Give Yourself Props

[flippy]

Time to come clean and give yourself some props for some bad calls you've made when looking at the Steelers. What are your top 5 bad calls where you couldn't have been more wrong? No repeats please.

Bonus points for remember something idiotic someone else said.

Like the Steelers, we fans need to heal our past wounds in preparation for the run to 7.

Flippy Top 5 Bad Calls:

1. Limas Sweed would be a stud WR
2. Keenan Lewis was mediocre and wouldn't hold down a starting job
3. Kordell Stewart was good enough to win a SuperBowl
4. Dirt was a 1st ballot HOFer
5. Brett Keisel would get 10 sacks when he replaced Kimo

I can think of a lot more for myself. But I'm having a hard time remembering others bad calls. No bonus points for Flippy

Who's next?

[RuthlessBurgher]

I don't make bad calls. I'm always right. You fools should realize that by now.

Seriously, though, here are some of my flawed draft thoughts during the Tomlin era...

1. I preferred guys like Amobi Okoye and Adam Carriker in the 2007 draft to guys like Darrelle Revis and Lawrence Timmons (although I did have a full-blown trade-everything-to-get-him man-crush on Calvin Johnson that year, so I was at least right about something that year). I did love the Woodley pick in round 2 (more than the Timmons pick in round 1), but would have also been happy with Dwayne Jarrett there (ugh!) or Ryan Kalil (woo hoo!) instead if we opted to not go LB-LB back-to-back.

2. Among our three 3rd round picks in the 2009 draft, I was most excited about the Kraig Urbik pick, moreso than the Mike Wallace or Keenan Lewis picks.

3. Among recent center prospects, I loved Alex Mack in the 2009 draft and wasn't nearly as excited about Maurkice Pouncey in 2010.

4. I thought that trading up in the 4th round for Daniel Sepulveda in the 2007 draft was a smart move.

5. I thought that trading up in the 4th round for Alameda Ta'Amu in the 2012 draft was a smart move.

[Mister Pittsburgh]

Kraig Urbik, if I am not mistaken, was the #1 ranked guard in pass blocking last year.

[Iron Shiek]

I remember the meltdown on the board when the Steelers drafted Spaeth. I didn't know much about him, but the concept of having him and Heath (2 big TE targets) was enough for me to defend the pick and try to see the good in it. He wasn't terrible, and still scores TDs for the Bears, but I expected us to employ the Patriots 2 TE mega scheme even before I knew what it was.

[Chadman]

But there's been so many! How does one choose??

Plenty of Chadman love for Draft Superstars Frank Okam, Taylor Mays, Quan Cosby.

Was unhappy with the Pouncey draft pick.

Who was the #2 SS in Troy's draft? Was it Bob Sanders? Whoever it was, Chadman wanted him over Troy.

Supported Bruce Arians.

[Chadman]

Mike Doss! That's who Chadman wanted over Troy.

Great pick.

[flippy]

Mike Doss! That's who Chadman wanted over Troy.

Great pick.

Don't feel too bad. Cowher wanted a OLineman over Ben.

[flippy]

I've thought about this some more and it's hard to remember stupid stuff you used to think. Although in my case most of what I think in the current is fairly goofy too

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

1) I was in favor of selling the farm to pick Gaines Adams in '07. He went fourth overall and would have probably cost at least out top three picks plus #1 in '08. That would have cost us Timmons, Woodley, Spaeth, and Mendenhall. At least if I was going to suggest we give up everything for one player in that draft it should have been AP who went 7th.

2) When everyone was complaining about the Essex pick in the third round in '05, I thought that the team had somehow uncovered a steal and thought he would become a starter for us.

3) I always believed, and still do, that Kordell was as much a victim of the OC carousel that he endured and could have fared much better if he had a play caller who catered better to his strengths. Of course, more than anything he would have been a fantastic WR, but that is another story.

4) Wasn't on board moving up for Troy, especially after we probably would have had our pick of Doss at SS, or Larry Johnson, who the Chiefs took with our pick.

5) Loved the Tim McKyer signing. Now all I see is him falling in the endzone while the receiver makes the easy catch.


Another great thread would be "players who you always defended and now feel vindicated"

[Djfan]

I was excited about McKyer too. I am now worried about my happiness over Adams and DeCastro. Hmmm

[fordfixer]

I do all my best thinking when I'm all by myself because then there isn't anyone to hold me accountable for what I thought. Anyway I really liked the Scott Shields pick from too long ago

[SidSmythe]

I wish i had some mistakes to confess like you bums!!

OK maybe I have a few...especially back when I was young in the 80s and 90s and followed my heart and not my head.
So I will focus on the last 12 yrs.
- I really thought Tommy Maddox was gonna follow up his great season with an even better one
- Was not happy about Tommy Maddox's flop (that led to drafting Ben!!) Boy was I wrong.
- Hated the Timmons pick for years.
- Crezdon Butler was going to be the man and Keenan Lewis needed to be sent packing.
- Mike Humpal was going to be a huge surprise
- Mike Wallace had heart and a desire to be a top 5 WR!!
- Did not care much for Ryan Clark b/c he was a headhunter over a ballhawk. I now see the light. although I wish he were a ballhawk too.

[hawaiiansteel]

I don't make bad calls. I'm always right.

I was wrong once.

there was this one time I thought I might have been wrong and of course it turned out later that I was right.

I was wrong for ever thinking I could be wrong, I won't make that mistake ever again.

[Jooser]

-Thought Amos Zeroue would unseat Bettis and become a Pro Bowl RB.

-Didn't care much for the Troy pick at the time.

-Thought Mendenhall was the answer to all of our RB needs.

-Thought Kendrell Bell would anchor our inside LB need for years, becoming our "Ray Lewis".

-Figured we were shoe-ins to win back-to-back Super Bowls after winning XL.

[RuthlessBurgher]

-Thought Kendrell Bell would anchor our inside LB need for years, becoming our "Ray Lewis".

How weird is it that it seems like Kendrell Bell was a Steeler two lifetimes ago (for some reason, it seems like Bell came several years before Casey Hampton, not one round after the Big Snack), but Bell was drafted FIVE YEARS AFTER Ray Lewis, and Ray is still playing today (well, he's on I.R., but may be returning soon via the DeCastro loophole). For some perspective, we took Jamain #&@%ing Stephens 3 picks after the Ravens took Ray Lewis. Maybe Kendrell's short career is throwing me off, though. Consider Mike Vrabel...he had a long NFL career, right? Four years in Pittsburgh, eight years in New England, two years in Kansas City, and he's now in his second year coaching at his alma mater Ohio State...We drafted Vrabel THE YEAR AFTER Ray Lewis was drafted. Joey Porter also had a long NFL career too. Eight years in Pittsburgh, three years in Miami, and two years in Arizona. We drafted Porter THREE YEARS AFTER Ray Lewis was drafted. For all we know, Ray Lewis may be around long enough to play with his son like the Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr., because Ray Lewis III has already committed to play at the University of Miami next year.