How I think this plays out...

[Shawn]

After the combine, and some recent "insider" information floating around, I'm ready to put together my board. Now mind you, it's not the board I would put together but how I believe the Steelers board looks currently.

1) Khalil Mack
2) Jadeveon Clowney
3) Sammy Watkins
4) Teddy Bridgewater
5) Anthony Barr
6) Greg Robinson
7) Jake Matthews
Mike Evans
9) CJ Mosley
10) Darqueze Dennard
11) Justin Gilbert
12) Eric Ebron
13) Calvin Pryor
14) Hasean Clinton-Dix
15) Aaron Donald
16) Marquise Lee
17) Timmy Jernigan
1 Kelvin Benjamin
19) Blake Bortles
20) Cyrus Kouandjio

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

Is this how you think the Steelers would draft? So, if Bridgewater falls to 15, and none of Watkins, Clowney, or Mack do, that Teddy B. is the choice?

[squidkid]

why would the steelers have qbs on their list?

[D Rock]

Cyrus K has a bum knee and terrible workouts. No way is that guy considered top 20 anymore.

Why Bridgewater all the way at 4 and Bortles not til 15?

Why not until 6 and 7 for the first Olinemen?

[SteelerOfDeVille]

they have to RANK the players, regardless of need. it helps them determine what they expect to be available, etc. doesn't necessarily mean they'll take them.

[Shawn]

Is this how you think the Steelers would draft? So, if Bridgewater falls to 15, and none of Watkins, Clowney, or Mack do, that Teddy B. is the choice?

Yes, this is how I believe the Steelers would draft. While QB isn't a need this season. To pass on a talent like Bridgewater if he fell to 15 would be ignorant. While I like Manziel better, I doubt he is even on the Steelers board.

[Shawn]

Cyrus K has a bum knee and terrible workouts. No way is that guy considered top 20 anymore.

Why Bridgewater all the way at 4 and Bortles not til 15?

Why not until 6 and 7 for the first Olinemen?

I believe Bridgewater to be heads above Bortles who in my opinion has the ceiling of Flacco. Bridgewater's only knock is his build. He is tall enough, has the arm and accuracy to make all the throws, and he has a very high football IQ, processing reads better than just about any QB we have seen in recent years.

Some of you act as if Ben will play forever. And who knows when we will be drafting this high again. If your QB is 31, has taken as many hits as Ben...and you are looking at a franchise QB that slipped. You take him.

PS-CBS post combine has Cyrus at 24. And the OLmen listed IMO are about on par with the talent around them in those slots. Meaning the Steelers will have need factored into their board.

[steelblood]

they have to RANK the players, regardless of need. it helps them determine what they expect to be available, etc. doesn't necessarily mean they'll take them.

i believe this is incorrect. No player has to be on a draft board (even if he is a top ten talent). Now, in the internal mock drafts the Steelers do, Bridgewater would be included.

[pfelix73]

I recommend that you all re-read this post by Lance Zierlein from a few years ago, before you start deciding on how you are stacking the Steelers board.

[URL="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1128814-lance-zierlein-shows-the-steelers-way-and-how-draft-boards-are-put-together"]http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1128814-lance-zierlein-shows-the-steelers-way-and-how-draft-boards-are-put-together

The reality is, however, that you would be blown away if you found out just how differently a team's draft board may look from what you are used to seeing on draft sites.



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[pfelix73]

Yes, this is how I believe the Steelers would draft. While QB isn't a need this season. To pass on a talent like Bridgewater if he fell to 15 would be ignorant. While I like Manziel better, I doubt he is even on the Steelers board.

No.. Read the article that Lance Zierlein put together a few years ago explaining how the Steelers conduct their draft board. All of those QB's Manziel, Bridgewater, Bortles, will not be on their final draft board when they stack the boards.