All-Time Pittsburgh Steelers team: Who makes the cut?

Honorable mention: offense (continued)

3 Sep 1995: Dermontti Dawson of the Pittsburgh Steelers during the Steelers 23-20 win over the Detroit Lions at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Center:

Dermontti Dawson
How could a Hall of Fame center NOT make the cut? Well, leaving Dawson off the “All-Time” team was a difficult choice.  In addition to being inducted into the Hall of Fame, he was named to seven consecutive Pro Bowls and was voted All-Pro six times.  In my opinion, Dawson was the standard by which all centers of his era were judged.

He was exceptionally athletic, as evidenced by the fact that he would often pull on running plays (sounds a lot like another Steelers center, number 53). Unfortunately, Dawson does not quite rise above the center on our All-Time team.

Wide Receiver:

Antonio Brown
As with Dermontti Dawson, how could Brown NOT  find a spot on the All-Time team?  Look, Brown’s accomplishments as a Steelers have been well-chronicled and are certainly impressive: 837 receptions for 11,207 yards; 74 receiving TD’s; seven trips to the Pro Bowl and four All-Pro nods.

No one would argue putting him on our team instead of another Steeler great, however, there are three other receivers who, objectively speaking, contributed more to our success than Brown did.  Last time I checked, we won a grand total of ZERO  Super Bowls with Brown.