Darius Leonard

[phillyesq]

The Steelers have missed with a ton of picks, but this one is really Monday morning quarterbacking. Nobody really saw Leonard coming, and I don't remember him being projected as a first round pick in any mocks.

[NJ-STEELER]

Really?
They didn't get Tuitt right? Didn't get Shazier right?
Didn't get Hargrave right? Didn't get Watt right?

It's not like they've been shut out. (Although they might consider purging their secondary scouting department since they've been struggling to find starters for a while now.)

what's the saying? even a broken clock is right twice a day. getting 4 out of 11 (going back and including worldis and hood) in the top 2 rounds isn't exactly doing a great job.

hargrave? he's nothing more then an average player. what's so "right" about him?
and if you want to include 3rd and 4th rounders it gets even worse. sure, you're not expecting those guys to be stars but some should become useful. the offense has had some major contributions from those and later rounds

curtis brown
cortez allen
sean spence
ta'amu
shamark thomas
doran grant
and might be too early to tell with cam sutton but he certainly hasn't distinguished himself

[pittpete]

Hargrave was a 3rd pick and i disagree that he just average.
I'd love to see a stat when we had 3 down lineman compared to 2.

[Steel Maniac]

The Steelers have missed with a ton of picks, but this one is really Monday morning quarterbacking. Nobody really saw Leonard coming, and I don't remember him being projected as a first round pick in any mocks.

We missed on Leonard and Harold Landry. Either one would have served us well.

[RuthlessBurgher]

The Steelers have missed with a ton of picks, but this one is really Monday morning quarterbacking. Nobody really saw Leonard coming, and I don't remember him being projected as a first round pick in any mocks.

If we were unable to land Leighton Vander Esch in round 1, I wanted to take Darius Leonard in round 2.

But, you are right....I never heard a peep about Leonard being considered in the first round by anyone.

[Steel Maniac]

If we were unable to land Leighton Vander Esch in round 1, I wanted to take Darius Leonard in round 2.

But, you are right....I never heard a peep about Leonard being considered in the first round by anyone.

I never heard anything about Leonard in the first round; but there was chatter about Landry being taken in the first round.

[NJ-STEELER]

did anyone hear anything about edmonds going in the 1st round?

[Steel Maniac]

did anyone hear anything about edmonds going in the 1st round?

........sneaker....

[steeler_george]

I never heard anything about Leonard in the first round; but there was chatter about Landry being taken in the first round.

I remember he was labeled a small school player, high risk to bust

[Shawn]

I still believe the Steelers defense is one player away from being one of the top 5 in the league. Some draft gurus are suggesting the Steelers will go after OLB in the first round to bookend with Watt. A secondary pick with their record would be high risk.

I agree and it's either a shut down corner or a wild man safety in the likes of Troy. Damn I miss the good old days.

[Furious]

An order of Shutdown corner here to garcon. I think we had good pressure (3.2 sacks per game) on opposing QB's. But our secondary's uninspired play in the turnover category, leads me to believe our need for a true shutdown corner is a high demand. I know a lot people want us to play more man coverage. But Philly's D is pretty serviceable and they play a lot of zone. We just don't have the proper personnel in our secondary. When I see freaks like Derwin James and look at all of the"projects" we've drafted over recent years, makes me just shake my head.

[Steel Maniac]

I still believe the Steelers defense is one player away from being one of the top 5 in the league. Some draft gurus are suggesting the Steelers will go after OLB in the first round to bookend with Watt. A secondary pick with their record would be high risk.

Your dreaming; Your absolutely wrong on this. And you continue to pipe dream and make excuses for a management that has failed over an 8 year period.

3 playoff wins in the last 8 years.

[NorthCoast]

Earl Thomas is an interesting option to upgrade the secondary... likely done in Seattle. Not sure what the cap hit would be.

[Steelerphile]

Your dreaming; Your absolutely wrong on this. And you continue to pipe dream and make excuses for a management that has failed over an 8 year period.

3 playoff wins in the last 8 years.

Name the active coaches outside of Belichick who have a better record. You keep saying that like it is bad.
The guy you want to hire (and you have no idea who it is) is either a rookie HC who has zero preseason wins, zero regular season wins, zero postseason appearances and zero playoff wins
or a recycled HC who doesn't have a record that is anywhere near as good as Tomlin's.