Walter Mock Draft

[NJ-STEELER]

Re: Walter Mock Draft

only 2 of those guys were drafted after the 40ish pick barometer i mentioned above

thomas and smith. our pick at 31 is too low for the elite, but just right for these type of guys

out of all the CB starters in the league I'd wager at least 80% are taken before pick #45. the longer you wait, the more likely you end up with what we have on the roster (crap excluding Ike). at #62 in the 2nd round, we're definitely taking more of a chance the pick is a bust.
I believe a corner we may have ranked around 40 ish overall on our draft board helps more then a guard we have ranked at #31, so i would take the risk.


and im not advocating avoiding the guard position either. i'd rather sign a mid level FA guard (there's a few i would like) that would upgrade the position instantly and be no where near the cost it would take to sign a mid level CB.
if not take one at #62, and we'd have the 2nd highest drafted Offensive lineman on the roster, behind pouncey ...still an upgrade.

[RuthlessBurgher]

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Walter's latest 6th rounder (with comp picks now added):

1.31 Aaron Williams, CB/FS, Texas
2.63 Orlando Franklin, G, Miami
3.95 Jerrell Powe, NT, Ole Miss
4.128 Marcus Gilbert, OT, Florida
5.162 Chimdi Chekwa, CB, Ohio State
6.196 Alex Henery, K/P, Nebraska

I don't mind taking 2 OL, but I'm not a huge fan of either of the OL he chose here.

[grotonsteel]

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I don't like this draft.

Orlando Franklin in Rd 2??? That is too high i would think.

I would take Kendrick Ellis in rd 3 instead of Powe.

[Oviedo]

Re: Walter Mock Draft

Walter's latest 6th rounder (with comp picks now added):

1.31 Aaron Williams, CB/FS, Texas
2.63 Orlando Franklin, G, Miami
3.95 Jerrell Powe, NT, Ole Miss
4.128 Marcus Gilbert, OT, Florida
5.162 Chimdi Chekwa, CB, Ohio State
6.196 Alex Henery, K/P, Nebraska

I don't mind taking 2 OL, but I'm not a huge fan of either of the OL he chose here.

IMO Franklin in Round 2 is one round too early.

Not thrilled with Powe. Seems fat and lazy.

I'd take Jah Reid, OT from UCF before Gilbert in Round 4. I think Reid can develop into a better player.

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

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I look at our cornerback situation this way.. we had the #1 defense for a reason. teams couldn't run against us. ever. so they had to throw. give a guy enough pass attempts he's gonna put numbers up. in the superbowl we did everything we could to spot gb points, field position and time of possession. You don't win games when you give up a pick 6 and a fumble on a drive when you NEED points. Personally I think everyone is over reacting to the cb position. Could we use an upgrade? of course. You could say that at every position on the team. I just won't put a band aid on a bullet hole. If we solidified our guard spot, then we can bump one of our tackles back out to tackle. wow, look at that we just solved the next great perceived need (tackle) by filling a position of need NOW. And we wouldn't even have to reach for a head case like smith, a late second talent like Harris (Mayock thinks he's possibly an early 3rd round corner) or a guy who seriously underperformed his last year at Texas.

I agree that we must grade our D as a whole instead of dividing it up as a pass D and run D. However, this emphasizes the importance of Ike. Not only is he our "pass D" guy who locks down the other team's top receiver, he is the CB who gets his helmet scratched in the run game. He is probably the most underrated D we have considering his contributions in the run game and the importance of that to our particular D and run game.

No Ike means that this #1 D suffers greatly. Yes - he is that important.

- We know how disastrous it is when Troy is out.
- We finally managed to survive the loss of Aaron Smith with the emergence of Ziggy.
- If one of our OLBs gets hurt I am confident that we will find our way somehow with either Worrilds stepping in or Timmons moving over. Downgrade yes - disaster no.
- If we do lose Ike and cannot adequately replace him with a stud in FA or by hoping that Peterson falls then we suffer to the point that we are no longer a good D.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Re: Walter Mock Draft

Walter's latest 6th rounder (with comp picks now added):

1.31 Aaron Williams, CB/FS, Texas
2.63 Orlando Franklin, G, Miami
3.95 Jerrell Powe, NT, Ole Miss
4.128 Marcus Gilbert, OT, Florida
5.162 Chimdi Chekwa, CB, Ohio State
6.196 Alex Henery, K/P, Nebraska

I don't mind taking 2 OL, but I'm not a huge fan of either of the OL he chose here.

IMO Franklin in Round 2 is one round too early.

Not thrilled with Powe. Seems fat and lazy.

I'd take Jah Reid, OT from UCF before Gilbert in Round 4. I think Reid can develop into a better player.

Walter has Chicago taking Jah Reid 1 pick before us in round 4 (and for what it's worth, Kenrick Ellis went 2 spots ahead of us in the 4th round by the Jets).

[NJ-STEELER]

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if pouncey slides to 28, i think we make a move to go get him before the pats draft him

[RuthlessBurgher]

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if pouncey slides to 28, i think we make a move to go get him before the pats draft him

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

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I don't like this draft.

Orlando Franklin in Rd 2??? That is too high i would think.

I would take Kendrick Ellis in rd 3 instead of Powe.

I was watching Mayock this morning. He does not think that Ellis makes it out of the second.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Re: Walter Mock Draft

Another Walter Mock Update was published yesterday:

1.31 Aaron Williams, CB/FS, Texas
2.63 Marcus Cannon, G, TCU
3.95 Marcus Gilbert, OT, Florida
4.128 Colin McCarthy, LB, Miami
5.162 Chykie Brown, CB, Texas
6.196 Alex Henery, K/P, Nebraska

[url]http://walterfootball.com/draft2011.php[/url]

[Oviedo]

Re: Walter Mock Draft

Walter's latest 6th rounder (with comp picks now added):

1.31 Aaron Williams, CB/FS, Texas
2.63 Orlando Franklin, G, Miami
3.95 Jerrell Powe, NT, Ole Miss
4.128 Marcus Gilbert, OT, Florida
5.162 Chimdi Chekwa, CB, Ohio State
6.196 Alex Henery, K/P, Nebraska

I don't mind taking 2 OL, but I'm not a huge fan of either of the OL he chose here.

IMO Franklin in Round 2 is one round too early.

Not thrilled with Powe. Seems fat and lazy.

I'd take Jah Reid, OT from UCF before Gilbert in Round 4. I think Reid can develop into a better player.

Walter has Chicago taking Jah Reid 1 pick before us in round 4 (and for what it's worth, Kenrick Ellis went 2 spots ahead of us in the 4th round by the Jets).

I would think that the Jets go after Phil Taylor in Round 1 and therefore would not need Ellis in Round 4.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Re: Walter Mock Draft

Walter's latest 6th rounder (with comp picks now added):

1.31 Aaron Williams, CB/FS, Texas
2.63 Orlando Franklin, G, Miami
3.95 Jerrell Powe, NT, Ole Miss
4.128 Marcus Gilbert, OT, Florida
5.162 Chimdi Chekwa, CB, Ohio State
6.196 Alex Henery, K/P, Nebraska

I don't mind taking 2 OL, but I'm not a huge fan of either of the OL he chose here.

IMO Franklin in Round 2 is one round too early.

Not thrilled with Powe. Seems fat and lazy.

I'd take Jah Reid, OT from UCF before Gilbert in Round 4. I think Reid can develop into a better player.

Walter has Chicago taking Jah Reid 1 pick before us in round 4 (and for what it's worth, Kenrick Ellis went 2 spots ahead of us in the 4th round by the Jets).

I would think that the Jets go after Phil Taylor in Round 1 and therefore would not need Ellis in Round 4.

That's if the Chiefs don't take Taylor first.

[hawaiiansteel]

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Walter has Chicago taking Jah Reid 1 pick before us in round 4 (and for what it's worth, Kenrick Ellis went 2 spots ahead of us in the 4th round by the Jets).

which is why instead of selecting Jerrell Powe the Steelers should select NT Kenrick Ellis in Round 3...

[steeler_george]

Re: Walter Mock Draft

Another Walter Mock Update was published yesterday:

1.31 Aaron Williams, CB/FS, Texas
2.63 Marcus Cannon, G, TCU
3.95 Marcus Gilbert, OT, Florida
4.128 Colin McCarthy, LB, Miami
5.162 Chykie Brown, CB, Texas
6.196 Alex Henery, K/P, Nebraska

[url]http://walterfootball.com/draft2011.php[/url]

I would be very happy if the draft were to fall this way the first 3 would contribute from day 1.