Draft Day Trade Proposal

I’d take Hayden, Bryan Bulaga, Dan Williams in that order. Those are the only guys I’d move up for in the 1st round based on where the Steelers are sitting and what I’d be willing to give up.

Someone GREAT will be there for the taking at #18, without having to give up a 3rd rounder. A 3rd rounder in THIS draft will also be great, and would be equivalent to a high 2nd rounder in most years.

Bottom line, there will be some absolute STUDS available in rounds 1 thru 4. We need more of these picks not less of them. These guys will be our starters for the next decade.

Trade up NEXT year, when the pickings will be much slimmer.

I don’t understand how you cna put a value on a pick before you even take someone in the draft

I also don’t see how there’s such a difference inbetween 1st and 2nd rounders. When I tried to put this scenario together, it became very difficult to build a solution that didn’t completely shoot the Steelers 2nd day to ish.

I still think giving up a third rounder for THIS team, THIS year would pay off down the road. Looking at our roster, we won’t have any available starting positions for 2+ years so why not make a major push in this years draft? IMO, the best of the Steelers needs (OL & CB) will be probably be gone by 15 and I’d rather be on the inside looking out this year (re: Revis). I think the majority of Steelers fans are still kicking themselves about that one.

Again, not my normal vote but I think it’s worth the price to get a final piece of the Stairway To Seven puzzle.

i don’t understand draft rankings either but i would like to see us trade down and get pouncey in the first (unless haden falls to us) then try to get two 2nd rounders and get nate allen & chris cook or mccourty & morgan burnett in the 2nd then go d-line, olb, rb, ot the rest of the way. im sure allen & mccourty will be high 2nd rounders if not low 1st rounders so i dont know im just dreamin.

only because that means Indy doesn’t get him.

Not unless you really have someone you absolutely know that you need and believe someone else will grab before its gets to your turn.

Also, you point at that the Steelers have several needs, which means more draft picks are needed — not less. With the free agent signings Pittsburgh doesn’t have any truly huge immediate needs, per say (OK, maybe the secondary). There will still be a very good DL, OL, CB, Safety or LB on the board at pick 18 and some solid players should be around well into the following rounds.

Anyway, you can’t really tell if they’ll trade up until draft day and only if someone with great stock drops unexpectedly. It’s not like they know they need to trade up to grab the best QB or something (hopefully…), so you can only expect a trade if someone like a Suh, Berry or maybe McClain drops well below their projected slots.

i dont really think we need more picks. its not official yet but we should get 10 picks in this draft no way 10 rooks make this team. i agree there will be some solid players available at 18 so if we stay put and get bpa maybe we trade up in the 2nd or 3rd. i would like more picks in the first half of this draft though. if thats what you meant then we’re on the exact same page.

Why wouldn’t you trade up? If they know Haden is gonna be a helluva corner, but they are not certain about a Kyle Wilson, then do it if you can. There is no guarantee that anyone is going to be worth it, so don’t settle if you don’t have to.

I think that the steelers should trade down to the bottom of round one, and pick up another second or third rounder. This year, the draft is as deep as it’s been in a decade or two. Also, they should make every pick a defensive player. If you look at last season, all of the losses were due to defensive collapses. Everyone complains about the o-line, but the offense put up record numbers. Not saying that the o-line couldn’t be upgraded, but I just think that every player now has another season under his belt. Foster and Urbik have the ability to make strides this off season. We NEED to get much younger on the D side of the ball. Also, it seems like the defense is set up to rely too heavily on one player(TP), or position too much. So that when this player inevitabley misses more games, the defense becomes so much more , almost one dimensional. Just MHO. A slight scheme alteration may also be necessary.

and by superstars I mean Suh, Berry, McLain, Haden,Okung or McCoy.
If 2 are available I say we take our chances and hope one makes it to 18

We have what NINE PICKS?

We have 2 PRO BOWLERS coming back from I.R. Troy P. and Aaron Smith.

We have 2 rookie CBs who may step up….we hope….

We have re-signed Casey Hampton, Ryan Clark, Jeff Reed

Picked up Antwaan Randle El for backup at WR and QB, also Larry Foote …Will Allen at S or CB? and an O Line backup also.

We have no pressing need that will cripple us this season.

We need to move up in the draft if we get a chance. TOO MANY PICKS. If we sign all our picks and with everyone in FA we will be cutting a TON of players to get to 53!

The smartest approach THIS draft is to concentrate the talent in fewer picks. More talent less signings.

move up in first and hell maybe second if someone like pouncey or some such drops.

we have ZERO need for NINE draft picks. more than half will likely get cut.

we will only consider these sorts of trades if there is a guy we really want in a spot, its hard enough to predict the draft itself never mind think about trades.

-1 All 9 rooks wont make the team. They never do. Dont trade away mid round picks. If you want, trade the lower picks to move up in the middle rounds. The mid round guys in THIS draft will be future STARTERS.

This is the kind of draft that will have a big impact on how Steelers do this DECADE. Screw this up, and all those good players go to the other teams.

think LONG term, BIG PICTURE.

BALONEY.

Thats every draft every single year. blow a draft and it cripples you. Your point is moot. and your point validates mine. you wont keep all nine. you wont keep all the FAs possibly either.

we dont need a ton of mediocre players. we need a few STUDS.

we could EASILY draft another bruce davis in the 3rd ….yea we pick some good ones also but the top of the 1st round in draft and actually top of second will likely be steeler stars.

after that its as it always is. HIT AND MISS.

we have too many picks. need to concentrate them on better talent. and better talent is always higher percentage wise

Bruce Davis – bust
Matt Speath – yawn
Willie Ried – no longer in the league
Trai Essex – ehh, either way
Max Starks – fine by me
Chris Hope – fine by me
Kedrick Clancey – yawn
Hank Poteat – ehh, either way
Hines Ward – HOF
Joey Porter – “Just know whenever you hit that turnpike, you’re going home a loser” said to Cleveland during pre-game warm-up circa 2006

I’m just sayin…

I wonder if there teams who really would want to trade up to the Steelers pick. There is so much talent at the bottom of the first it seems unlikely but I guess it is possible.

You miss the point. This draft aint like no other. It’s extraordinary deep, especially with the lineman. Lot of scouts agree it’s the best of the century. Many juniors came out early with the notion that the new collective bargaining agreement, (granted there is one) is going to hurt rookie contracts.

bullshit. a few people say THIS YEARS DRAFT IS THE GREATEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yea what ever. prove it.

you cant. you are just regurgitating that YOU have HEARD from OTHERS this draft MAY be deep.

blah blah blah. im dead serious with that btw…

what deep draft???? really? show me. prove it. every draft is similar. you need to pick the diamonds out of the rough.

it aint rocket science and 2010 isnt a frigging gold mine.

and btw ryan leaft was a guaranteed hall of fame QB. drafted number two in draft.

seriously pipe down with the great draft deep draft baloney.

thats ALL conjecture.

what IS fact is that the top of the first couple rounds will be gold. after that its a crap shoot. hit or miss.

deep draft? not if you get unlucky and draft bruce davis or any number of dozens of steeler rejects that were complete wastes…willie read anyone…

give it a rest. its a draft for a reason. no one knows who will be great. you cant EVER say this draft isnt worth moving up in.

The ONLY thing certain and its not even really that…..is that the top 15 are all badasses.

we should move up

we cant sign and keep all our picks

we usually throw away almost half our draft.

we always hit BIG on first round.

logic thus states move up and hit bigger.

only are retarded mongoloid couldnt see the point now.

please retort