Rainey was a steal in the 5th round!!

[devils]

Great pick by pittsburgh, now we do not have to worry about brown taking all those extra hits on special teams. Rainey is small,quick, but injury prone and this guy can block punts i think he blocked 7 will with the gators. No doubt he will be another darren sproiles type, the scout people from pittsburgh are like no other gotta be the best at finding late round gems!!

[RuthlessBurgher]

It's hard to block punts when you are back deep as a threat to take it to the house on punt returns.

[flippy]

Hopefully he doesn't suffer the knee curse of odd numbered draft picks this year.

[Gus]

Based on the cuts, it looks like Rainey is the 5th receiver on top of RB and special teams. This frees up a roster spot for another need. I was hoping we would go this way with it.

[lloydroid]

Pgh is NOT known as brilliant late drafters, at all. They are particularly good at not wasting 1st round picks. But mostly under this regime, 2nd and 3rd day picks are wasted. They are NOT known as genius later round drafters. That is a misnomer.

Just look at their results after the 3rd round. Nothing to brag about. They are FAIL mostly after the 3rd round.

[url]http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/draft.htm[/url]

[Sugar]

The kid looked good last night and has earned the trust of the coaches. Let's hope he can bring it when it counts!

[NJ-STEELER]

Pgh is NOT known as brilliant late drafters, at all. They are particularly good at not wasting 1st round picks. But mostly under this regime, 2nd and 3rd day picks are wasted. They are NOT known as genius later round drafters. That is a misnomer.

Just look at their results after the 3rd round. Nothing to brag about. They are FAIL mostly after the 3rd round.

[URL]http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/draft.htm[/URL]

i'm assuming you mean lately.

we've been a consistent threat to win it all since we drafted ben.

how many late rounders do you expect to make a stacked team?

[Slapstick]

Pgh is NOT known as brilliant late drafters, at all. They are particularly good at not wasting 1st round picks. But mostly under this regime, 2nd and 3rd day picks are wasted. They are NOT known as genius later round drafters. That is a misnomer.

Just look at their results after the 3rd round. Nothing to brag about. They are FAIL mostly after the 3rd round.

[URL]http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/draft.htm[/URL]

Their record looks pretty solid to me...

Larry Foote, Brett Keisel, Ike Taylor, Willie Colon, Ryan Mundy and Antonio Brown will all be starting Game 1 this year...that's a pretty good late round representation...

Not to mention undrafted players James Harrison and Isaac Redman...

[Eddie Spaghetti]

Not to mention undrafted players James Harrison and Isaac Redman...

lets not forget Ramon Foster.

[Slapstick]

lets not forget Ramon Foster.

Let's not! You are correct...my bad...

[lloydroid]

i'm assuming you mean lately.

we've been a consistent threat to win it all since we drafted ben.

how many late rounders do you expect to make a stacked team?

I provided the entire list; you can look for yourself that we rarely hit on any picks after the 3rd round, and that includes BEFORE drafting Ben.

[url]http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/draft.htm[/url]

Facts can be a troubling thing to get past.

[Slapstick]

I provided the entire list; you can look for yourself that we rarely hit on any picks after the 3rd round, and that includes BEFORE drafting Ben.

[URL]http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/draft.htm[/URL]

Facts can be a troubling thing to get past.

Read:

Their record looks pretty solid to me...

Larry Foote, Brett Keisel, Ike Taylor, Willie Colon, Ryan Mundy and Antonio Brown will all be starting Game 1 this year...that's a pretty good late round representation...

Not to mention undrafted players James Harrison and Isaac Redman...

lets not forget Ramon Foster.

Take a look at some of the other NFL teams and you will find a success rate after the 3rd round pretty similar to the Steelers...that's just life in the NFL...

[lloydroid]

Larry Foote - below average LB
Brett Keisel - nice one
Ike Taylor - definitely good find.
Willie Colon - been hurt for like 3 years and is below average
Ryan Mundy - Hasn't even cracked starting line up, hasn't shown much
Antonio Brown - super find.

And then have the rest of the story.

Toney Clemons,David Paulson, Terrence Frederick, Kelvin Beachum After Rainey, likely NONE of these later players make the team.

Curtis Brown - Has been terrible. Will be cut.
Cortez Allen - Still has hope, we will see
Chris Carter - We will see
Keith Williams - Who?
Baron Batch - Has shown nothing so far

Jason Worilds - bust so far
Emmanuel Sanders - Still waiting to see if he can ever produce and stay healthy. So far, not really.
Thaddeus Gibson - BUST
Chris Scott - garbage
Crezdon Butler - crap
Stevenson Sylvester - showed promise and then what happened?
Jonathan Dwyer - still could hit
Antonio Brown - great late pick, no question
Doug Worthington - who?

Kraig Urbik - Bust
Mike Wallace - super pick
Keenan Lewis - possible hit, we will see in a short while
Joe Burnett - bum
Frank Summers - wasted pick
RaShon Harris - bum
A.Q. Shipley - nothing
David Johnson - so so. Never liked how they used him

Limas Sweed - complete bust
Bruce Davis - horrible pick in every way
Tony Hills - waste
Dennis Dixon - out of football?
Mike Humpal - stinks
Ryan Mundy - Never sees field

Matt Spaeth - bad pick
Daniel Sepulveda - never produced, taken way too high
Ryan McBean - not
Cameron Stephenson - waste
William Gay - not bad value, as it turns out
Dallas Baker - waste of time

Anthony Smith - bust
Willie Reid - bust
Willie Colon - This should be his year if he can finally stay healthy
Orien Harris - bust
Omar Jacobs - bust
Charles Davis - not
Marvin Philip - nope
Cedric Humes - bust

It goes on and on like this. Pgh is NOT any better than other teams with later draft picks and they have even failed on tons of 2nd and 3rd rounders as well. Over all, they get it done, but don't tell me they excel on later day picks, because they really don't.

[BigRob]

Pathetic analysis. Every team's list would look very similar. The way you judge a team's ability to draft is by their championship history. The Steelers rarely sign bigtime Free Agents and yet they have the second most superbowls in the last decade. I think that speaks for itself.

[Slapstick]

Larry Foote is a "below average LB" with 2 SB rings...

Who was Mundy going to beat out? Pro Bowler Ryan Clark or DPOY Troy Polamalu?

Worilds isn't a bust...who was he going to beat out? Pro Bowler LaMarr Woodley or DPOY James Harrison? When he's played, he's performed well...

Curtis Brown won't be cut...

Daniel Sepulveda did produce...he just got hurt...a lot...

I understand taking a "Devil's Advocate" position, but at least offer some support for your opinion instead of blanket generalizations...an unsupported sweeping statement generally gets disregarded very quickly...