The Ruthless Plan 1.0

[Oh wow]

What the hell is calling a player unauthentic supposed to mean?

I'm not picking on you, so don't get your panties in a bunch over it, but I literally have no idea what that is supposed to convey.

What player quality makes someone authentic or not?

You should know by now...lol.

[Iron City Inc.]

It's now officially draft week, so I'm putting out what I think should be my final mocks in pen rather than pencil (I suppose if some big news breaks between Monday and Thursday of this week, I might have to make some tweaks, but I'm hoping these are my last mocks for the 2019 draft season).

I'm going with two mocks here, one if Devin White falls down to #8 or #9 and we are able to trade up with Detroit or Buffalo for him, and then another if we stay put and use all 10 of our picks as they currently stand. I'm also challenging myself to not use any of the same players. If I picked a guy in the stay-put mock, he's not eligible for the trade-up mock and vice versa. Just makes it more fun to add a bit more variety that way, I think.

And although I had a mock earlier in which I chose multiple players from the same school within one mock (the infamous "Noah's Ark" edition), I'm also trying to not even use the same school more than once here. I was going to put Georgia center/guard prospect Lamont Gaillard in my trade-up mock, but I already had Georgia OLB D'Andre Walker in my stay-put mock, so I opted for Wisconsin guard Bean Benzschawel to be my later-round interior OL depth pick in that mock instead.

Here goes...

Option 1: Trade up with Detroit (1.8) or Buffalo (1.9) if ILB Devin White is still available there. Offer picks 1.20, 2.52, and a 3rd round pick in 2020.

1.8 ILB Devin White, LSU 6-0 237
3.66 OLB Chase Winovich, Michigan 6-3 252
3.83 S Amani Hooker, Iowa 6-0 210
4.122 TE Dawson Knox, Ole Miss 6-4 254
5.141 CB Kris Boyd, Texas 5-11 201
6.175 WR Keelan Doss, UC Davis 6-3 212
6.192 G Beau Benzschawel, Wisconsin 6-6 309
6.207 RB Kerrith Whyte, Florida Atlantic 5-10 197
7.219 DE Armon Watts, Arkansas 6-5 300

Option 2: Stay put and pick 10 guys at our current draft positions

1.20 CB Byron Murphy, Washington 5-11 189
2.52 OLB D'Andre Walker, Georgia 6-2 251
3.66 S Darnell Savage, Maryland 5-11 198
3.83 WR Miles Boykin, Notre Dame 6-4 220
4.122 ILB David Long, WVU 5-11 227
5.141 C/G Ross Pierschbacher, Alabama 6-4 308
6.175 TE Kahele Warring, San Diego St 6-5 252
6.192 NT Daylon Mack, Texas A&M 6-1 336
6.207 RB Devine Ozigbo, Nebraska 5-11 222
7.219 DE Albert Huggins, Clemson 6-3 305

Nice work Ruth. Option 2 is good but 1 is flat out special n with us having likely 2 3's next year won't hurt that bad. Whyte is going to play far better then where he is projected imho.

[RuthlessBurgher]

MERRY FOOTBALL CHRISTMAS, EVERYBODY! DRAFT DAY IS FINALLY HERE!!!

While I've done numerous Steeler mocks throughout this draft season, I've only done one full first round mock, and it was a month ago, so it's a good time for that final update, eh? I'm including my projected trade in which we give up a 2nd this year and a 3rd next year to move up to #8 with Detroit to get Devin White. And I'm going to keep going picking for everyone until we make both of our picks in round 3. Here goes:

Round 1

1. Arizona Cardinals QB Kyler Murray
2. San Francisco 49ers EDGE Nick Bosa
3. New York Jets DT Quinnen Williams
4. Oakland Raiders EDGE Josh Allen
5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers DT Ed Oliver
6. New York Giants QB Dwayne Haskins
7. Jacksonville Jaguars OT Jawaan Taylor
8. Pittsburgh Steelers [*Projected Trade with Detroit Lions: 1.08 for 1.20, 2.52, & 2020 3rd*] LB Devin White
9. Buffalo Bills OT Andre Dillard
10. Denver Broncos TE T.J. Hockenson
11. Cincinnati Bengals LB Devin Bush
12. Green Bay Packers EDGE Brian Burns
13. Miami Dolphins EDGE Montez Sweat
14. Atlanta Falcons DT Christian Wilkins
15. Washington Redskins QB Drew Lock
16. Carolina Panthers OT Jonah Williams
17. New York Giants (from Cleveland Browns) EDGE Rashan Gary
18. Minnesota Vikings OT Cody Ford
19. Tennessee Titans TE Noah Fant
20. Detroit Lions [*Projected Trade with Pittsburgh Steelers: 1.08 for 1.20, 2.52, & 2020 3rd*] CB Greedy Williams
21. Seattle Seahawks EDGE Clelin Ferrell
22. Baltimore Ravens WR D.K. Metcalf
23. Houston Texans CB DeAndre Baker
24. Oakland Raiders (from Chicago Bears) WR Marquise Brown
25. Philadelphia Eagles CB Byron Murphy
26. Indianapolis Colts S Johnathan Abram
27. Oakland Raiders (from Dallas Cowboys) RB Josh Jacobs
28. Los Angeles Chargers DT Dexter Lawrence
29. Seattle Seahawks (from Kansas City Chiefs) DT Justin Simmons
30. Green Bay Packers (from New Orleans Saints) TE Irv Smith
31. Los Angeles Rams OC Garrett Bradbury
32. New England Patriots QB Daniel Jones

Round 2

33. Arizona WR N'Keal Harry
34. Indianapolis (from N.Y. Jets) WR A.J. Brown
35. Oakland CB Rock Ya-Sin
36. San Francisco WR Parris Campbell
37. N.Y. Giants WR Hakeem Butler
38. Jacksonville S Deionte Thompson
39. Tampa Bay LB Mack Wilson
40. Buffalo DT Jerry Tillery
41. Denver OC Erik McCoy
42. Cincinnati OT Greg Little
43. Detroit EDGE L.J. Collier
44. Green Bay WR Deebo Samuel
45. Atlanta CB Julian Love
46. Washington WR Kelvin Harmon
47. Carolina CB Trayvon Mullen
48. Miami CB Lonnie Johnson
49. Cleveland CB Amari Oruwariye
50. Minnesota EDGE Jaylon Ferguson
51. Tennessee EDGE D'Andre Walker
52. Detroit Lions [*Projected Trade with Pittsburgh Steelers: 1.08 for 1.20, 2.52, & 2020 3rd*] S Nassir Adderley
53. Philadelphia (from Baltimore) RB Miles Sanders
54. Houston (from Seattle) OT Kaleb McGary
55. Houston RB Darrell Henderson
56. New England (from Chicago) OT Dalton Risner
57. Philadelphia OG Chris Lindstrom
58. Dallas S Juan Thornhill
59. Indianapolis EDGE Oshane Ximines
60. L.A. Chargers S Taylor Rapp
61. Kansas City CB Justin Layne
62. New Orleans S Chauncey Gardner-Johnson
63. Kansas City (from L.A. Rams) OC Elgton Jenkins
64. New England WR Riley Ridley

Round 3

65. Arizona OG Michael Deiter
66. Pittsburgh (from Oakland) S Darnell Savage
67. San Francisco S Amani Hooker
68. N.Y. Jets CB Isaiah Johnson
69. Jacksonville RB David Montgomery
70. Tampa Bay RB Damien Harris
71. Denver LB Vosean Joseph
72. Cincinnati DT Dre'mont Jones
73. New England (from Detroit) LB Germaine Pratt
74. Buffalo CB Sean Bunting
75. Green Bay RB Justice Hill
76. Washington OG Connor McGovern
77. Carolina EDGE Zach Allen
78. Miami OT Tytus Howard
79. Atlanta RB Tray'veon Williams
80. Cleveland OT Yodny Cajuste
81. Minnesota DT Gerald Willis
82. Tennessee OC Michael Jordan
83. Pittsburgh EDGE Chase Winovich

[Mick'sTeam]

MERRY FOOTBALL CHRISTMAS, EVERYBODY! DRAFT DAY IS FINALLY HERE!!!

While I've done numerous Steeler mocks throughout this draft season, I've only done one full first round mock, and it was a month ago, so it's a good time for that final update, eh? I'm including my projected trade in which we give up a 2nd this year and a 3rd next year to move up to #8 with Detroit to get Devin White. And I'm going to keep going picking for everyone until we make both of our picks in round 3. Here goes:

Round 1

1. Arizona Cardinals QB Kyler Murray
2. San Francisco 49ers EDGE Nick Bosa
3. New York Jets DT Quinnen Williams
4. Oakland Raiders EDGE Josh Allen
5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers DT Ed Oliver
6. New York Giants QB Dwayne Haskins
7. Jacksonville Jaguars OT Jawaan Taylor
8. Pittsburgh Steelers [*Projected Trade with Detroit Lions: 1.08 for 1.20, 2.52, & 2020 3rd*] LB Devin White
9. Buffalo Bills OT Andre Dillard
10. Denver Broncos TE T.J. Hockenson
11. Cincinnati Bengals LB Devin Bush
12. Green Bay Packers EDGE Brian Burns
13. Miami Dolphins EDGE Montez Sweat
14. Atlanta Falcons DT Christian Wilkins
15. Washington Redskins QB Drew Lock
16. Carolina Panthers OT Jonah Williams
17. New York Giants (from Cleveland Browns) EDGE Rashan Gary
18. Minnesota Vikings OT Cody Ford
19. Tennessee Titans TE Noah Fant
20. Detroit Lions [*Projected Trade with Pittsburgh Steelers: 1.08 for 1.20, 2.52, & 2020 3rd*] CB Greedy Williams
21. Seattle Seahawks EDGE Clelin Ferrell
22. Baltimore Ravens WR D.K. Metcalf
23. Houston Texans CB DeAndre Baker
24. Oakland Raiders (from Chicago Bears) WR Marquise Brown
25. Philadelphia Eagles CB Byron Murphy
26. Indianapolis Colts S Johnathan Abram
27. Oakland Raiders (from Dallas Cowboys) RB Josh Jacobs
28. Los Angeles Chargers DT Dexter Lawrence
29. Seattle Seahawks (from Kansas City Chiefs) DT Justin Simmons
30. Green Bay Packers (from New Orleans Saints) TE Irv Smith
31. Los Angeles Rams OC Garrett Bradbury
32. New England Patriots QB Daniel Jones

Round 2

33. Arizona WR N'Keal Harry
34. Indianapolis (from N.Y. Jets) WR A.J. Brown
35. Oakland CB Rock Ya-Sin
36. San Francisco WR Parris Campbell
37. N.Y. Giants WR Hakeem Butler
38. Jacksonville S Deionte Thompson
39. Tampa Bay LB Mack Wilson
40. Buffalo DT Jerry Tillery
41. Denver OC Erik McCoy
42. Cincinnati OT Greg Little
43. Detroit EDGE L.J. Collier
44. Green Bay WR Deebo Samuel
45. Atlanta CB Julian Love
46. Washington WR Kelvin Harmon
47. Carolina CB Trayvon Mullen
48. Miami CB Lonnie Johnson
49. Cleveland CB Amari Oruwariye
50. Minnesota EDGE Jaylon Ferguson
51. Tennessee EDGE D'Andre Walker
52. Detroit Lions [*Projected Trade with Pittsburgh Steelers: 1.08 for 1.20, 2.52, & 2020 3rd*] S Nassir Adderley
53. Philadelphia (from Baltimore) RB Miles Sanders
54. Houston (from Seattle) OT Kaleb McGary
55. Houston RB Darrell Henderson
56. New England (from Chicago) OT Dalton Risner
57. Philadelphia OG Chris Lindstrom
58. Dallas S Juan Thornhill
59. Indianapolis EDGE Oshane Ximines
60. L.A. Chargers S Taylor Rapp
61. Kansas City CB Justin Layne
62. New Orleans S Chauncey Gardner-Johnson
63. Kansas City (from L.A. Rams) OC Elgton Jenkins
64. New England WR Riley Ridley

Round 3

65. Arizona OG Michael Deiter
66. Pittsburgh (from Oakland) S Darnell Savage
67. San Francisco S Amani Hooker
68. N.Y. Jets CB Isaiah Johnson
69. Jacksonville RB David Montgomery
70. Tampa Bay RB Damien Harris
71. Denver LB Vosean Joseph
72. Cincinnati DT Dre'mont Jones
73. New England (from Detroit) LB Germaine Pratt
74. Buffalo CB Sean Bunting
75. Green Bay RB Justice Hill
76. Washington OG Connor McGovern
77. Carolina EDGE Zach Allen
78. Miami OT Tytus Howard
79. Atlanta RB Tray'veon Williams
80. Cleveland OT Yodny Cajuste
81. Minnesota DT Gerald Willis
82. Tennessee OC Michael Jordan
83. Pittsburgh EDGE Chase Winovich

I'd take this ALL DAY! Add in Miles Boykin in Rd 4 & I'm not sure the draft could fall any better.

[ikestops85]

We are an optimistic bunch.

[RuthlessBurgher]

We are an optimistic bunch.

Except for the posters who swear that all of our coaches, front office staff, ownership, and players are a bunch of incompetent fools.

[steelz09]

Except for the posters who swear that all of our coaches, front office staff, ownership, and players are a bunch of incompetent fools.

They are... Well, some of them. But I am confident or shall I say, hopeful, about your mock draft.

[RuthlessBurgher]

They are... Well, some of them. But I am confident or shall I say, hopeful, about your mock draft.

That's a good way to put it. I'm HOPEFUL about my mock draft too. Not necessarily CONFIDENT that it could happen like that, but I sure HOPE so!