TAS 2 Posted April 30, 2007 What's your take on the draft? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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lambert58 71 Posted April 30, 2007 A little confusing draft for me. Even with the loss of Porter I did not believe that Line Backer was a weakness. If Tomlin plans to stick with LeBeau's 3-4 then I worry about how Woodley will do dropping into coverage. Timmons was a good pick but I would have went with a Corner. Spaeth in the third was disappointing. We already under use Miller and O-Line and Corner was more of a need. The Punter in the 5th was fine but I wonder if they had to move up to grab him. We lost a 6th with that pick but the compensotory pick made up for that. I was just stunned that the Steelers did not address Corner or O-Line until the 5th. I can't really grade the draft because I do not know what kind of offense Tomlin plans on running but I believe we are now loaded at Linebacker. How about you? Were you happy with the draft? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAS 2 Posted April 30, 2007 A little confusing draft for me. Even with the loss of Porter I did not believe that Line Backer was a weakness. If Tomlin plans to stick with LeBeau's 3-4 then I worry about how Woodley will do dropping into coverage. Timmons was a good pick but I would have went with a Corner. Spaeth in the third was disappointing. We already under use Miller and O-Line and Corner was more of a need. The Punter in the 5th was fine but I wonder if they had to move up to grab him. We lost a 6th with that pick but the compensotory pick made up for that. I was just stunned that the Steelers did not address Corner or O-Line until the 5th. I can't really grade the draft because I do not know what kind of offense Tomlin plans on running but I believe we are now loaded at Linebacker. How about you? Were you happy with the draft? The top 2 picks I don't have a problem with. I am not pleased with how the rest of the draft went down. We needed O-line help, somebody who can step in right away and at the least spell the starters for a series or two. Rb Bush from Louisville was there for the taking, he may have been a diamond in the rough. The punter was actually taken in the 4th round, talk about a bubble burster. He may or may not be a good one, but the 4th round???? The receiver out of Florida may pan out. All in all I think the defensive side of the ball was my area of concern, and those needs were partly addressed. I believe Ben, Willie, Hines, Miller, Holmes, our o-line will be fine. We just needed a little depth and we failed to get those types of players. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snuff 10 Posted April 30, 2007 I give the draft a "D". Seriously, I did not like it at all. First 2 picks were solid, and I actually liked the punter pick in the 4th. Other than that, meh. We did not address the "O" line, or defensive back, or RB positions like I had hoped. The top 2 picks as I said are solid, but not for the Steelers. Wish I had time to give a more in depth analysis, but this draft doesn't deserve it anyways. Time will tell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lambert58 71 Posted April 30, 2007 A little scary that this is the first linebacker picked in the first round since HUEY RICHARDSON!! What a waste of a pick that was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ADD1CT36 1 Posted April 30, 2007 what is this "draft" you speak of??? jk. i dont usually know much of what's going on. i just thought that taking a punter so early was kinda weird. i thought gardocki is still doing pretty well. i realize he's getting up there for an athlete, but still, of all the positions to be eager to refill ... i'm just a girl oh and i am waiting for the defense... i dont know much, but i still feel that polamalu is all over the place trying to do 5 guys' jobs. maybe i'm wrong. but that's what it looks like to a lay-person's eyes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAS 2 Posted April 30, 2007 what is this "draft" you speak of??? jk. i dont usually know much of what's going on. i just thought that taking a punter so early was kinda weird. i thought gardocki is still doing pretty well. i realize he's getting up there for an athlete, but still, of all the positions to be eager to refill ... i'm just a girl oh and i am waiting for the defense... i dont know much, but i still feel that polamalu is all over the place trying to do 5 guys' jobs. maybe i'm wrong. but that's what it looks like to a lay-person eyes. We know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAS 2 Posted April 30, 2007 I just watched a highlight reel of Michigans Woodley, and 1 thing really impressed me about this guy: his Barry Sanders approach after making big plays. He doesn't do the chest thumping bs you get from a ton of other players, he just lines back up and goes at it again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snuff 10 Posted May 1, 2007 I just watched a highlight reel of Michigans Woodley, and 1 thing really impressed me about this guy: his Barry Sanders approach after making big plays. He doesn't do the chest thumping bs you get from a ton of other players, he just lines back up and goes at it again. Have you seen the videos of our new punter knocking people on their asses? Can't do the links right now but if you do a search you'll find them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAS 2 Posted May 3, 2007 Have you seen the videos of our new punter knocking people on their asses? Can't do the links right now but if you do a search you'll find them. I have, impressive. Although I hope our coverage is good enough where we don't need him! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
