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Over the last 10 years, these picks have mostly been throw away picks.
The only worth mentioning:
Antonio Brown - 6th round - 2010
Martavis Bryant - 4th round - 2014
Willie Gay - 5th round - 2007
So we got 1 great player. 1 with all the potential in the world if he's not suspended again. And a 3rd serviceable starter. Maybe Vince Williams will make a 4th serviceable starter. Maybe you want to count a Daniel Sepulveda, but I won't.
With 10 years of drafts, Mike Tomlin and co. basically have less than a 1 in 10 shot of getting a great player in any of today's rounds. But odds are none of today's players are going to matter.
Maybe we should just trade away these picks in the future to move up in rounds 1-3 and get a better shot at better prospects in the early rounds?
Actually, thinking about the 3rd round picks during the Tomlin era, we're not so successful with those either. Maybe the Steelers should really focus on the 1st 2 rounds and trade away the rest?
We seem to have moderate success with UDFAs anyway. Why not get better premium picks and build through UDFAs and FAs?
Not sure how the rest of the league does with these rounds, but on the surface, I bet there's a case to support dumping certain picks to improve odds in earlier rounds.
The only worth mentioning:
Antonio Brown - 6th round - 2010
Martavis Bryant - 4th round - 2014
Willie Gay - 5th round - 2007
So we got 1 great player. 1 with all the potential in the world if he's not suspended again. And a 3rd serviceable starter. Maybe Vince Williams will make a 4th serviceable starter. Maybe you want to count a Daniel Sepulveda, but I won't.
With 10 years of drafts, Mike Tomlin and co. basically have less than a 1 in 10 shot of getting a great player in any of today's rounds. But odds are none of today's players are going to matter.
Maybe we should just trade away these picks in the future to move up in rounds 1-3 and get a better shot at better prospects in the early rounds?
Actually, thinking about the 3rd round picks during the Tomlin era, we're not so successful with those either. Maybe the Steelers should really focus on the 1st 2 rounds and trade away the rest?
We seem to have moderate success with UDFAs anyway. Why not get better premium picks and build through UDFAs and FAs?
Not sure how the rest of the league does with these rounds, but on the surface, I bet there's a case to support dumping certain picks to improve odds in earlier rounds.
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