Completely agree about Polamalu. We didn't give up too much when you
consider we had to jump 11 spots to land him. With Polamalu and Taylor,
we're essentially replacing Lee Flowers and Hank Poteat with two guys that
can run a 40 in less than 4.4. That'll be a tremendous improvement over
last year. We needed speed, we drafted speed.

St. Pierre was a reach. But then, any fifth round QB is a reach. Was
Ragone even available when we picked there? If they're committed to Maddox
for the next few seasons, which they appear to be, QB wasn't a real priority
position -- apart from the need to have a third one on the roster. JT Wall
is basically an insurance policy for Dan Kreider, who's in the last year of
his current deal. Overall, I think it was a pretty solid draft for us. But
I also think the other teams in our division had as good, if not better,
drafts than we did. Especially Baltimore.






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>Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 23:36:57 -0000
> From: "chriss20012002" <ChrisS99Ma@...>
>Subject: Steelers draft
>
>Hi all:
>
>the Steelers have never traded up to draft somebody, but they did on
>Saturday, trading up 11 spaces to get Troy Polamalu,S , from USC. I
>am psyched about this pick, as well as about the other defensive picks
>(although
>Ivan taylor has only played 1 yr of cornerback). I think Jackson has
>the size to be an effective OLB in our system. He was a DE in college
>but word has it he will be an OLB. Others have made the move.Although
>The Sporting News says" he will be more of a situational speed rusher
>than an every-down player in the NFL".
>
>I do not agree with the Brian St Pierre pick. Waht were the Steelers
>thinking? IMO, he will be nothing more than another TEE Martin, Pete
>Gonzalez, Mike Quinn. Why can;t we draft good qb's? I would have
>picked Dave Ragone from Louisville.
>
>JT Wall(7th round) seems to be the Bus' clone. 5-11,253,(although
>bettis has supposedly lost 30 lbs). Can a FB drafted that late be
>expected to make the team? We have some real depth at the rb,fb
>spots now.
>
>Christopher Socha
>
>
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