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Sure hoping for one. Mendenhall dynasty owner.
He has Top 10 potential for sure. Would like to see the Steelers go OL in the draft. That would help a lot.
I think we can probably more accurately assess this statement after the draft.
From the 2 wrongs make a right school...I wanted to toss out a CNR clip but then we've really jumped the shark here. Edited to add: I'm not a big Mendy fan, so to be honest I'm not being funny when I say he might start. I watched him just go off the board at 1.05 in the PDSL Survivor League, and I'm more than bothered by that high of a selection, just seems absurd to me. He looked alright for stretches last year but I'm not ready to say he's top5 or even top10 really.
Good points. One thing to note, though, is that in a good chunk of the games where he didn't necessarily tear it up on the ground he had decent receving yards and/or TD to offset the lack of yardage per carry. Also, he seems to do much better with more carries: He had six games last year with 20 or more carries. In those games he went 20/94, 20/103, 21/80, 22/155, 24/95 and 29/165. he only had 25 receptions last year (targeted 32x) and with MeMo still there, I'm not sure that number will move much. A couple of positives are that it appears that he will be the bellcow and if you believe in Tomlin's coachspeak he will be the goal line back. Early indications are that they are moving back towards a strong defense/running game. In an era where 2-3 back systems are increasingly the norm, having a guy on a defensive minded, run first team that will most likely get a majority of carries and will also be used around the goal line, is a rare commodity.The only question, as stated above, is whether he can handle the great situation he has been handed. It would seem like he has the ability to be motivated (look to last year's benching in week 3 by Tomlin. Week 4 against SDG he rushed for 165, caught for 26 more and scored twice.) I honestly don't know much about the guy's college career except, I believe, that Pierre Thomas kept him on the bench at Illinois?
Im more concerned with what Pitts does to improve the line. They have to draft 3 solid o-lineman in this draft. otherwise, it's more sacks, and more 3 ypc....
