Who's your favorite pick?

[Shoe]

Given the draft value, who was your favorite pick?

I don't know if it is my favorite, but the kid from the U is very interesting. Some of the things I've read say he can be suited to 3-4 DE. At the same time, others say that he is a good prospect at 4-3 DE. I don't think he fits at OLB (as Colbert is saying; I remember them saying the same about Keisel). In any case though, he is intriguing.

Senquez is the other one. I'm pretty sure he'll be a good player for us.

[Oviedo]

I think we got a steal in Dupree at #22.

Also really like getting Jesse James in the 5th Round. It was a no lose pick. Only used a 5th Round pick and got a guy loaded with potential who is only 20 years old and has great upside

[7 UP]

Jesse James is also my favorite pick. I like everything the Steelers did yesterday.

[Ernie]

I liked pretty much all of the picks.. looking at value, the kid we got from OSU in Rd 4, the TE in 5, and the Holloman kid in 7... lots of potential there.

I saw on one mock draft board in January where they had the Steelers taking Holloman in Round 1. Unreal how so much can change in just a few months time... in the off season.

[birtikidis]

I really liked the Holliman pick. Think we got really good kid at a heck ofa spot. I don't care that he can't hit. He has ball skills which is something we've severely lacked for year. Let Mitchell or Shark be the enforcer and let the kid play center field.

[8467thekraken]

I really liked the Holliman pick. Think we got really good kid at a heck ofa spot. I don't care that he can't hit. He has ball skills which is something we've severely lacked for year. Let Mitchell or Shark be the enforcer and let the kid play center field.

Holliman is my favorite defensive pick. Ridiculous value. Jim Thorpe Award winner. I looked at a handful of the past winners. Man, that is some good company.


And then there is Coates. Can't stop thinking about the fireworks that await when Brown, Bryant, Coates, Miller , Bell and Ben are all on the field together.


Have fun with that.


And how good will the defense become having to go up against that day in and day out.




Yeah. Great draft.



Just put my shades on...

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

My favorite pick is round 1. I started watching some clips at the beginning of the draft season, knowing we needed a pass rusher - I was expecting Worilds gone either way. I found him interesting, and thought as time progressed that he was slipping out of reach. I thought that after Ray and Gregory's troubles that he would really slide away.

They had dinner with him at his pro day. The team did their homework on this guy. I can't wait to see what they saw.

Another pick I am interested in seeing is Holliman. They also met with this guy for dinner, and I remember threards about him being an early round prospect. He was the only safety drafted, and this is one position that could easily justify a guy from out of nowhere making it.

BTW...

Going by several lists of pre-draft and combine visits, I believe that the only two players who the team drafted, who they did not meet with, are the two sixth rounders - Walton and chickillo. They even met with UDFAs Cameron Clear and Tyler Murphy.

They should have their due diligence complete on this draft class.

[Shoe]

I'm not a buyer on Holliman. I just can't imagine how a guy with 14 picks, wins the Thorpe Award, falls all the way to the 7th round of the draft. It just does not make sense, and makes me think there is something that we are completely ignoring... besides his confirmed atrocious tackling.

Of course, I had the same attitude about Martavis (thinking: how could a guy with that much ability, slide that far. He must be garbage).

[Slapstick]

None of them they all suck. Dupree isn't Shane Ray, our CB are too short to be effective. Our TE is slow and sucks. Chickillo is fat and slow. The D lineman is terrible. Holliman can't tackle.

The Steelers were outfoxed by every other team in the draft. Colbert knows nothing.

[DukieBoy]

Jesse James ... because it pitted some people off that we picked him even in the later rounds, so he can have a big chip on his shoulder now, and he is only 20 with room to grow.

[SidSmythe]

Dupree goes w/out mention.

But the Grant, Golson picks excite me. Throw In Holliman and 2 DL picks and I think we've addressed our whole Defense one way or another.
This draft was all about Defense in my book and getting a TE and we did it.

[Discipline of Steel]

Same goes for me....i like the draft as a whole, as opposed to salivating over any one player.
Welcome new Steelers!

[steelblood]

Most excited about Dupree, though I realize it may take him a season or two to refine his pass rushing moves and develop his read and react skills.

obviously, Holliman has the potential to be a huge steal. So that is a close second

[flippy]

I'm more excited about the type of guys the Steelers drafted vs any specific guy. I think it's a signal that there's change coming on defense in terms of our approach.

I like the extra large OLBs with a focus on ball hawks in the secondary seem to indicate that we're acknowledging the changing NFL of pass heavy offenses that will spread you out. These big OLBs like Dupree and Chickillo are preferable in a 4 man DLine. There's a premium on athletic guys that cover the slot to take away quick options for the QB allowing a 4 man rush a little more time to generate pressure.

Add it in to our evolution in our thinking on MLB with guys like Timmons, Shazier, and Spence and it really seems to me like there is a potential for a whole new level of diversity on D and what we can do.

Who knows how many of these draft picks will make it? Gotta wait and see in a couple years. I just really like that Tomlin/Colbert seemed to have adjust the overall approach on the types of guys they are targeting. This evolution is also good because the track record of these 2 drafting together has left some question marks, so I really like to see they are evolving and trying to do things better.

[Shawn]

I love the Golson pick. I think Holliman was a great value in the 7th. And I like the Doran Grant pick.