i don't think he's a fit. He worries me a bit too because for all his talent, he didn't dominate as often as he should have.
This draft is so deep with guys who fit what the steelers need on the DL. I can't see taking any DL in the first unless they think they found another Dontari Poe, a guy who can play both run and pass. I think that guy is Billings and that's it.
As i've played around a bit with some mock drafts, it just doesn't seem like the best strategy to take DL in the first.
I'm still not all done deciding which guys i like at each position, but it seems to me the best scenario for the Steelers is OLB, CB, DL, S with the first 4 picks.
The wildcards are WR and OT. I keep coming across scenarios where OT or WR are the best pick in RD 2. How? It's pretty simple if there's not a worthy DB available. Again with DL being so deep, it makes sense to grab a top OT or WR because those positions are thin. OT drops off a cliff after the first few picks maybe 5 or 6 OTs and then the rest are all a crap shoot.
Martavis may not be in future plans, or at the very least, you have to plan as if he is not. Look at how the Browns screwed themselves betting on Josh Gordon. WR is now the key to the Steeler offense. AB is a stud, but who else? Wheaton is OK but he has not been something to fear. Coates is a great prospect and showed flashes but he is still an unklnown. WR is still something that needs to be addressed.
It is very possible that if they did not get a DB in RD1, that in RD 2 they will be looking at a pool of DBs who are all about the same as guys who can be had in RD 3 or 4. If that is the case then why draft an average DB when a guy lke Doctson may be sitting there?
