The OL

[steelmann58]

I think so far cook has been a goo send as are starting LT. It seems he might make the decision on Jones a bit easyer. The biggest queshin is what going to at LG. Will they resin Issac or invest in another anterior OL. As for the rest love Frazier going to continue the line of excrement Center play,along with the right side play of Mason and Troy.

[Steelafan77]

The staff would be wise to hold competition at LT in spring with C. Anderson, Cook and Jones.

Seumalo is washed. I think they can also have Jones compete inside at LG with Seumalo, S. Anderson, Fautanu and/or Rookie.

I think Fautanu may be better suited inside at Guard. He struggles with the faster edge guys do to his average length.

[955876]

We all know this team hates to admit mistakes. Especially Jibbs. He’s never wrong in his eyes.

Broderick Jones and his two left feet will be back starting next year.

[Stillerz Bar]

We all know this team hates to admit mistakes. Especially Jibbs. He’s never wrong in his eyes.

Broderick Jones and his two left feet will be back starting next year.

Since we seem to like playing people out of position, maybe Tomlin.can wordsmith his way to moving Jones to a guard. I think he'd actually be more effective just holding his own in the interior vs having to chase edge rushers trying to outflank him.

Cook has been above the line if you will, since becoming a starter against some strong edge rushers. Let's let him hone his craft there and protect the blind side of who we put behind center.

[Deebo]

Please be done with Semu.

Just move Jones to LG and keep Cook at LT. No need to galaxy brain this.

[Ice]

LT Cook
LG Jones?/Anderson? Draft Pick?
OC Frazier/Anderson
RG McCormick
RT Fautanu

seems like probably the best we should hope for as far as an OL combo goes next year. We've sunk pretty big cost as far as draft capital into this bunch already, and we have enough holes to address that dropping top 100 picks into it next year is going to leave some more critical issues unaddressed.

[jebrick]

I think so far cook has been a goo send as are starting LT. It seems he might make the decision on Jones a bit easyer. The biggest queshin is what going to at LG. Will they resin Issac or invest in another anterior OL. As for the rest love Frazier going to continue the line of excrement Center play,along with the right side play of Mason and Troy.

We will see in FA. If they sign a stopgap OG or ignore it they are targeting OG earily. This is a good class for the OGs

Jones does not have the sand in his pants to play OG.

[Steelperch]

I’d start Cook and Anderson on the left side, make Jones the swing tackle and draft an OT and OG in the middle of the draft for depth. Let Seumalo leave in FA.

[Steelafan77]

The egg on the faces of those drafting Jones won’t allow your scenario Perch.

It will unfold as we’ve seen for the entire fraudlin regime ie….square peg, round hole.

I agree with Jebrick this draft is deep at Oline positions.

[Charles Demarr]

The staff would be wise to hold competition at LT in spring with C. Anderson, Cook and Jones.

Seumalo is washed. I think they can also have Jones compete inside at LG with Seumalo, S. Anderson, Fautanu and/or Rookie.

I think Fautanu may be better suited inside at Guard. He struggles with the faster edge guys do to his average length.

Fautanu is not moving. He's been pretty damn good at RT.

Cook has been a pleasant surprise.

Frazier doesn't get enough love.

McCormick is decent.

Semaulo is gone...FA

Others who have had the same injury as Broderick have walked away from football. Let's see if he's back before we pencil him at LG.

Anderson is a nice swing guy...versatile.

I think a guard will be drafted before the end of Day 2.

[Steelperch]

They obviously need a WR before anything else.

Then a real NT.
Another starting CB opposite Porter
Likely a new LG if the answer isn’t on the current roster
Depth at swing tackle
Unfuck the TE group by either using Muth, or trading him away and replace him and Jonuu with another good blocker
Young safety depth

Am I missing anything? No shot at landing a top QB and Rodgers likely returns.

[Steeldrama]

I’d start Cook and Anderson on the left side, make Jones the swing tackle and draft an OT and OG in the middle of the draft for depth. Let Seumalo leave in FA.

Weidl did his job (ish)

He threw some draft capital at the trenches.

Now?

Serious investments need to be made in upgrading the offensive weaponry.

To a prior point made by Perch, when a second string FA RB is your team MVP, there's a problem.

Of course the Steelers are SEVERELY handicapped by Tomlin and the Uncle Artie offense, but don't you have to at least TRY to scare some defenses???

[jebrick]

They obviously need a WR before anything else.

Then a real NT.
Another starting CB opposite Porter
Likely a new LG if the answer isn’t on the current roster
Depth at swing tackle
Unfuck the TE group by either using Muth, or trading him away and replace him and Jonuu with another good blocker
Young safety depth

Am I missing anything? No shot at landing a top QB and Rodgers likely returns.

I think FS/CB and WR would be consitered the top NEEDS going into the draft. The OG depth in the draft is pretty good.

[PennyBacker]

The staff would be wise to hold competition at LT in spring with C. Anderson, Cook and Jones.

Seumalo is washed. I think they can also have Jones compete inside at LG with Seumalo, S. Anderson, Fautanu and/or Rookie.

I think Fautanu may be better suited inside at Guard. He struggles with the faster edge guys do to his average length.

Fautanu is not moving. He's been pretty damn good at RT.

Cook has been a pleasant surprise.

Frazier doesn't get enough love.

McCormick is decent.

Semaulo is gone...FA

Others who have had the same injury as Broderick have walked away from football. Let's see if he's back before we pencil him at LG.

Anderson is a nice swing guy...versatile.

I think a guard will be drafted before the end of Day 2.

Fautanu has been very solid from what I've seen.

It was his height which was below average - not quite 6'4 iirc. His length is outstanding. His arms are 1/4 inch longer than the #5 overall pick from last year Joe Alt, who stands at 6'9.

Definitely like leaving TF where he's at. Let him, Mason McCormick and Zach Frazier continue to grow into the positions where they've been this season, with as much surrounding continuity as possible.

Cook will be an interesting player to watch going forward. Its remarkable how he went up against two of the best pass rushers in the NFL in Week 16 and Week 17, and basically held his own w/o the vet Seumalo there to help out.

[lifelongsteel]

When i saw this thread topic i assumed we'd be discussing how good the line has been and how nice it is to have the C-RT in place and playing at a high level. And, is Cook today's Villanueva?

Big test For Fautanu this week. Will Anderson is as good as it gets at edge. Fautanu is probably the best tackle the Steelers have had since Marvel Smiff. That matchup may decide the game.

[955876]

There was a ln article talking bout Cook being evidence at how deep our depth is given he was 3rd string.

The think it’s more an indictment our staff.

I’m sure there will be some growing pains still but has anyone noticed this guy? And that’s a good thing. Two positions you’d prefer to never notice are oline and CB.

Was hard to watch a Steelers game before without going WTF Broderick.

[steelmann58]

Their a guy on the PS who I think could be a good guard

[jebrick]

There was a ln article talking bout Cook being evidence at how deep our depth is given he was 3rd string.

The think it’s more an indictment our staff.

I’m sure there will be some growing pains still but has anyone noticed this guy? And that’s a good thing. Two positions you’d prefer to never notice are oline and CB.

Was hard to watch a Steelers game before without going WTF Broderick.

I think it was more about Jones coming into the league with little to no technique. The Oline is one place I would not take a gamble on a boom/bust in the 1st round.

[W&M_Steeler]

There was a ln article talking bout Cook being evidence at how deep our depth is given he was 3rd string.

The think it’s more an indictment our staff.

I’m sure there will be some growing pains still but has anyone noticed this guy? And that’s a good thing. Two positions you’d prefer to never notice are oline and CB.

Was hard to watch a Steelers game before without going WTF Broderick.

I think it was more about Jones coming into the league with little to no technique. The Oline is one place I would not take a gamble on a boom/bust in the 1st round.

Talk about a huge swing and miss in the 1st for Khan's first draft. I wonder who was pushing for the Steelers to trade up for him?

[jebrick]

There was a ln article talking bout Cook being evidence at how deep our depth is given he was 3rd string.

The think it’s more an indictment our staff.

I’m sure there will be some growing pains still but has anyone noticed this guy? And that’s a good thing. Two positions you’d prefer to never notice are oline and CB.

Was hard to watch a Steelers game before without going WTF Broderick.

I think it was more about Jones coming into the league with little to no technique. The Oline is one place I would not take a gamble on a boom/bust in the 1st round.

Talk about a huge swing and miss in the 1st for Khan's first draft. I wonder who was pushing for the Steelers to trade up for him?

[CKSteeler]

There's this assumption that people have that if they don't move up for a QB, they are going to use all those draft picks and I scratch my head at that.

The entire point of acquiring the draft capital was to make a move for a QB. If that ends up not being possible due to a weak class or anything else, then you probably need to make some tough decisions to get more picks in the future when it does make sense. I don't see them using all those picks they have one way or the other.

[franco32]

Speaking of shitty talent evaluations, we were playing Slay ahead of Pierre almost all year.

Regarding the draft, we have a TON of holes. Even if we don't trade up for a QB (which is impossible now that we are in the playoffs), we still could use all those picks.

WRs - Need at least 2 since Roman Wilson clearly will be gone soon.
RB - Gainwell is gone likely so we need one since Kaleb seems to be a bust.
TE - Need a more dynamic TE since Jonnu will be gone.
OL - We probably won't exercise Broderick's option so we'll need another OT even if Cook works out. Probably could use another guard.
QB - Probably will take a flyer on someone.

NT - huge need
CB - definitely
Safety - yes

We also need a punter but we shouldn't waste a pick on that.

[Steelafan77]

Talk about a huge swing and miss in the 1st for Khan's first draft. I wonder who was pushing for the Steelers to trade up for him?

Well it’s still debatable whether or not Jones is a bust or playing in a system he just doesn’t understand. (Jury’s Out)
Neck Injury may make the hard decision for them.

That said, when you Look at the other players drafted in those drafts that have panned out. Not bad hauls IMO.

Going back to 2023 you’ll find some good picks in the first 100 players drafted from each year.

2023
Porter Jr.
Benton
Washington
Jones being the sore spot especially due to the trade up.

2024
Fautanu
Frazier
P. Wilson
Jury still out on R. Wilson

2025
Harmon
DK-2nd RND has worked out well
Jury still out with K. Johnson

Overall, decent job drafting some starter talented guys.

The Pickett’s, Pickens’ and Leal’s are who we thought they are.

There have been some solid guys in day 3 drafted as well but for this discussion I looked at the first 100 players drafted because starter quality talent is usually identified in the first 100 or so. After that the draft becomes much more a crapshoot.