Day 2 Wish List....

[SteelerinMD]

OL Zuttah,Pollack, Eric Young,McGlynn
FB Owen Schmidt
DL Bryant, Pressley, Guion
DB Wheatley

Just a couple i hope we end up with. Will go by fast, starting at 11 AM, and i think 5 min. per pick

[Blind Official]

Just like the first two, BPA.

Let's hope that it's Bryant or Moore, but continue with what you're doing. Don't reach!

[SteelerFan448]

Cliff Avril
Roy Scheuning
Mike McGlynn
Mike Pollack
Brian Johnston
Kendall Langford

[SteelerinMD]

Arvil and Moore i left off, agree with both

[stevew]

Bryant or Moore. we need a young DL, and they won't dare cut a 3rd rounder in favor of Kirshkeason(the 2 headed DL backup suck).

[Turbo Pig]

DeMario Pressley for sure is on my wish list... I'd like 2 OL... a RT and a G... a CB... and a LB

[kev4heels]

Can almost GUARANTEE we go with an OL with our 3rd pick.
McGlynn, Greco, Nicks, Schuening, etc...

[McBane]

I think Pollack is gone.

Dan Conner still out there? I'd take him in the 3rd.

Other than that, I want a Right OT and two DL's.

[Sluzilla]

from Gosselin's top 100...these are the guys still available going into the third round...

36. Jamaal Charles HB Texas
44. Kevin Smith HB Central Florida
47. Dan Connor LB Penn State
49. Anthony Collins OT Kansas
52. Justin King CB Penn State
53. Marcus Harrison DT Arkansas
55. DaJuan Morgan S North Carolina State
60. Oneil Cousins OL UTEP
61. Bryan Kehl OLB BYU
62. Brad Cottam TE Tennessee
64. Andre Caldwell WR Florida
66. Jeremy Thompson DE Wake Forest
68. Charles Godfrey CB Iowa
70. Earl Bennett WR Vanderbilt
72. Chris Ellis DE Virginia Tech
73. Tavares Gooden MLB Miami
76. Chevis Jackson CB LSU
77. Early Doucet WR LSU
78. Reggie Smith S Oklahoma
79. Cliff Avril DE Purdue
81. Craig Stevens TE California
83. Orlando Scandrick CB Boise State
84. Pat Sims DT Auburn
85. John David Booty QB Southern California
86. Andre Fluellen DT Florida State
87. John Greco OL Toledo
88. Antwaun Molden CB Eastern Kentucky
89. Jeremy Zuttah OL Rutgers
90. Joseph Bryant DT Texas A&M
91. Tyvon Branch S Connecticut
92. Keenan Burton WR Kentucky
93. Jacob Hester FB LSU
94. Tashard Choice HB Georgia Tech
95. Dre Moore DT Maryland
97. Chaun Washington HB Southern California
98. Kendall Langford DE Hampton
99. Andre Woodson QB Kentucky
100. Xavier Adibi OLB Virginia Tech

hopefully we have one of these choices for our pick...

[SteelerFan448]

Nice list of players there. From that list, in the third I'd target Connor and Avril and the fourth Zuttah, Bryant and Langford.

[Smooth Criminal]

Theres still alot of talent left going into the 3rd round. Alot of interior lineman as listed and a guy like Clint Avril or Dan Connor would be awesome at LB. At this point I'd be alright with taking Justin King as an experiment, Tomlin seems high on him so give him a try. Moore and Bryant are still on the board aswell.

Alot of talent that the Steelers have brought in for visits is still here. Were gearing up to have a great draft.

[Miller]

Red Bryant, Zuttah and Scheuning would go a long way to addressing some serious problems of depth and talent we have on both lines. Maybe McGlynn, I still thought that Pitt line stunk of ass. Owen Schmitt might be nice later on if Kreider is done (we also get to dump Davis if that happens as well). I think Dan Conner will be a good pro, wouldn't mind seeing him at ILB. Frank Okam. Radovich and Spanos from USC.

I also hope someone take Justin King so there is no temptation for us to do so.

Pollack however is already gone.

[DerbyCityBNGfan]

Indy took Pollack.

[Crime Fighter]

Oniel Cousins, Red Bryant, Cliff Avril, Kendall Langford, Chevis Jackson, Jack Ikegwuonu, there's a ton of talent still out there to be had.

[LetMePlay]

99. Andre Woodson QB Kentucky

You know if he is sitting around late.....I would take him. He needs time but will make a nice NFL backup at some point.

[Thorndike]

Wheatley is gone.

Avril has to be high on the list along with Justin King. King will need work...but you can't coach a guy to run a legit 4.25.

Pressley or Moore for the DL.

Scheuning or Young at OG.

[rossi]

Carl Nicks and Josh Barrett can be added to that list.

[Buster]

TMC is slacking. He should have a 10,000 word evaluation of this by now.

[BLITZ 43]

Here is my list we have 4 picks left I think we need at least 2 olineman I would prefer ot's but there are some og's that are good too, 1 cb and 1 either dt, lb, or de:

OT- Collins, Cousins, Zuttah, Nicks, Hills, Barton, Polumbus

OG- Schuering, Mcglynn, Thaoms, Rinehart, Radovich, Young

CB- Jackson, Scandrick, Molden, Lowery

DT- Bryant, Moore, Pressley, Rubin, Guion, Okam, Hayden, Sims, Fluellen

Langford- DE
Wheeler- ILB
Woodyard- OLB

[BLITZ 43]

63 of the top 150 are gone here is a look:


http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/rankedPlayers?draftyear=2008

[Steelz]

I think Justin King will be our 3rd pick.

[SteelerFan448]

I think Justin King will be our 3rd pick.

Let's hope not.

[Mahangina]

3 of the following would make my pee pee hard: Zuttah, Scheuning, Nicks, Avril, Bryant

[Steelz]

Let's hope not.

i dont encourage it but Tomlin seems to like him.

[BLITZ 43]

I think Justin King will be our 3rd pick.

I hope not anything other then an OT and I will be throwing shit!!!!!!!!!!

[InBamaNow]

I dream of something like this... totally screwed up probably but fun

3rd - Wheeler LB, GT or X Adibi LB, VTech
4th - Zack Bowman CB or O Cousins OL, UTEP
5th - Simeon Castille S Ala or Jonathan Wilhite CB Aub
6th - Chad Rinehart OT, North Iowa or Caleb Cambell S, Army

[BLITZ 43]

I dream of something like this... totally screwed up probably but fun

3rd - Wheeler LB, GT or X Adibi LB, VTech
4th - Zack Bowman CB or O Cousins OL, UTEP
5th - Simeon Castille S Ala or Jonathan Wilhite CB Aub
6th - Chad Rinehart OT, North Iowa or Caleb Cambell S, Army



Oh shit forgot about Rinehart would love him in the 6th, don't think Wheeler will be there when we pick in the 3rd but I would wet myself if he was and we grabbed him.

[Far51]

LT nicks
OL Cousins
LG Scheuning
OG Young
OG/OC Zuttah
DL Bryant
DL Okam
DL Langford
DLMoore
ILBConner
LBAdibi
ILB Wheeler
CB Terell
CB Cox

[SteelerAl]

We have 4 picks left, and I don't we will draft a QB, RB, WR, TE, K or P. I see 1 OL, 1 DL, 1 LB and 1 DB.

[Mud Dog]

Considering Colbert and Co's horrible track record with picks 4-7, I'd trade them all if necessary to move up to get the best OLineman in the 3rd.

[Tres Rios]

OL: Scheuning, Nicks, Zuttah, Barton
DL - Bryant, Langford, Okam
DB - Scandrick, Wilhite
LB - Connor, Avril, Goff

Any of that list would be great. Any other positions drafted would be silly.

[TonyM]

Just like the first two, BPA.

Let's hope that it's Bryant or Moore, but continue with what you're doing. Don't reach!

Can't keep taking the best player available if they don't fill your needs. The two today were good because they were high value, but the OL needs some help badly; which cannot be neglected on day 2.

[Tres Rios]

According to Rivals.com these are the best available 20 players. I've bolded the ones that would be sweet if we could pick up in the 3rd or even 4th if lucky...

Dujuan Morgan - SS
Marcus Harrison - DT
Erin Henderson - LB
Mario Manningham - WR
Dan Connor - LB
Early Doucet - WR
Xavier Adibi - LB
Justin King - CB
Carl Nicks - OT
Cliff Avril - DE/LB
Pat Sims - DT
Tyvon Branch - CB
Reggie Smith - CB
Jamaal Charles - RB
Andre Caldwell - WR
John Greco - OT
Charles Godfrey - CB
Earl Bennett - WR
Anthony Collins - OT
Kevin Smith - RB

[mesaSteeler]

Best available players for Round 3
Gil Brandt By Gil Brandt | NFL.com

Day One of the draft is a wrap, and 56 of the 63 players selected were among my top 70 players in my Hot 100. That means 14 players among that top 70 are prime targets to be called early Sunday morning when Round 3 begins.

2008 NFL Draft

Here are the 14 players:

Jamaal Charles, RB, Texas

Pat Sims, DT, Auburn

Jeremy Thompson, LB, Wake Forest

Dan Connor, LB, Penn State

Marcus Harrison, DT, Arkansas

Cliff Avril, DE, Purdue

Bryan Kehl, LB, BYU

Justin King, CB, Penn State

Mario Manningham, WR, Michigan

Tyvon Branch, CB, Connecticut

Oniel Cousins, OL, UTEP

Tavares Gooden, LB, Miami (Fla.)

DaJuan Morgan, S, N.C. State

Kevin Smith, RB, Central Florida

[Vader]

I hope Avril is high on the Steeler boards.

[kurtistb]

The Pats have 2 chances to take Avril before we are on the clock

[leftcoaststeelerfan]

Nicks, Collins, or Avril in the 3rd. How bout Chevis Jackson in the 4th or a Zuttah, Moore, or Langford?

[K from Cal]

We'd have a complete draft if we get Collins. I don't care who else we draft, we win.

[SteelPastor]

Nicks, Collins, or Avril in the 3rd. How bout Chevis Jackson in the 4th or a Zuttah, Moore, or Langford?

No way we take Nicks... good grief, the guy was banned from his own Pro Day!

Avril++

Zuttah++
Red Bryant++
Dre Moore++

[Spike]

I don't care who it is as long as the next two picks are O-line.

Make it so #1

[Buster]

If we still see talent in the 4th round, should we trade a 2009 pick to grab an extra player or 2? Since we are counting on an extra 3rd for Faneca, is it possible to get a 4th & 7th this year for our 3rd next year?

[BLITZ 43]

I don't care who it is as long as the next two picks are O-line.

Make it so #1


I am hoping to get Cousins and Barton, these two would make our draft a total success.

[Blind Official]

I don't care who it is as long as the next two picks are O-line.

Make it so #1

I still just don't understand ignoring great value just to focus on one OL position. Especially when we know the starting OL is set anyway at this point

[Steeler B]

Colbert & Co. will do fine Sunday.

[1st & 10]

I would love to get any of these guys.

Bryant, DT
McGlynn, G-T-C
Collins, T
Conner, LB
Zuttah, T
Adibi, LB
Nicks, T
Schuening, G

[TMC]

Here are the guys that VISITED the Steelers, so it is players they are obviously interested in. Of course, to this point, it has meant absolutely dick......

2nd Round
Cliff Avril, OLB, Purdue

3rd Round
Charles Godfrey, CB, Iowa
Orlando Scandrick, CB, Boise State
Shawn Crable, LB, Michigan
Dre Moore, DL, Maryland

4th Round
Joe "Red" Bryant, DL, Texas A&M
Kendall Langford, DE, Hampton
Phillip Wheeler, ILB, Georgia Tech
*Mike McGlynn, OL, Pitt

5th Round
Pierre Garcon, WR, Mount Union
Antwaun Molden, CB, Eastern Kentucky

6th Round
Dennis Dixon, QB, Oregon
Mario Urrutia, WR, Louisville

7th Round/UDFA
Ryan Torian, RB, Arizona State
*Keilen Dykes, DL, West Virginia

Brandon McAnderson, FB, Kansas
Jehuu Cailcrick, RB, Michigan State
Jason Jones, DE, Eastern Michigan
*Darrell Strong, TE, Pitt
Bryan Smith, LB, McNeese State
Mathew Slater, FS/RS, UCLA
*Ryan Mundy, S, West Virginia

Now, not that it will happen, but WHAT if the Steelers ended up with Avril, Bryant, and then adds a couple sliding OL in the 5th/6th...because you KNOW there are some guys that will slide. They always do.

And, I think you could see guys like Drew Miller, C, Florida, Fernando Velasco, C, Georgia, and Shannon Tevega, G, UCLA fall completely out of this draft. It is not out of the realm of possibility and IMO, all three could start in the NFL.

[papa lazarou]

Bryant, DT
Avril, DE/OLB
Johnston, DE
Langford, DE
Greco, G
Zuttah, G
McGlynn, G
Young, G
Rinehart, OT
Smith, CB
Molden, CB
King, CB
Scandrick, CB
B Smith, OLB
Connor, OLB
Wheeler OLB
Guyton OLB

[Tres Rios]

Don't know which round which would be available in, but I would love to get McGLynn or Zuttah and Scandrick.

[Free Agent]

If we still see talent in the 4th round, should we trade a 2009 pick to grab an extra player or 2? Since we are counting on an extra 3rd for Faneca, is it possible to get a 4th & 7th this year for our 3rd next year?

Excellent point! I would do it with the talent that is still available.