As the excitement began this past Sunday, the Steelers had 8 out of their 10 April, 2010 draft picks make the active roster. That is outstanding. This is reminiscent of the days of Coach Chuck Noll when he was an advocate of fueling the team with draft choices. Mr. Kevin Colbert and the Steelers team of scouts did an excellent job evaluating the talent nationwide. The other 2 choices that did not make the active roster are OT Chris Scott who is on the the PUP list(Physically unable to perform)and DE Doug Worthington who actually played pretty well in pre-season. First rounder Maurkice Pouncey uprooted Justin Hartwig as starting center and after watching the pre-season contests the other 7 draft choices all looked good at their respective positions and as special teams players. With the 2009 draft, #1 choice Ziggy Hood has huge upside and is showing signs of being a real good player. Third round selection WR Mike Wallace may have been the steal of the draft. This guy can go, catch the ball on the run, and is really good after the catch. He should have been a first round guy. This 2009 draft has 4 players not around anymore with first selection in third round OG Kraig Urbik being released. The Steelers are in need of Offensive Linemen and cutting Urbik hurt. But on the flip side undrafted free agent RB Isaac Redman is demonstrating lots of potential out of the 2009 group as is OG Ramon Foster who was and Undrafted free agent in 2009. Just my opinion, I like it when a team has 9 to 11 draft choices. You can find some real good players in the later rounds like WR/KR Antonio Brown who was chosen in the 6th round last April and I will say it again, some of those undrafted free agents can be a pleasant surprise.
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