Todd McShay 2021 Mock Draft: Steelers Select Alabama RB Najee Harris

[Captain Lemming]

but we didn’t make a SB with Bell.

Didn’t make one with DD either but why should that stop us from drafting another lineman in the first?

Because we DID win one with Faneca. .
Our 5th round runningback had the longest run in SB history as a result.

[hawaiiansteel]

Because we DID win one with Faneca. .
Our 5th round runningback had the longest run in SB history as a result.

even better, Willie Parker was an UDFA.

[Captain Lemming]

even better, Willie Parker was an UDFA.

Dang....I forgot, thought we grabbed him late round. I guess it strengthens my case.

[NJ-STEELER]

Dang....I forgot, thought we grabbed him late round. I guess it strengthens my case.

willie was the last late round/ UDFA RB to make a difference.
but that was 16 years ago and with a different staff


there has been a load of running backs drafted late or signed as UDFA since then that haven't registered much of anything

the Backs who have done well under this staff (bell, mendy) have been high draft choices

[Captain Lemming]

willie was the last late round/ UDFA RB to make a difference.
but that was 16 years ago and with a different staff


there has been a load of running backs drafted late or signed as UDFA since then that haven't registered much of anything

the Backs who have done well under this staff (bell, mendy) have been high draft choices

We are talking 1st round picks...Dizzs point.
Steelers 1st round backs since Franco nearly 50 years ago:

Greg Hawthorne
Walter Abercrombie
Tim Worley
Rashard Mendenhall

Thousand yard seasons total- TWO
Give me Faneca over Mendy any day of the week.

Last former Steeler back to bring a Lombardi to the great state of Pennsylvania? He like Willie was a former undrafted free agent.
He did it in 2017.
His name?

Lagerett Blount...too bad it was for the Eagles...to go along with his Pats rings.

I remember watching that draft at Buffalo Wild Wings in here in Boise, and people loved his slide in that draft as they hate him here for clocking a BSU player in college.

Blount shows how EASY it is to get yourself a championship caliber back. He was our BACKUP.

[NJ-STEELER]

We are talking 1st round picks...Dizzs point.
Steelers 1st round backs since Franco nearly 50 years ago:

Greg Hawthorne
Walter Abercrombie
Tim Worley
Rashard Mendenhall

Thousand yard seasons total- TWO
Give me Faneca over Mendy any day of the week.

Last former Steeler back to bring a Lombardi to the great state of Pennsylvania? He like Willie was a former undrafted free agent.
He did it in 2017.
His name?

Lagerett Blount...too bad it was for the Eagles...to go along with his Pats rings.

I remember watching that draft at Buffalo Wild Wings in here in Boise, and people loved his slide in that draft as they hate him here for clocking a BSU player in college.

Blount shows how EASY it is to get yourself a championship caliber back. He was our BACKUP.

dude
give me 1 example of a late round guy doing well on this team under this staff.

I'm someone who does believe you can get find a quality back later in the draft but it has not occurred with this regime. (GM, head coach, position coach, scouts, position scouts)
the OL is bad now but it hasn't been bad for 16 years to not have someone develop in that time

they've tried for many years to hit on a late back and it hasn't worked.
to the point we are at now...desperate... last in the league in rushing


if the RB class was deep into the 2nd or 3rd round, I would agree with you we should be able to find one.
but by all prognostications in its the top 3 and then a big drop off.

i do not want someone who is going to compare to the snells, mcfarlands, samuels they have trotted out there
we need better talent at that position

[Northern_Blitz]

willie was the last late round/ UDFA RB to make a difference.
but that was 16 years ago and with a different staff


there has been a load of running backs drafted late or signed as UDFA since then that haven't registered much of anything

the Backs who have done well under this staff (bell, mendy) have been high draft choices

Was listening to the Terrible Take today.

Was from a listener.

Compared Colbert's record of drafting CBs to RBs.

I think we all know how bad the CB drafting has been. But I didn't realize how bad the RB picks have been.

[Captain Lemming]

dude
give me 1 example of a late round guy doing well on this team under this staff.

I'm someone who does believe you can get find a quality back later in the draft but it has not occurred with this regime. (GM, head coach, position coach, scouts, position scouts)
the OL is bad now but it hasn't been bad for 16 years to not have someone develop in that time

they've tried for many years to hit on a late back and it hasn't worked.
to the point we are at now...desperate... last in the league in rushing


if the RB class was deep into the 2nd or 3rd round, I would agree with you we should be able to find one.
but by all prognostications in its the top 3 and then a big drop off.

i do not want someone who is going to compare to the snells, mcfarlands, samuels they have trotted out there
we need better talent at that position

Again, I'm talking 1st round. I don't mind one in the 2nd. "If" a first round back is clearly higher than oline I'm not totally against it.

But if everything is equal, I address the oline as a need priority. Why?

You mention all our "misses" at RB. But Conner made the probowl and we led the league in red zone DESPITE the admittedly fragile Conner starting. Better redzone than ANY Bell team.

Why?

Oline was superb that season.

Bell? How great has he looked behind a garbage oline on the Jets?

How did his entire KC offensive juggernaut team look with a compromised oline in the SB?

[Steel Maniac]

Was listening to the Terrible Take today.

Was from a listener.

Compared Colbert's record of drafting CBs to RBs.

I think we all know how bad the CB drafting has been. But I didn't realize how bad the RB picks have been.

It didn’t help that Colbert kept looking for little , light in the pants running backs like Dri Archer year after year. Lol.

And that includes his latest Dri Archer clone in McFarland.

[hawaiiansteel]

It didn’t help that Colbert kept looking for little , light in the pants running backs like Dri Archer year after year. Lol.

And that includes his latest Dri Archer clone in McFarland.

McFarland weighs 35 more lbs than Archer did.

once again, as usual you have a totally uninformed opinion.

[NJ-STEELER]

Again, I'm talking 1st round. I don't mind one in the 2nd. "If" a first round back is clearly higher than oline I'm not totally against it.

But if everything is equal, I address the oline as a need priority. Why?

You mention all our "misses" at RB. But Conner made the probowl and we led the league in red zone DESPITE the admittedly fragile Conner starting. Better redzone than ANY Bell team.

Why?

Oline was superb that season.

Bell? How great has he looked behind a garbage oline on the Jets?

How did his entire KC offensive juggernaut team look with a compromised oline in the SB?

okay, i get what you're saying

but here's another thing to think about. after the big 3 RBs, there will be a big drop off and its supposedly
a Deep draft at OT and the OL in general.

if they go OT in round 1 its likely the 4th/5th best available. if they wait until the 2nd round perhaps its the 9th/10th best.
what's the drop off considering that.
if they feel the drop off at RB is bigger then they should go RB first. thats getting value in the draft

PS. im not sure why you leave franco out in your comparison.
that's 4 championships with a 1st round RB

[NJ-STEELER]

Was listening to the Terrible Take today.

Was from a listener.

Compared Colbert's record of drafting CBs to RBs.

I think we all know how bad the CB drafting has been. But I didn't realize how bad the RB picks have been.

yeah, its been pretty bad. especially when you look around the league and see late RB picks contributing

and that's colbert, tomlin, scouts etc

[SteelBucks]

okay, i get what you're saying

but here's another thing to think about. after the big 3 RBs, there will be a big drop off and its supposedly
a Deep draft at OT and the OL in general.

if they go OT in round 1 its likely the 4th/5th best available. if they wait until the 2nd round perhaps its the 9th/10th best.
what's the drop off considering that.
if they feel the drop off at RB is bigger then they should go RB first. thats getting value in the draft

This is also my approach. I sometimes think we forget the draft is seven rounds. We could get a top flight RB in the first and still put together a really good, much improved OL in rounds 2-7.

[NJ-STEELER]

This is also my approach. I sometimes think we forget the draft is seven rounds. We could get a top flight RB in the first and still put together a really good, much improved OL in rounds 2-7.

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a 2nd round OL would be the highest drafted player on the OL other then decastro, who is likely gone soon

[Captain Lemming]

okay, i get what you're saying

but here's another thing to think about. after the big 3 RBs, there will be a big drop off and its supposedly
a Deep draft at OT and the OL in general.

if they go OT in round 1 its likely the 4th/5th best available. if they wait until the 2nd round perhaps its the 9th/10th best.
what's the drop off considering that.
if they feel the drop off at RB is bigger then they should go RB first. thats getting value in the draft

PS. im not sure why you leave franco out in your comparison.
that's 4 championships with a 1st round RB

I do think your take is reasonable. If the drop off on backs is greater than oline I can buy what you are selling.