Some execs considered Edmunds a top 15 player

[feltdizz]

Yeah, what idiots.
We dont draft unheard of unheralded guys like Troy Edwards anymore....at least not early. Look at the description of Washington.

He isnt the tallest, doesnt run a 4.4 but he LEAD THE NCAA in receiving. He became one of the most prolific receivers in college football history, earned All-American honors and won the Fred Biletnikoff Award. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft ......

Wait 1999? Must be a typo.....Wait....that WAS Troy Edwards?

Washington LEAD THE NCAA in receiving yards in 2017 but Troy Edwards had a whopping FOUR HUNDRED MORE yards receiving (Troy had 1996 in 98 ) than Washington who was NCAA leader this year.

Fact is, when the Steelers drafted Edwards he had just completed THE MOST PROLIFIC RECEIVING SEASON IN NCAA HISTORY.

Edwards 1996 yards receiving was bested since then ONCE. He remains number 2 all time in receiving yards for a season.
Edwards STILL OWNS THE RECORD for TD receptions in NCAA history with 27 in 1998 (he had 34 total TDs).

For his career Edwards is 10 all time in yards, 3rd all time in TDs.......and he only played 3 seasons of college. Everyone ahead of him played 4 seasons.

On a "per game" basis Edwards was unquestionably the most prolific receiver in NCAA history.

He did not turn out to be a "great" NFL receiver but he was far from a "reach" where we picked him.

buzzinga.....

[Slapstick]

The same people who called Edmunds a reach also had Derrius Guice pegged for the first round...perhaps because teams met with Guice, talked with his coaches, etc....

[RuthlessBurgher]

Terrell Edmunds was an underclassman from a Power Five conference with remarkable athleticism, solid production in college, NFL bloodlines, and he dined with the Steelers when they were in Blacksburg for his Pro Day. Seems to fit all of the criteria that this team tends to look for in a first round pick.

[feltdizz]

The same people who called Edmunds a reach also had Derrius Guice pegged for the first round...perhaps because teams met with Guice, talked with his coaches, etc....

some people in here probably had Rudolph as a first rounder

[RuthlessBurgher]

some people in here probably had Rudolph as a first rounder

Those folks might have rejoiced if we drafted this way:
1. Mason Rudolph
2. James Washington
3. Terrell Edmunds

But complained about the value of drafting:
1. Terrell Edmunds
2. James Washington
3. Mason Rudolph

It's all the same...

[SteelerOfDeVille]

Yeah, what idiots.
We dont draft unheard of unheralded guys like Troy Edwards anymore....at least not early. Look at the description of Washington.

He isnt the tallest, doesnt run a 4.4 but he LEAD THE NCAA in receiving. He became one of the most prolific receivers in college football history, earned All-American honors and won the Fred Biletnikoff Award. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft ......

Wait 1999? Must be a typo.....Wait....that WAS Troy Edwards?

Washington LEAD THE NCAA in receiving yards in 2017 but Troy Edwards had a whopping FOUR HUNDRED MORE yards receiving (Troy had 1996 in 98 ) than Washington who was NCAA leader this year.

Fact is, when the Steelers drafted Edwards he had just completed THE MOST PROLIFIC RECEIVING SEASON IN NCAA HISTORY.

Edwards 1996 yards receiving was bested since then ONCE. He remains number 2 all time in receiving yards for a season.
Edwards STILL OWNS THE RECORD for TD receptions in NCAA history with 27 in 1998 (he had 34 total TDs).

For his career Edwards is 10 all time in yards, 3rd all time in TDs.......and he only played 3 seasons of college. Everyone ahead of him played 4 seasons.

On a "per game" basis Edwards was unquestionably the most prolific receiver in NCAA history.

He did not turn out to be a "great" NFL receiver but he was far from a "reach" where we picked him.

Most had hoped Torry Holt or David Boston would fall. They didn't. The team felt they needed a WR (though I thought Hines was good enough... turns out, HE WAS).

Having said all that, my biggest disappointment with the selection was that I wanted Jevon Kearse, who was there, and we'd lost Greg Lloyd a season or two before...

Funny, looking back at that draft, we got Joey Porter and Aaron Smith (and Zereoue and Kris Brown), but, also guys like Edwards, Scott Shields, Kris Farris... how do you even grade a draft like that?

[NorthCoast]

If the Steelers had other choices available at their pick would Edmunds still be considered a first round talent?

[squidkid]

If the Steelers had other choices available at their pick would Edmunds still be considered a first round talent?

oh, of course.
steelers had him number 2 overall on their big board........

[squidkid]

The same people who called Edmunds a reach also had Derrius Guice pegged for the first round...perhaps because teams met with Guice, talked with his coaches, etc....

didnt you have guice as a first rounder?

[feltdizz]

If the Steelers had other choices available at their pick would Edmunds still be considered a first round talent?

huh?

we had every player available to choose from except for the 27 that went ahead of us

Is this a trick question?

[RuthlessBurgher]

If the Steelers had other choices available at their pick would Edmunds still be considered a first round talent?

Didn't they say that considered Rudolph to be a first round talent that they drafted in the third?

[Slapstick]

didnt you have guice as a first rounder?

Yep! I thought he was a possible Steelers pick...

But, as it turns out, nobody did...further illustrating the point that teams have more information...

[Slapstick]

Didn't they say that considered Rudolph to be a first round talent that they drafted in the third?

Exactly! You only have one, maybe two, first round picks...

[feltdizz]

Yep! I thought he was a possible Steelers pick...

But, as it turns out, nobody did...further illustrating the point that teams have more information...

or just want someone else.

Guice dropped further than I thought but then again, I didn't have him as the top back. I thought it was Michel and then everyone else.

[Buzz]

why didn't teams draft Rudolph in the first round if he was considered a first round talent by us and some other teams?

Maybe he wasn't really considered a first round talent by any teams.

Also, only one other safety went before Edmunds so maybe teams had more pressing needs and had guys rated higher at other positions who were available to draft?

Maybe. Or maybe they didn't think any of the safeties were all that special.