Probably true, but there were multiple solid RB options on day 3, if Bell were not available in round 3.
In the 4th round, we could have taken Johnathan Franklin, Marcus Lattimore, or Stepfan Taylor.
In the 5th round, we could have taken Joseph Randle, Mike Gillislee, or Kenjon Barner.
In the 6th round, we could have taken Andre Ellington.
In the 7th round, we could have taken Jawan Jamison or Kerwynn Williams.
I can't argue with the team picking who they considered to be the best RB prospect in the draft, but the overall depth at RB is why I was hoping that we'd take Keenan Allen in round 2, who I thought was a 1st round talent when healthy (I figured that his drop was due to the poor 40-time, which didn't prevent us from drafting Jarvis Jones). His struggles this past season were due to a combination of injuries and his brother sucking out loud at QB (the previous season, he was dominating, and also had a Hines Ward like edge to his game as well...thought he'd be a perfect Steeler wideout and a different body type than Brown and Sanders...while Wheaton has that same body type). Perhaps his injury issues were worse than I thought and the Steelers had Wheaton ahead of Allen all along...who knows.
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