Postby Dickie Dunn » Mon Sep 17, 2018 10:59 am
Defensive drafting in the Mike Tomlin era:
2007
1: Timmons, LB - pretty good for a decent time period
2: Woodley, LB - great for a short period of time
4: Ryan McBean, DE - who?
5: Willie Gay, DB - pretty servicable and had a long career
2008
3: Bruce Davis, LB - sucked ass
6: Mike Humpal, LB - CUT
6: Mundy, DB - EH, though a six year career is nothing to sneeze at
2009
1: Hood, DL - bad, but still in the league
3: Lewis, DB - was bad until he became too expensive to re-sign
5: Burnett, DB - stuck around for a season
6: Harris, DL - who?
2010
1: Worilds, LB - sucked until he decided to love Jesus more than football
4: Gibson, LB - WHO?
5: Butler, DB - sucked but stuck around the league for 10 seasons
5: Sylvester, LB - serviceable until injuries ended his career
7: Worthington, DE - played 8 games over 6 seasons, none with the Steelers
2011
1: Heyward, DL - GOAT
3: Brown, DB - bad
4: Cortez the Killer, DB - paycheck stealer
5: Carter, LB - played 7 seasons, never registered a sack
2012
3: Spence, LB - RIP knee
4: Ta'amu, DL - South Side Destroyer
7: Frederick, CB - sucked
2013
1: Jarvis, LB - SUCKED
4: Shamarko, DB - SUCKED
5: Hawthorne, DB - CUT!
6: Bince, LB - kinda okay
7: Williams, DL - still in the league, never played for Steelers
2014
1: Shazier, LB - GOAT, RIP
2: Tuitt, DL - hasn't done a whole lot since getting paid
5: Richardson, DB - CUT!
6: Zumwalt, LB - CUT!
6: McCullers, DL - HAS SUCKED FOR 5 SEASONS
2015
1: Bud, LB- SUCKS!
2: Golson, DB - RIP
4: Grant, DB - sucked
6: Walton, DL - hanging around but seems to suck
6: Chickillo, LB - meh
7: Holliman, FS - CUT!
2016
1: Burns, DB - seemed good, now sucks
2: Davis, DB - seemed good, now sucks
3: Hargrave, DL - seemed good, now sucks
4: Feeney, LB - CUT!
7: Matakavich, LB - everyone likes him because he's white and has a nickname
2017
1: Watt, LB - great against Cleveland, okay against everyone else
3: Sutton, DB - YIKES
5: Allen, DB - PS fodder
7: Adams, LB - PS fodder
2018
1: Edmunds, DB - always looked good against Pitt
5: Allen, DB - went to a terrible college
7: Frazier, DL - CUT!
That's a lot of bad football players. Poor player evaluation, a terrible job with LBs (especially OLB), some wasted top picks, and very little impact from late round picks.