Drafting a center...

[pfelix73]

Re: Drafting a center...

Put me down as one that would VERY SURPRISED if the Steelers use a high draft pick on an OL, unless 1. Pouncey slides down the board and the Steelers would be able to get him at a good value (round 2) -like Ruthless said earlier, or 2. They take a OT somewhere in the middle rounds to compete with Hills. I honestly believe the interior positions are already set. There's alot of competition already there with Legursky, Urbik, and Foster already competing with the 2 starters. Hopefully with a better OL coach the blocking schemes will improve and maybe if we draft a real FB, our running game will improve too.

The first rounds really need to be defensive. CB- (Wilson) DL, or OLB- Graham.

[birtikidis]

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wow, everyone would rather draft the 3rd best cb when we already have 2 really young ones, then possibly the next dermonti dawson in the first round to replace a guy who is statistically the worst center in football....

[birtikidis]

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and i would figure a guy with DIRT DAWSON as his signature would KNOW the value of a great center.. guess not.

[pfelix73]

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3rd best CB? Says who? I think and many others as well, that Kyle Wilson might just be as good as Haden- maybe better. He's a play maker and he's impressing a lot of people. He's worthy of the 18th pick.

[Shawn]

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wow, everyone would rather draft the 3rd best cb when we already have 2 really young ones, then possibly the next dermonti dawson in the first round to replace a guy who is statistically the worst center in football....

Agreed. I would rather have Pouncey than Wilson. It's time to bone up that OL. I wouldn't even be against drafting OL in the first two rounds.

[pfelix73]

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Yep- I sure do- And that's Legursky. He's gonna be a good one.

[birtikidis]

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3rd best CB? Says who? I think and many others as well, that Kyle Wilson might just be as good as Haden- maybe better. He's a play maker and he's impressing a lot of people. He's worthy of the 18th pick.

yea third best. behind haden and thomas (even though thomas is a natural safety, many people, kiper and kayok among them have him as the #2 corner).

[birtikidis]

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Yep- I sure do- And that's Legursky. He's gonna be a good one.

why because he rode the pine better than anyone else last year?
I'm tired of seeing our center get owned every single game.

[Shawn]

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I have to agree again Birt. What have we seen from Legursky?

[birtikidis]

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i could be wrong about this (probably am) but didn't legursky even end up sitting behind mahan? or did we acquire him after mahan's last season... i can't remember...

[Chucktownsteeler]

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I know a top-flite center is very important, especially with more and more teams going to the 3-4.

If Pouncey is that good I don't have a problem with the pick. However if he is just the best center in an extremely weak class, I'd go with Hartings for another year and try for one of the top 3 next season. It's a gamble, they may be off the board, depending were we pick.

The age of the defense still concerns me. I guess it will depend who is left on the board when we pick as to what direction we go.

C-town

[birtikidis]

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I know a top-flite center is very important, especially with more and more teams going to the 3-4.

If Pouncey is that good I don't have a problem with the pick. However if he is just the best center in an extremely weak class, I'd go with Hartings for another year and try for one of the top 3 next season. It's a gamble, they may be off the board, depending were we pick.

The age of the defense still concerns me. I guess it will depend who is left on the board when we pick as to what direction we go.

C-town

hey i'd go with hartings too if he hadn't retired a few years ago. i mean a retired hartings is better then a still playing hartwig...

[Chucktownsteeler]

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My bad, Hartwig.

[birtikidis]

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My bad, Hartwig.

yea i figured that's what you meant... but, still, I'd take hartings today before I'd take hartwig... that's how bad he is!

[Oviedo]

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Simple question: Is Pouncey so good that he deserves to be drafted higher than any Center selected this decade?

Simple answer: Not even close!!!!