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What rookie do you think has the biggest 2017 impact?

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Now I am not saying career or even stat line. Who has the biggest impact out of this rookie class?

For me I feel it will be James Conner. I feel Leveon is likely to get hurt/suspended and miss x amount of games. Also, I feel the Steelers will try to keep Bell fresh for the playoffs so even when healthy I think Conner gets 5-10 carries a game. On top of that what position translates the easiest to the NFL? Running back. I think Watt will come on in the second half of the year, JuJu will kind of be lost in the depth chart this year, Sutton has a shot as well if he can beat out a few vets for playing time, and the rest of the draft I feel will have a hard time making the 53 man. So Conner for me is the logical choice.
 
I see

Watt getting a decent amount of snaps.
Juju in the slot sharing reps with Rogers or perhaps swing him to TE here and there.
Sutton will have a lot of competition to see the field, but has the skills to give it a shot.
Conner as mentioned. But if Bell doesn't get hurt perhaps not much.

I am going with Watt as if he shows enough early the coaches will rotate him in. And as the season goes I think he could finish as a starter.
 
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Gonna go with JuJu only because of all the injuries we had at WR last year and we aren't 100% certain Bryant will make it to Week 1 without hitting the wacky weed. Behind AB and Bryant (if he's on the roster), JuJu has the most potential. I don't want to see the scrubs who **** the bed at WR behind AB at the AFCCG on the field for us this year.
 
Watt, as I see that as our biggest need. We have the WR position filled in several ways. Conner has potential as Tomlinson runs the wheels off all the way to injury then out of the nfl.
Holba is probably the "LOCK"




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Outside of Holba, I'd say Watt as an upgrade over Jones.
 
Watt and Connor, especially if Bell continues his tradition of getting hurt and missing several games every year.
 
Watt will have the biggest impact...on this board, as he slowly reveals himself to be JJ ver 2.0 (ok, he'll be a slight upgrade) I hate to say it but I have a bad feeling about him by way over hyped. Hope I'm wrong, have to wait and see.

Biggest impact on the field will be determined by the injuries/suspensions that happen ahead of them on depth chart. Whoever sniffs the field more out of the other 3 (JuJu, Sutton, Conner).
 
I see Watt or Sutton as well.
 
Holba is the easy call.

Ideally, it will be JuJu. I'd love to see him take over the No. 3 spot behind Brown and Bryant.

Watt should see plenty of snaps, but tough to get an impact from his position as a rookie. If Bell wasn't such a workhorse, I would have probably picked Conner.
 
Sutton. I think he will gradually take over one of the CB positions and be a starter before the season is halfway over.
 
The nice thing about this draft is that 5 players should see meaningful playing time, Watt, Shuster, Connor, Sutton and Holba.
The one with the most impact likely could be related to injuries to someone else at his position.

I believe they only want Harrison playing half the time anyway.
 
Watt needs 10-15 more lbs, so I hope he gets lifting with Deebo.
 
Fiji Mariner said:
Watt will have the biggest impact...on this board, as he slowly reveals himself to be JJ ver 2.0 (ok, he'll be a slight upgrade) I hate to say it but I have a bad feeling about him by way over hyped. Hope I'm wrong, have to wait and see.

Biggest impact on the field will be determined by the injuries/suspensions that happen ahead of them on depth chart. Whoever sniffs the field more out of the other 3 (JuJu, Sutton, Conner).
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Except that Watt is far more athletically gifted from the start, so he's already got Jones beat there. Not to mention his demeanor and desire outweigh JJ as well already, I don't see a comparison whatsoever between the two.
 
ZACKB said:
Watt needs 10-15 more lbs, so I hope he gets lifting with Deebo.
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He weight 252lbs at the combine. That is plenty big. I think he just needs refinement. I feel he will be much improved the second half over the first half much like Burns last year. Once he understands the defense he should flourish.
 
21STEELERS21 said:
The nice thing about this draft is that 5 players should see meaningful playing time, Watt, Shuster, Connor, Sutton and Holba.
The one with the most impact likely could be related to injuries to someone else at his position.

I believe they only want Harrison playing half the time anyway.
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This is why I said Watt. Barring injury (or suspensions), AB and Bryant will get most of the receptions with Bell behind them. With the TE's in the mix (and my belief that the beginning of last season versus the end is more definitive of Coates ability), there aren't a lot of balls left for juju to get a significant number. The few he gets may be in the red-zone which could be significant, I guess.

However, there doesn't need to be injury for Watt to get quite a bit of playing time. I don't see any major indications that he will fail when give the chance to play.
 
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