How well do the Steelers draft?
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For anyone doubting the Steelers’ ability to build the team through the draft, just consider this statistic: seven of their last nine first-round draft picks are still with the team — and all are starters. They are Santonio Holmes, Heath Miller, Ben Roethlisberger, Troy Polamalu, Kendall Simmons, Casey Hampton and Alan Faneca. Three are All-Pros (Polamalu, Hampton, Faneca) and three more are virtually a lock for the Pro Bowl eventually (Holmes, Miller, Roethlisberger).
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April 8th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
The Steelers are the BEST at building through the draft! Bradshaw, Greene, Lambert, Franco, Swann, Stallworth and company all came through the draft as well. Let’s hope we keep it going this year.
April 11th, 2007 at 12:56 am
We have to build through the draft, because the Rooney’s do not really do free agency.. Yes we have had some amazing draft success, but I think that more than our draft it has been the system the players come into that makes this team a success. Let’s hope that tradition keeps rolling with Mike Tomlin at the reigns. I believe that it will.