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Why tradr on Day 1 though, when you have no clue who is going to be there at 75? Maybe there was a better deal to be had somewhere. Maybe keeping that weapon for one more year to make a run is more valuable.
Evidently, we did even more than that!We didn't have a visit with Edmunds? That's a shocker.
We did have 6 people at the VT pro-day though. Tomlin. Colbert. Butler. Olsvasky. Hunt and the area scout.
Got to know the entire group in a real-world way. What an absolute sneaky way to have a big-time visit without having to declare it to anyone as a visit. That level of subterfuge is so very unlike our front office. 
I have to say I am shocked they got a third for Bryant. Good job Colbert but not liking the Edmunds pick at all. I'm not saying he isn't a good player but they could have gotten him in the 2nd, possibly even the 3rd. Maybe they thought they were taking his brother...
I agree that they may have used/needed him.
Then why in the world would the NFL invite him to the green room, where they invite the likely 1st round picks?
As was pointed out, more teams were showing an interest in him earlier than that. If the Steelers liked him that much, they had to make the move.
I'm not sure why they invite anyone into the green room, maybe cause his brother was there. He may turn out to be the best safety in the draft, I just think they probably could have gotten him in the 2nd. But I've been wrong before and I'll be there again...
That's fine, maybe they did. Right now I'm not a fan but I didn't like the JuJu pick last year so what the hell do I know?
It is weird that he is not listed here. Maybe he was attending the draft because his brother was a sure pick at #1 and when he was picked the Steelers invited him on stage...
No worries, you got me wondering too. In any case I think it may turn out to be a good pick but it just seems like a reach at 1. The Steelers sometimes do this: Laundry Jones in the 4th was one and I thought James Conner last year at 3 was a reach too.
Well he has hands at least (looked like he got away with pass interference on that 2nd play though).
Well, we took Edmunds. I was thinking 2nd when I listed him on here, but we'll see. The FO loves him apparently, and that's going to have to be good enough for me for now. Maybe there's a chance we land Malik in the 2nd.
His hands are massive. 10.5"
He was projected to be drafted in the 3rd round, so everyone likes the player just not where we took him. But, NFL teams allegedly had him graded end of the 1st early 2nd, it's a case of the draft analysts having a different opinion than NFL teams.
All it takes is the belief that one other team is planning to snag the guy before you’re up again.
True, but if you think that team is going to take him in the middle of the 2nd round, why not move back just a little and get more picks? I get that they love the 5th round option, but what if they could have moved back to Chicago or Oakland's pick in the 2nd and got another 2019 2nd? And still gotten Edmunds.
Actually makes me feel better that they did try to get the player that would have really helped the team this year. It didn't work out, I can live with it (still think Edmunds was a reach though)
I think at this point they absolutely must take a WR and LB tonight, and likely another defensive player. RB is certainly an option but they have Bell this year and they aren't likely to get his replacement unless they draft Guice or Ronald Jones which would likely require packaging one of their 3's and possibly more.
I feel a little bit better after thinking about it more, but also, I feel better about it than if we had taken Penny or Michel. So, there's that at least.
Maybe, but they clearly didn't think another year of Martavis was worth passing on a mid 3rd, so they made the deal. A year ago, I would have been violently against this, but now, I'm merely lukewarm. Bryant was, to put it bluntly, not good last year. I had high hopes after reading about how he'd bulked up without losing a scintilla of his speed and was hopeful he was sitting on a huge campaign. Instead, he dropped balls, acted like a tool, and got passed on the depth chart by a rookie I didn't even want them to draft (mea culpa.) I wouldn't have traded Bryant for anything less than a 3rd, anything more and I'd have been thrilled, anything less, I'd have been skeptical. This feels about right IMO.
Green room or not, I think the pick was a reach. Although I love the value they got for Bryant.
Just for the sake of clarity, the pick they got for Martavis is #79, the lesser of Oakland's two picks. It's a mid-third, not an early third.
I'm hoping for Malik Jefferson, tackle machine. Needs some work, but high SPARQ guy. I could see us using a 5th round pick to move up if we feel the need, but a lot of people have Jefferson ranked around player 60. Maybe a run on offensive line, WR, or RB could help push him down.
Also, they tend to draft better when they don't reach for need with the obvious exception being Polamalu.
I originally had the Steelers taking Jefferson but I was reading stuff like this and was scared off...
Who was good! For like a game or 2. Fair point. So, he checks the athletic talent, but not necessarily the character build. Perhaps they can motivate him. Also, maybe this causes him to fall into the 3rd. Saw him mocked this morning at the end of the 3rd in 3 mocks. I'd be very happy with him at 92.
