Jeff Hartings. Jerome Bettis.
Jeff Hartings. Jerome Bettis.
2022 NFL Mock Draft
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1. Malik Willis, QB; Liberty
2. Daniel Faalele, OT; Minnesota
3. Dante Stills, DT; West Virginia
7. Riley Moss, CB; Iowa
Some good names on here.
I remember seeing Levon Kirkland miss ONE tackle. I remember it was the only time I saw him miss, and I was like wow. And I saw EVERY game he played in from 1992 on.
John Jackson was the most underrated Steeler in the last 20 years. He was arguably the best lineman on the NFL's best line in the the 90's (Cowboys line likely a step a ahead at that time). Jackson was one of the GREAT last Noll draft selections. Noll always loved those compact under 300 lb technicians. This guy was so solid no one ever talked about him because he rarely ever got beat. Dawson (same Noll draft class) and Searcy got alot of the love but Jackson was just as good at his best.
And let's not forget the under-rated Lester and Kreider. They were the last of the great blocking FBs with the Steelers.
Last edited by skyhawk; 03-19-2014 at 12:45 AM.
I sometimes forget about Dan Kreider, dude was a load.
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I think Louis Lipps is one of the most underrated players for the Steelers. He was probably the only offensive weapon we had on some of those teams in the 80's yet opponents still couldn't stop him. He had one of the greatest years ever for a Steeler receiver ... I think it was 1985 ... where he scored double digit touchdowns receiving, scored rushing the ball, and also scored several times as a return guy. If he had a QB to throw to him and maybe a couple of other offensive options to take the pressure off of him he might have been in a HOF discussion.
As many on this site think ... The Rooney's suck, Colbert sucks, Tomlin sucks, the coaches suck, and the players suck.
but Go Steelers!!!
Last edited by steelblood; 03-19-2014 at 11:11 AM.
Even if Bill Belichick was getting an atomic wedgie, his face would look exactly the same.
Barry Foster.... possibly the most talented RB I've seen in B&G, and that says a lot because I remember Franco. It would be a tough discussion.... He had agility, power and speed all in the same package.
Loving Dwayne Woodruff on the original list - FROM.... Louisville.
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DeVille's Early April Mock (In Progress)
1.20 - Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB, Alabama
2.51 - Roman Wilson, WR, Michigan
3.84 -Sedrick Van Pran-Granger, C, Georgia
3.98 -<tbd>
4.117 - Maason Smith, DT, LSU
6.178 - Travis Glover, OT, Ga State
6.195 - Dillon Johnson, RB, Washington
The reason I didn't have #99 on my list is because he was fairly highly touted when he was here, so I didn't think he was underrated. Also, his last two seasons were not that good because he took excessive weight for a LB to new, unproductive levels. it was amazing how fast he remained for his first several years, but then he just got too damn fat, and he wasn't as good. I was pissed at Cowher for allowing that to happen. He was too buddy buddy with Levon when he should have told him those extra 30 lbs were not acceptable. He proved that at 265 he got it done. But not at 295.
I do remember watching Lambert and Ham play, but pretty young. I do recall watching Lambert play and he was awesome, striking fear in QBs' heart. I remember a QB saying that when Lambert came over center and started barking out calls, that the QB legs began to shake uncontrollably. That was funny.
My thoughts are that if Lloyd played on those 70's teams, he'd be considered just as great as those two. Oh, and I agree on Harrison; he may be even better than Lloyd. But let's not forget Lloyd had that nasty staph infection that cut a few seasons off his career. That totally sucked. The one trait with both Lloyd and JH is on so many plays, you see a blur shooting for a tackle at the end of the play. They both causes maximum impact all day long.
I agree with you. BF was flat out great. He just didn't have the heart for the game after his first big contract. But he had a few years there were he was a top 3 back in the league. Cowher ran the wheels off him, though. Might have helped lead to early retirement. But Barry Bananas was the real deal for a few seasons.
IDK, I think he was all around good. I recall watching him just in on one play after another, making tackles all over the field, whether it be tackling backs or whomever. I also loved the fact that he kept the entire team in line. Story goes, that some rookies were complaining on the work outs being too long, and Greg snapped at them, "We don't talk like that here. I don't want to hear you say anything like that again," and they never did. We might need some of that kind of fired up leadership right about now. I think that is one thing we are lacking, to be honest. Troy is a quiet leader. Clark is gone. Woodley never was much a leader. I think it's on Heyward to fill that roll; he was the leader on D at OSU. We had no problem with team attitude with Lloyd, Greene, Woodson, Lake....but I feel we are lacking now. Harrison in his prime offered some of that. If he came back, could he offer it now? Maybe.
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