Grade The Steelers 2007 Draft

[BB2W]

he will be the best punter we ever had, he might be the best punter in the NFL mabye make the HOF.

Wow... I wouldn't go that far. There are no punters in the Hall of Fame. Not even Ray Guy...

[K Train]

lol D-Sep....future hall of famer lol

all jokes aside....im happy we got him (obviously) lol

[Steelerlyn]

Impossible to grade the draft at this point, check out these past drafts, they can be graded because we now know what these guys can or cannot do on a pro level. Naturally, only time will tell, but this draft seems kind of the opposite of previous Colbert drafts. The last few, I felt we always hit perfect strikes on Rd 1 and then they got progressively more iffy & with a lot of misses. This year I don't have the same strong Rd 1 feeling as say Ben or Troy or Heath, but I really like our Rd 2 + picks.




1997 Steelers Draft Picks
Round Pick Player Selected School Pos
1 24 Chad Scott Maryland CB
2 23 Will Blackwell San Diego St. WR
3 22 Paul Wiggins Oregon OL
3* 31 Mike Vrable Ohio St. DL
5 24 George Jones San Diego St. RB
6 23 Daryl Porter Boston College CB
6* 36 Rod Manuel Oklahoma DE
7 22 Michael Adams Texas WR


1998 Steelers Draft Picks
Rd Pick Player Selected School Pos
1 26 Alan Faneca LSU OG
2 11*** Jeremy Staat Arizona St. DL
3 5** Chris Conrad Fresno St. OT
3 31* Hines Ward Georgia WR
4 25 DeShea Townsend Alabama CB
4 31* Carlos King N.C. State FB
5 14**** Jason Simmons Arizona St. CB
6 25 Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala Utah RB
6 33* Ryan Olson Colorado DL/LB
7 32* Angel Rubio SE Missouri St. DL


Steelers 1999 Draft Picks
Rd Pick Player Selected School Pos
1 13 Troy Edwards Louisiana Tech WR
2 28****Scott Shields Weber St. DB
3 12**** Joey Porter Colorado St. DL/LB
3 13 Kris Farris UCLA OT
3 34* Amos Zereoue West Virginia RB
4 14 Aaron Smith Northern Colorado DL
5 3** Jerame Tuman Michigan TE
5 33* Malcolm Johnson Notre Dame WR
7 8*** Antonio Dingle Virginia DL
7 13 Chad Kelsay Nebraska LB
7 22**** Kris Brown Nebraska PK



Steelers 2000 Draft Board
Rd Pick Player Selected School Pos
1 8 Plaxico Burress Michigan St. WR
2 7 Marvel Smith Arizona St. OT
3 10 Kendrick Clancy Mississippi DT
3 15 Hank Poteat Pittsburgh CB
4 9 Danny Farmer UCLA WR
5 8 Clark Haggans Colorado State DL
5 34 Tee Martin Tennessee QB
6 7 Chris Combs Duke DL
6 38 Jason Gavadza Kent TE


Steelers 2001 Draft Board
Rd Pick Player Selected School Pos
1 19* Casey Hampton Texas DT
2 8** Kendrell Bell Georgia LB
4 16* Mathias Nkwenti Temple OT
5 15 Chukky Okobi Purdue C
6 18* Rodney Bailey Ohio State DL
6 19 Roger Knight Wisconsin LB
7 18 Chris Taylor Texas A&M WR

Steelers 2002 Draft Board
Rd Pick Player Selected School Pos
1 30 Kendall Simmons Auburn OL
2 30 Antwaan Randle El Indiana WR/QB
3 29 Chris Hope Florida State S
4 30 Larry Foote Michigan LB
5 31 Verron Haynes Georgia RB
6 30 Lee Mays UTEP WR
7 1* Lavar Glover Cincinnati CB
7 31 Bret Keisel BYU DE


Steelers 2003 Draft Board
Rd Pick Player Selected School Pos
1 16 Troy Polamalu USC SS
2 27 Alonzo Jackson Florida State DE/LB
4 28 Ike Taylor Louisiana-Lafayette CB
5 28 Brian St. Pierre Boston College QB
7 28 J.T. Wall Georgia FB


Steelers 2004 Draft Board
Rd Pick Player Selected School Pos
1 11 Ben Roethlisberger Miami (OH) QB
2 6 Ricardo Colclough Tusculum CB
3 12 Max Starks Florida OT
5 13 Nathaniel Adibi Virginia Tech DE
6 12 Bo Lacy Arkansas OT
6 29 Matt Kranchick Penn State sucks TE
6 32 Drew Caylor Stanford C/DL
7 11 Eric Taylor Memphis DT

Steelers 2005 Draft Board
Rd Pick Player Selected School Pos
1 30 Heath Miller Virginia TE
2 30 Bryant McFadden Florida State CB
3 29 Trai Essex Northwestern OT
4 30 Fred Gibson Georgia WR
5 30 Rain Wallace Temple ILB
6 30 Chris Kemoeatu Utah OG
7 14 Shaun Nua BYU DE
7 30 Noah Herron Northwestern RB

Steelers 2006 Draft Board
Rd Pick Player Selected School Pos
1 32 Santonio Holmes Ohio St WR
3 19 Anthony Smith Syracuse S
3 31 Willie Reid Florida St WR
4 34 Willie Colon Hofstra OG
4 36 Orien Harris Miami DT
5 31 Omar Jacobs Bowling Green QB
5 34 Charles Davis Purdue TE
6 32 Marvin Philip California C
7 32 Cedric Humes Virginia Tech RB

[BlackGold4vr]

Not that they need my approval in any way to validate their results.

I admit that the TE pick to end day 1 had me in a tail spin and I went to bed last night a little sick about the strategy that was playing out (mainly with their lack of movement to grab some of the better players that I had personally hoped would wear the black and Gold like Blalock and Hunt).

I missed most of the picks today but after reviewing the whole draft I believe they filled every need except for RB and I'm sure they can still address that need with an unsigned free agent (Willie was one so you never know when the Rooney's have that ace in the hole that they are waiting to play). It wouldn't shock me if they pull some rabbit out of the hat and sign some beast that we never heard of.

I think we did pretty good overall. If we had gotten Bush or Hunt I would have given us an - A -

Initially I wasn't real happy with the first two picks being utilized on LB's but I think that was a good move and like I have said before I really like Woodley. I believe he is an old fashioned physical style of player who brings some nastiness to our linebacking corps. He will look good in black and gold!

You never really know how well you did until you see how they play together against real competition, especially our division rivals. I DO NOT WANT TO BE SWEPT BY THE FOUL SMELLING RATBIRDS AGAIN. That will be the true test. We already know we can beat the other two teams on any given Sunday but those Ratbirds dominated us twice last year. We weren't in either game from the opening kickoff.

You are off to a good start Coach Tomlin........good draft! My apologies for doubting!

[K Train]

we like FSU players dont we lol

[Black@Gold Forever32]

we like FSU players dont we lol

Alonzo Jackson, Byrant McFadden, Willie Reid and now Lawrence Timmons. I would say yes we do.

[BlackGold4vr]

Alonzo Jackson, Byrant McFadden, Willie Reid and now Lawrence Timmons. I would say yes we do.

Lets not forget about Marcello Church

[DIESELMAN]

Not that they need my approval in any way to validate their results.

I admit that the TE pick to end day 1 had me in a tail spin and I went to bed last night a little sick about the strategy that was playing out (mainly with their lack of movement to grab some of the better players that I had personally hoped would wear the black and Gold like Blalock and Hunt).

I missed most of the picks today but after reviewing the whole draft I believe they filled every need except for RB and I'm sure they can still address that need with an unsigned free agent (Willie was one so you never know when the Rooney's have that ace in the hole that they are waiting to play). It wouldn't shock me if they pull some rabbit out of the hat and sign some beast that we never heard of.

I think we did pretty good overall. If we had gotten Bush or Hunt I would have given us an - A -

Initially I wasn't real happy with the first two picks being utilized on LB's but I think that was a good move and like I have said before I really like Woodley. I believe he is an old fashioned physical style of player who brings some nastiness to our linebacking corps. He will look good in black and gold!

You never really know how well you did until you see how they play together against real competition, especially our division rivals. I DO NOT WANT TO BE SWEPT BY THE FOUL SMELLING RATBIRDS AGAIN. That will be the true test. We already know we can beat the other two teams on any given Sunday but those Ratbirds dominated us twice last year. We weren't in either game from the opening kickoff.

You are off to a good start Coach Tomlin........good draft! My apologies for doubting!

I think we all had a knee jerk reaction to Spaeth being picked. I got good feelings on the 1-4 picks. If the rest can give reasons to be on the roster, we're in good shape.

[K Train]

Lets not forget about Marcello Church

[BRICKTOWN BEAST]

I think we could all agree the draft could have been ALOT worse