Draft Articles - Archived

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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