Draft Articles - Archived

With the 17th Pick, the Steelers Select

Outside Linebacker Jarvis Jones from the University of Georgia. 

Analysis below of Jones is from of www.nfl.com

SteelerFury.Com Pre-Draft Interviews

The 2013 NFL Draft gets underway tonight, April 25, 2013 with a primetime first round selection show.  The draft continues throughout this weekend with the Steelers looking to expand their roster with some new and hopefully impactful players.

Bradshaw2Ben conducted some outstanding interviews on a SteelerFury.Com Podcast.  This installment features:

Setting the Steelers' Draft Board - 2008

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

In 2007's version of this article, I made the following statement:

"For too long, Bill Cowher retained serviceable journeymen as backups instead of young, developmental players with future starter potential. That's a great philosophy for generating stability, but it's lousy for restocking a roster with players who can be developed into future starters."

A year later and the same problem exists.

Setting the Steelers' Draft Board - 2007

It's been a difficult draft season. With a coaching change, scheme questions, the loss of two Pro Bowlers and a pending glut of future free agents, the Steelers' #15 overall pick has turned into a mysterious entity with most of us unable to develop a clear idea of whom the Steelers might target early in the draft.

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