cstjohn17

Hats off to the Steelers, they have a formula and draft quality athletes to fill their system.

National Football League: NFL Draft History - by Team

Roethlisberger
Polamalu
Woodley <-- former draft binkie
Mendenhall <-- former draft binkie
Pouncey
Hampton
Faneca
Holmes
Burress

MustaphaM0nd

??? Okay???

CheeseMonkeys

So?I don't get it...

JackBauer

Guys, if you focus on the good draft picks and omit all the busts, it'll make it look like you're really good at drafting. Duh!

cstjohn17

Don't me a bunch of sensitive little homers, the Steelers are a good drafting team and so are the Colts. I hope the Patriots crush them both but I do respect their ability to evaluate talent.

Box_O_Rocks

Yep, NE, Pit, and Indy are all considered good drafting teams who evaluate talent specific to their own programs. Here, watching NE as closely as we do, we see the failures and weigh them more heavily than the failures of the other two clubs. The proof of good drafting is how each organization has been competitive in the postseason lottery. Is not NE a good drafting team when their #2 QB takes them to an 11-5 record? How bad are they when they can lose a starting 1st round DE, a starting CB, a starting OG and the former starting RT who was to replace him, plus trade away a hall of fame WR and still be 6-2 halfway through the season?

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cstjohn17

Yep, the Pats rock and we are much harder on them because we follow their every move.

Ochmed Jones

The key is that each organization has solid ownership and is solid in the front office. They have a method and a strategy and follow it accordingly. They pick athletes that project well in the scheme and not vice versa.

I would include San Diego in this list of teams with a solid draft history as well. Especially if you include uncovering UDFA gems. San Diego has uncovered a ton of UDFA gems, but for some strange reasons lets most of them get away. (Bad coaching I guess)

everlong

Some Indy fans are already calling Jerry Hughes a bust and most consider Donald Brown and Anthony Gonzalez busts. Ugoh.....all firsts or basically firsts when you consider the Ugoh trade.

Pitt hasn't had first round whiffs as above but Limas Sweed, Bruce Davis and Anthony Smith are all (old) day one misses. Ziggy Hood is still developing and may be a fine player but by the standards set around here he would be getting the bust tag already for sure and he went 8 picks higher than Brace.

Career:

Hood 16 tackles, one sack
Brace 23 tackles, no sacks

DL those numbers don't tell the entire story but just for reference.

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BritPat

Did some work on Drafting Trends pre-Draft for another website, and one of the teams I concentrated on was the Steelers. You can read both posts here:

NFL UK Forums - View Single Post - Drafting trends

NFL UK Forums - View Single Post - Drafting trends

What was evident was how good they are when Drafting defense. They've whiffed offensively at times, but defensively they don't ever miss.

Ever.

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