First round picks you loved and hated

[WindyCitySteel]

Pick one former first round Steelers pick from each category. This link should help jog your memory.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/draft.htm

A. You loved the pick and it worked out
B. You loved the pick and it did NOT work out
C. You hated the pick and it worked out
D. You hated the pick and it did NOT work out

A. Easy - Ben. Watched his entire jr season at Miami, was not sad at all when Ravens beat Steelers in finale. A win would have cost us 5 draft spots. I was ecstatic when we drafted him.

B. Mendenhall. Saw a lot of his career at Illinois, thought he was another Thurman Thomas. Might have been in the right offense, but that wasn't in Pittsburgh.

C. Edmunds. I really wanted Lamar Jackson, but Terrell turned out to be a good starting strong safety.

D. Artie Burns. Some friends and I were at the draft festivities in Chicago, I was stunned. Sounded like a stand-up comedian. Turns out it wasn't very funny.

[Joel Buchsbaum]

Pick one former first round Steelers pick from each category. This link should help jog your memory.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/draft.htm

A. You loved the pick and it worked out
B. You loved the pick and it did NOT work out
C. You hated the pick and it worked out
D. You hated the pick and it did NOT work out

A. Easy - Ben. Watched his entire jr season at Miami, was not sad at all when Ravens beat Steelers in finale. A win would have cost us 5 draft spots. I was ecstatic when we drafted him.

B. Mendenhall. Saw a lot of his career at Illinois, thought he was another Thurman Thomas. Might have been in the right offense, but that wasn't in Pittsburgh.

C. Edmunds. I really wanted Lamar Jackson, but Terrell turned out to be a good starting strong safety.

D. Artie Burns. Some friends and I were at the draft festivities in Chicago, I was stunned. Sounded like a stand-up comedian. Turns out it wasn't very funny.

A. Watt. My call on draft day, he was picked and shined!

B. None, really. Maybe you can say Adams. He was worse that I thought, I did not want him but we needed a tackle the and I hoped that would work out.

C. I guess you can say I didn't want Edmunds in round one at all that year ,but he is not a bust.

D. Oh boy J Jones. What were the Steelers doing? The man worked out like a free agent rookie. He was not Big, not fast, nor quick, nor strong.

[feltdizz]

A. Pickett.. lol
B. none that I can think of.
C. hated is a strong word. I wasn’t big on Watt being drafted due to pedigree.

D. Burns. I said “who???” when he was drafted. I really didn’t know much about him. Seemed like a project. Actually played well first year once he was getting reps. Then he lost his confidence.

[flippy]

A. Heath Miller. I always want us to draft a stud TE early and think it can be the one position that can potentially have the biggest impact on the O both running and passing game.

B. Troy Edwards - I remember thinking this guy was electrifying in college and could be one of the greatest ever.

C. Plaxico. I remember thinking we just used a 1st round pick on a WR and here we go again. But he was a decent WR even though he eventually shot himself.

D. Tim Worley - remember not be excited about him and he kinda lived up to that expectation

[LAMBERT72]

A. Ben and Heath.

B. Jarvis Jones (Sorry I don't see a lot of college football).

C. Ryan Shazier (Man, he was a beast, a great one!!! We missed him badly).

D. Artie Burns... That's very easy... But also Mendenhall.

[Iron City Inc.]

I'll go back a while. 85 draft Darryl Simms DL Wisconsin.
The good... he looked great in the senior bowl recording 4 sacks in that game. Dominated that day. 6 4 255 looked alot like a Bud Dupree frame wise turned the arc great. No issues with him being picked round 1.
I'm hanging out at camp that summer n Frank Pollard was a rb with us who was in the parking lot after practice signing some stuff n talking to fans. Was hoping to talk with him. Here comes Simms in shorts n a tee shirt. He now looked like Casey Hampton. He had to be 290 n looked so out of shape. Rest of the story you all know.
Sad what could have been.