I personally believe we had a decent draft. I'm glad to see we addressed some of our needs. Pouncey was a good pick for us. I'm glad we didn't get Claussen or McCoy. Bradford's gonna be a bust. Tebow was probably the best QB this year. To me, the best pick up was this Dwyer kid outta Ga Tech. Believe me, he is going to be OUTSTANDING. He should be moved to WR and would be a threat if the Steelers would ever cave in and use the "Wildcat" formation. He is a smart, all around offensive gem for the Steelers...
Nice to see Bryant McFadden, Byron Leftwich, and Antwaan Randle El rejoining the team. I hear this Faneca kid is now available from the Jets....
PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2010 DRAFT PICKS
No. in
Rnd. Overall Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Age College
1. Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 20 Florida
2. Jason Worilds LB 6-2 262 22 Virginia Tech
3. Emmanuel Sanders WR 5-11 180 23 SMU
4. Thaddeus Gibson LB 6-2 243 22 Ohio State
5a. Chris Scott OT 6-4 319 22 Tennessee
5b. Crezdon Butler CB 6-0 191 22 Clemson
5c. Stevenson Sylvester LB 6-2 231 21 Utah
6a. Jonathan Dwyer RB 5-11 229 20 Georgia Tech
6b. Antonio Brown WR 5-10 186 21 Central Michigan
7. Doug Worthington DT 6-5 292 22 Ohio State
PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2010 ROOKIE FREE AGENTS
Player Pos. Ht. Wt. College
Dorrian Brooks OG 6-2 306 James Madison
Da’Mon Cromartie-Smith S 6-2 210 UTEP
Kyle Jolly OT 6-6 300 North Carolina
Demetrius Taylor FB 6-0 273 Virginia Tech
Cordarrow Thompson DT 6-2 301 Virginia Tech
Justin Thornton S 6-1 213 Kansas
A.J. Trump C/G 6-3 300 Miami (Fla.)
On the Big Ben "thing" - he's been a naughty, bad kid. I personally would give him 3 strikes before he's out. It would be SO easy to jump on the anti-Ben bandwagon or blindly support him. All I have is my opinion. I personally wasn't a big believer in or a Ben Roethlisberger fan until he got his 2nd Super Bowl ring. I do know that in the litigious society we live in, if there was a slight chance of criminal or civil charges to be brought about against a young millionaire athlete, there would have been. I cite the Duke Lacrosse players as a prime example. In today's publicity hound climate with people who are desperate for their 15+ minutes of fame, there is no way this can go unfounded. According to the police report, Ben is guilty putting himself in a "he said/she said" situation and of using poor judgement. How many times each week does Ben's situation occur? Too many times. But Ben is an NFL QB and unlike the NBA, the NFL at least ties to maintain some higher standards of behavior. Losing a month and a half of playing time, nearly half of his salary, and the trust of his teamates, coaches, trainers and fans will also affect him greatly. Most of us could easily live off of near a fifth if his annual salary, so the anti-rich stigma will haunt him here as well as "the rich always get outta trouble" label. No, I won't cry for Ben at all. I too have made mistakes in my life I'm still paying for. I believe he deserves a chance to earn back what he's lost, even if he never wins the Steelers another game.
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