…but easily the most popular….:)

I’m glad they picked Shipley, who represents a great late round acquisition. On the other hand, what were they possibly thinking with their last pick? They grabbed a tight end they easily could have had as a F/A while OT Gerald Cadogan (who some scouting services had scored as the eleventh rated tackle with lots of upside – predicted as a 2nd or 3rd rounder) was still on the board. Was I missing something?

guys like Mack, Wood, and Unger?

No doubt about it, or they would have picked him. After all, what’s the point of having a scrambler if you don’t make him run for his life. The guard and center are good acquisitions. But over half of Ben’s sacks come off the corners. If not Cardogan, any decent tackle would have been a ungrade to our current “look out” twins.

this guy went to my high school and is a great kid who is smart and will make up for his size with his tenacity

…been many a year since anyone the Steeler’s drafted managed that. Urbik had a 31, which isn’t too shabby, either. Hood, 21, the rest in the teens, except Summers who wasn’t invited to the Combine.

On the other hand…I didn’t just coach (and manage) the Super Bowl winner. So I admit I might be overreacting:<)

But then, on the ‘other’ other hand, is any pick truly unimportant? If that were so, free agent acquisitions would be totally worthless…such as FW Parker and James Harrison. Nontheless, this draft looks pretty decent. We should have good contributors to both lines, and at least one addition to the secondary and return game. If Frank the Tank pans out, we could have a monster short yardage back who can break for distance…and good hands (reportedly) too. In addition to his return skills, Wallace appears to be a home run threat who can stretch the defense and keep it honest. Mike Thomas reportedly offered a polished receiver who run sharp routes – but perhaps the Steelers feel that Wallace can learn those skills, whereas his speed is unique. At any rate, they saw the comparative films and had their choice of the two, so they must had their reasons.

Is it time for training camp yet.

Shipley will probably stick and reprise the role of Mike Webster. Despite all the naysayers, I’m with Ben – the OL is under-rated. Most important, they’re young and just got younger, so they have room (lots of room, ha ha) to improve. But the interior line could be tough as nails with Kemo, Shipley and Urbik (and Stapleton as key backup) … Colon is also nasty (and young) and Starks is “decent” …

My guess is that our boys didn’t like the T’s that were on the board and will draft T early next year if they have to ….

And Mike Wallace is a great pick – probably better than the clown that Raidas took at #7. Love it.

But, as the post says, I don’t know if he can handle the NTs in the AFC North. His only hope is the practice squad this year.

Great, great value pick, a quality center in the 7th round. Played against some quality Dlinemen from USC, OSU and practicing against some good guys at Penn State should’ve got him more ready then some other guy. The obvious negative is his size, but hopefully he could use his leverage like Casey uses on D