Senoir Sack's ability. I was not thinking
of other players available that year. I should have qualified my questioning. Unfortunately Dan
had a problem never proven going around at that time that made the Rooney's back off.
I watched Dan at Pitt his whole career, I am a Pitt fan. He could sling it, that is why he is a HOF.

 

He wasn’t a bad pick, it just tuned out badly. Senor Sack actually played quite well during his short career.
I was a student at Pitt when Marino was there and remember the rumors. Whether they were what led the Steelers to pass on him I don’t know. I never saw any evidence that they were true. I have heard that whisper campaigns are used in the NFL draft to get someone to drop.
Bradshaw finished in 1983 and Marino entered the league the same year. What if the Steelers had drafted him, and they didn’t miss a beat behind center for 30 years?

 

Best imo was Franco Harris, Mean Joe would second this.

 

Jamain Stephens and Troy Edwards have to be included in the worst conversation. Stephens didn’t even make it out of training camp before getting cut.

 

He started 11 games I believe.. He played for Cincy after Pitt. 2 years?