Dee Dub’s First 2011 Pittsburgh Steelers Draft!

[steelerkeylargo]

Re: Dee Dub’s First 2011 Pittsburgh Steelers Draft!

We're getting older on the DLine and need some youth.

There are 3 guys I like that could be around when we draft:

Drake Nevis - NT - LSU
JJ Watt - DE - Wisconsin
Allen Bailey - DE - Miami

Anyone have any insight on the plusses/minuses on these guys?

I have a feeling we'll go DLIne, CB, OLine in 2011 in the first 3 rounds.

JJ Watt is a flat out stud and would make a great 3-4 DE, unreal motor.

Drake Nevis has NFL ready skills in both footwork and hand fighting, some look at him as too small, but he is almost the same size as Hampton when Hampton was a senior.

Allen Bailey will drop down draft boards and in my belief is a 3rd round player. He doesn't have the quick twitch skills to be a top choice

[grotonsteel]

Re: Dee Dub’s First 2011 Pittsburgh Steelers Draft!

We're getting older on the DLine and need some youth.

There are 3 guys I like that could be around when we draft:

Drake Nevis - NT - LSU
JJ Watt - DE - Wisconsin
Allen Bailey - DE - Miami

Anyone have any insight on the plusses/minuses on these guys?

I have a feeling we'll go DLIne, CB, OLine in 2011 in the first 3 rounds.

JJ Watt is a flat out stud and would make a great 3-4 DE, unreal motor.

Drake Nevis has NFL ready skills in both footwork and hand fighting, some look at him as too small, but he is almost the same size as Hampton when Hampton was a senior.

Allen Bailey will drop down draft boards and in my belief is a 3rd round player. He doesn't have the quick twitch skills to be a top choice

I really hope JJ Watt declare for the draft. He is a beast. Perfect fit for 3-4 Defense.

I have not seen much of Allen Bailey.

Drake Nevis well he is 6'05 - 290 lbs. I assume he has short arms. He won't be playing DE in 3-4. I have not seen him occupying 2 blockers at a time which Casey does regularly.I would not draft him in Rd 1. Too much of a project to spend a Rd 1 draft pick for Steelers.

[steelerkeylargo]

Re: Dee Dub’s First 2011 Pittsburgh Steelers Draft!

We're getting older on the DLine and need some youth.

There are 3 guys I like that could be around when we draft:

Drake Nevis - NT - LSU
JJ Watt - DE - Wisconsin
Allen Bailey - DE - Miami

Anyone have any insight on the plusses/minuses on these guys?

I have a feeling we'll go DLIne, CB, OLine in 2011 in the first 3 rounds.

JJ Watt is a flat out stud and would make a great 3-4 DE, unreal motor.

Drake Nevis has NFL ready skills in both footwork and hand fighting, some look at him as too small, but he is almost the same size as Hampton when Hampton was a senior.

Allen Bailey will drop down draft boards and in my belief is a 3rd round player. He doesn't have the quick twitch skills to be a top choice

I really hope JJ Watt declare for the draft. He is a beast. Perfect fit for 3-4 Defense.

I have not seen much of Allen Bailey.

Drake Nevis well he is 6'05 - 290 lbs. I assume he has short arms. He won't be playing DE in 3-4. I have not seen him occupying 2 blockers at a time which Casey does regularly.I would not draft him in Rd 1. Too much of a project to spend a Rd 1 draft pick for Steelers.

I can tell you Nevis has elite quickness and I would bet the house he is over 300 lbs at the combine.

[Steelers33]

Re: Dee Dub’s First 2011 Pittsburgh Steelers Draft!

Trust me guys, if JJ Watt falls to us, we should draft him. I already explained in my earlier post that he would fit very nicely for the 3-4 DE. I'm not biased because I'm a Wisconsin guy, or because he played my high school in football( my offensive line coach told me we had to triple team him), or because I played his brother in football who was the state player of the year and is also going to Wisconsin. I see huge upset in him. Outside of his strength, frame, and quickness for the 3-4 I think his most outatanding attribute he plays with such great leverage. It is not given he would hold up at the point of attack in the NFL, but I think he has a very good shot with his physical tools and his determination and work ethic. With that are two 3-4 DE would be locked up for years with him and Hood, which is an important aspect to our defense. Nose tackle is still a concern though, I haven't seen much on Nevis but I don't know if there was really a dominant NT in college football. NT just has so many aspects to it for a person to be good like Casey has for a long time. You have to obviously have the size,play with outstanding leverage to consistently take up two blockers, have exceptional athleticism, have a mean streak because you're banging everyplay, and you have to be unselfish that you won't get all the tackles which is always not a given( Albert Haynesworth.) For this defense to be succesfull for years to come, a quality NT is a must. I just don't know if we can find it in this years draft.

[hawaiiansteel]

Re: Dee Dub’s First 2011 Pittsburgh Steelers Draft!

Trust me guys, if JJ Watt falls to us, we should draft him.

I agree, but it looks doubtful that JJ Watt will drop down far enough for us to have a crack at him .I've seen him going as high as #10 overall to the Redskins in mock drafts.