The Steelers have had some foolish moments in the NFL draft
So, I know what you may be thinking if you have persevered and made it through this article. How can you judge a player the Steelers drafted based on a comparison of a player we did not draft? The answer, in my opinion, is pretty simple.
If you look at the draft in a vacuum, you can judge either a player or an entire draft, for that matter, based on whether or not a player, especially a first-round draft pick, contributed to the success of the team. If you ask me, the players we discussed above did not contribute to the level that the Steelers expected of firs-round picks.
Every team has made ‘bad’ picks; every team will probably continue to make ‘bad’ picks. That is the inherent nature of the NFL draft. It is a ‘risk, reward’ proposition. For the Steelers, the draft was a time when the team would ‘reload’ and infuse the roster with talent.
For the most part, that has been the case, but, as we have discussed, that has not always been the case. In fact, there were times when the Steelers were made to look downright foolish. Let’s hope that it is an exception and not the norm.