Kevin Colbert steps down

[feltdizz]

triva... who knew this was a prince song initially? Chakka redid it a few years later and that added the rap to it...

My older sisters were huge Prince fans growing up and my wife is also a huge fan so I know damn near every tidbit there is about Prince.

Other notable hits:

Sinead OConners biggest hit Nothing Compares 2 U

Manic Monday for The Bangles

and he helped Stevie Nicks write Stand Back

[SteelerOfDeVille]

My older sisters were huge Prince fans growing up and my wife is also a huge fan so I know damn near every tidbit there is about Prince.

Other notable hits:

Sinead OConners biggest hit Nothing Compares 2 U

Manic Monday for The Bangles

and he helped Stevie Nicks write Stand Back

well done... some of the backstories on how these folks got the songs... prince was a freak

[Northern_Blitz]

My older sisters were huge Prince fans growing up and my wife is also a huge fan so I know damn near every tidbit there is about Prince.

Other notable hits:

Sinead OConners biggest hit Nothing Compares 2 U

Manic Monday for The Bangles

and he helped Stevie Nicks write Stand Back

Heck of a basket ball player too

[SteelerOfDeVille]

Heck of a basket ball player too

the funny thing about it... he REALLY was - this bit was based on a true story.

[Northern_Blitz]

the funny thing about it... he REALLY was - this bit was based on a true story.

That's cool, I didn't know that.

[whisper]

I hope not.

Why not? In-house promotions always work out for the Steelers

[whisper]

Who do you know the best? Someone you have worked with for years and who has grown up in the culture and you have seen perform first hand? Or an outsider who you know little to nothing about?

As long as the new guy hits on some drafts like this....

1 Rashard Mendenhall
2 Limas Sweed 53
Bruce Davis 88 LB
4 Tony Hills T
5 Dennis Dixon QB
6 Mike Humpal LB
6 Ryan Mundy

Picks who Pgh Did NOT take who were still on the board...Chris Johnson, Duane Brown, Jordy Nelson, Tracy Porter, Matt Forte, DeSean Jackson, Calais Campbell, Jamaal Charles, Jeremy Zuttah...

[SteelerOfDeVille]

As long as the new guy hits on some drafts like this....

1 Rashard Mendenhall
2 Limas Sweed 53
Bruce Davis 88 LB
4 Tony Hills T
5 Dennis Dixon QB
6 Mike Humpal LB
6 Ryan Mundy

Picks who Pgh Did NOT take who were still on the board...Chris Johnson, Duane Brown, Jordy Nelson, Tracy Porter, Matt Forte, DeSean Jackson, Calais Campbell, Jamaal Charles, Jeremy Zuttah...

I was a huge fan of Jordy and Tracy Porter that year

[Ernie]

As long as the new guy hits on some drafts like this....

1 Rashard Mendenhall
2 Limas Sweed 53
Bruce Davis 88 LB
4 Tony Hills T
5 Dennis Dixon QB
6 Mike Humpal LB
6 Ryan Mundy

Picks who Pgh Did NOT take who were still on the board...Chris Johnson, Duane Brown, Jordy Nelson, Tracy Porter, Matt Forte, DeSean Jackson, Calais Campbell, Jamaal Charles, Jeremy Zuttah...

That list is a small snippet of whifs...
Let's add (high picks)
Mike Adams
Artie Burns
Senquez Golsen
Jarvis Jones

And 3rd/4ths...
Cortez Allen
Landry Jones
Curtis Brown,
Dri Archer
Sammy Coates
Doran Grant
Shamarko Thomas
Etc etc

[Steelwolf]

As long as the new guy hits on some drafts like this....

1 Rashard Mendenhall
2 Limas Sweed 53
Bruce Davis 88 LB
4 Tony Hills T
5 Dennis Dixon QB
6 Mike Humpal LB
6 Ryan Mundy

Picks who Pgh Did NOT take who were still on the board...Chris Johnson, Duane Brown, Jordy Nelson, Tracy Porter, Matt Forte, DeSean Jackson, Calais Campbell, Jamaal Charles, Jeremy Zuttah...

How about artie burns lol

[hackjam]

That list is a small snippet of whifs...
Let's add (high picks)
Mike Adams
Artie Burns
Senquez Golsen
Jarvis Jones

And 3rd/4ths...
Cortez Allen
Landry Jones
Curtis Brown,
Dri Archer
Sammy Coates
Doran Grant
Shamarko Thomas
Etc etc

How quickly we forget Alonzo Jackson. He was the poster boy bust for quite some time.

3rd and 4th rounders are where you start quickly getting into crapshoot territory. Those "misses" are easily countered by late round finds like:
Brett Keisel
Larry Foote
Clark Haggans
Ike Taylor
William Gay
Antonio Brown
Vince Williams
Kelvin Beachum
etc.

On the whole, '08 is probably the worst followed by one of '15 and '16. At least two solid starters came out of every draft in his era except for those three drafts.

[Ernie]

How quickly we forget Alonzo Jackson. He was the poster boy bust for quite some time.

3rd and 4th rounders are where you start quickly getting into crapshoot territory. Those "misses" are easily countered by late round finds like:
Brett Keisel
Larry Foote
Clark Haggans
Ike Taylor
William Gay
Antonio Brown
Vince Williams
Kelvin Beachum
etc.

On the whole, '08 is probably the worst followed by one of '15 and '16. At least two solid starters came out of every draft in his era except for those three drafts.

Good post.. I still think 3rds are looked at as upper picks ( especially early round)... but agree that it becomes a crapshoot in the 4th+.
Regardless, I definitely think KC was a good GM... with the Achilles heel of missing on CB.

[Northern_Blitz]

As long as the new guy hits on some drafts like this....

1 Rashard Mendenhall
2 Limas Sweed 53
Bruce Davis 88 LB
4 Tony Hills T
5 Dennis Dixon QB
6 Mike Humpal LB
6 Ryan Mundy

Picks who Pgh Did NOT take who were still on the board...Chris Johnson, Duane Brown, Jordy Nelson, Tracy Porter, Matt Forte, DeSean Jackson, Calais Campbell, Jamaal Charles, Jeremy Zuttah...

IIRC everyone loved this draft when it happened.

Literally the only draft I remember where lots of people were saying we got the steals of the draft in Rd 1 and 2.

[whisper]

That list is a small snippet of whifs...
Let's add (high picks)
Mike Adams
Artie Burns
Senquez Golsen
Jarvis Jones

And 3rd/4ths...
Cortez Allen
Landry Jones
Curtis Brown,
Dri Archer
Sammy Coates
Doran Grant
Shamarko Thomas
Etc etc

Yes, but those whiffs all were in ONE draft. That was really BAD.

[hawaiiansteel]

Yes, but those whiffs all were in ONE draft. That was really BAD.

those players were all busts and flops in the NFL and that draft has set the Steelers franchise back 14 years.