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Stewey

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The consensus around here is you are nothing more than a D- troll

and that's on your most productive day

That would mean he is not good at being a Troll. Seems the consensus around here is that POP is an A+ troll.
 

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I know it's not a web site, but the NFL Network is having a post draft show, and none of them picked the Steelers for having a good draft in the AFCN. They all took Browns, Ravens or Bengals as having the best draft in the div. No one took Pgh.

The consensus keeps getting more pronounced.

Everyone is really picking on our first two picks. Burns is a man-press guy who will be asked to play zone, something he has no experience in. Davis is big and fast, but lacks football instincts and is a terrible, sloppy tackler. That description is spot on for Scott Shields.

Let's see, A horrible tackler who had over 300 tackles in his college career. Hahahaha!!!! What makes your argument even worse is the fact that you're using opinions of "experts" who said the Browns and had Ravens had "great drafts." What a ******* joke. All while completely disregarding that Tibs and coolie have posted contrary to your bullshit that the "consensus" is the steelers had a horrible draft. You're a trip, man.
 

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I know it's not a web site, but the NFL Network is having a post draft show, and none of them picked the Steelers for having a good draft in the AFCN. They all took Browns, Ravens or Bengals as having the best draft in the div. No one took Pgh.

The consensus keeps getting more pronounced.

Everyone is really picking on our first two picks. Burns is a man-press guy who will be asked to play zone, something he has no experience in. Davis is big and fast, but lacks football instincts and is a terrible, sloppy tackler. That description is spot on for Scott Shields.

Yeah, and? Guess the season should be canceled for all teams that grade out poorly by "experts." "No need to play guys, can't win, we think your draft sucked." Keep on POOPin.
 

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This grading the draft **** is clearly an inexact science.

The Football Outsiders site put together a pretty thorough system for the 2010 draft (and others), averaging the draft grades of 15 "expert" sources, including guys like Kiper and Prisco:

www.footballoutsiders.com/nfl-draft/2010/2010-nfl-draft-report-card-report

Earlier this year, our friends at PFF re-evaluated the 2010 draft, and graded the performance results of the players for the past five years:

www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2016/02/04/pro-re-evaluating-the-2010-nfl-draft/


The Ravens, for example, graded out as second-best by the experts back in 2010, compiling a 3.622 GPA. They also had the fourth-lowest standard deviation number, which means the "consensus" was pretty strong that this was a great draft. Five years later? PFF grades them out at a -35.2, sixth-worst in the league.

The Steelers 2010 draft, btw, was graded at a middle-of-the-pack 2.756 (#17) and below the average league grade of 2.803. It ranks #3 on PFF's current evaluation at +177.6, mostly thanks to Antonio Brown's +110.3 cumulative grade.

So, basically, it's a ******* crapshoot. If you're lucky enough to choose a future superstar like Gronk (+167.4) with the 42nd pick, or somehow snag AB with the 195th choice in the sixth round, you're in good shape when they revisit prior drafts.


Personally, I like the Steelers draft this year. Would've preferred trading up a few spots up to get WJ3, but they did address the weakest area of the team with their first two picks, added some depth in other spots, and picked up a late-round sleeper with the kid from Temple. Only time will tell.
 
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