Steeler Hitman Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 What are your top draft/free agent priorities for the Steelers right now? Here's what I think: 1. Interior OL (G or C) - - Finney and or Foster will be gone. Need a powerful interior guy. Although I now like the idea of keeping DeCatro and Feiler on the right side and moving huge Zach Banner to LG. He can't pull as well as Foster or Finney, but man is he a road grader. It would also help hide some of his pass blocking by being inside. He would fit Connor and Snell's downhill style. 2. Safety Depth - - Davis may be gone and then only Dangerfield and Allen are back-ups. Not to mention that there are some questions that Edmunds will need to answer. If they can re-sign Davis, it is a little less of an immediate priority. It may be wise to try to sign Davis to a one year deal to see if he grows and he probably won't command starter money after sitting out most of the year and not having great numbers when he has played. 3. Tight End - - Salary is the problem with keeping Vance. I would try to come up with a more cap friendly number, but he could probably get some looks elsewhere and still make some money. I think Vannett is a keeper, so re-sign him and insert him as #1. CSW and Gentry would battle for #3. My hope would be to draft someone to be a developing #2 to eventually start in a year or rotate with Vannett. 4. ILB & depth - - ( I would cut Mark Baron due to $$$). That would leave Bush and Vince as starters. Dirty Red is special teams if he re-signs, so help is needed here either way. 5. OLB depth - - Ola and Skipper seem promising, but not sue that I can completely trust them in that role, especially if there were an injury or Bud didn't re-sign. Need some talent here. 6. CB depth - - Best starters in Haden and Nelson that the Steelers have had since the 90's. Lane takes Burns spot and hopefully Hilton is re-signed. If not Cam is the slot CB, but a body or two will also be needed if they lose one or two here. 7. WR Depth - - Great draft for WR's. You can't ignore that. I like the young guys the Steelers have though. I wouldn't be shocked if the Steelers selected a WR at some point this draft. They seem to be very good at finding and drafting WR's. 8. Back-up RB - - This is not as big a priority, but if a good player falls or is the highest rated in a particular round, it may be hard to pass him up. They have a solid nucleus of RB's, but there are also a lot of questions with them all: Connors and Nix - - Can they stay healthy? Snell - - Can he be a potential RB1 if Connor goes down? Samuels - - Can he be more than a third down receiver? Whyte - - He has great speed, but can he be more than a potential #3 or #4? 9. Back-up or development QB - - The Steelers organization says publicly that they are fine with Mason as the back-up and Duck and Paxton growing and competing for the #3. What happens if a good QB is sitting there at #49 or in the third round? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chieferific Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) The duo of Uche and Anae absolutely wreaked havoc on the South's OTs today. Dugger looked like he belonged and his stock is going to really rise after today and Post Combine. Edited January 25, 2020 by Chieferific Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwalker Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 I really like Uche. Versatile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcash4 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I don’t do a ton (read: any) of prospect research, but after him blowing up my twitter for a week, I’m pretty in on TE Adam Trautman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jebrick Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 The TE options just suck. I would be serious looking at WR/IOL on the 2nd round pick. Really BPA but most likely it will be there or CB/OT/RB. Forcing a TE that you are not enamored with makes it worst. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August4th Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 sounds like cutting Vance and bringing him back on a cheaper deal is the best thing they could do at the TE position for 2020 season. I think he could still help in the receiving game with a healthy Ben. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeler Hitman Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 1 hour ago, August4th said: sounds like cutting Vance and bringing him back on a cheaper deal is the best thing they could do at the TE position for 2020 season. I think he could still help in the receiving game with a healthy Ben. But will Vance go for that? I would think that there are a few other teams with cap space and that would be willing to pay him more in the neighborhood of what he is looking to make (which is more than what the Steelers can afford). It would be great if we could get him for a cheaper salary, but not so sure he would take a discount or would have to take on to play. Because of his age and salary demand/request, Foster may not sign elsewhere if no one is willing to shell out comperable $$$ to what he wants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rivers Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 5 hours ago, August4th said: sounds like cutting Vance and bringing him back on a cheaper deal is the best thing they could do at the TE position for 2020 season. I think he could still help in the receiving game with a healthy Ben. how is it a better deal or even a good deal if he can't stay healthy. Better off getting a player that is reliable and overall is of more value to the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August4th Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 24 minutes ago, 3rivers said: Better off getting a player that is reliable and overall is of more value to the team. do they have the cap space or draft capital to get that guy, tho?. I think they can get a upgrade from Vance, but I'm not sure if they have the money to do so. They would have to get lucky and hope some bargain bin FA guy or rookie TE breakouts for us. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43M Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I think we have to face it that our TE situation is still going to suck next year. My prediction... Vannett Jesse James Rookie/Gentry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFF Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, FourThreeMafia said: I think we have to face it that our TE situation is still going to suck next year. My prediction... Vannett Jesse James Rookie/Gentry That’s what my prediction was like a month ago but James contract is weird....according to overthecap the Lions would only save $3 mill but eat $7 mill for cutting him. Pretty much a given at least 1 of Vance or Vannett will be back next year....I would like to get Ebron but that’s doubtful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August4th Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 maybe they will do a trade again next yr around preseason like they did to get Vance. hopefully some TE heavy team needs to cut or get rid of someone we could use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rivers Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 3 hours ago, August4th said: do they have the cap space or draft capital to get that guy, tho?. I think they can get a upgrade from Vance, but I'm not sure if they have the money to do so. They would have to get lucky and hope some bargain bin FA guy or rookie TE breakouts for us. probably not, but what else is now, they never have cap anyways, so get used to it as fans 3 hours ago, FourThreeMafia said: I think we have to face it that our TE situation is still going to suck next year. My prediction... Vannett Jesse James Rookie/Gentry This is how I see it, no real issue at TE. We don't have a pro bowl type TE, so will have to score and mov the chains in other ways, thats where coaching and once upon a time HOF QB, and OL need to have a say TE is way down the list from what I expect. I see colbert signing dupree (overpaying of course) and then there's no cap left after rookies are signed and some left if in season trade is required . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chieferific Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Where's Bucky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeler Hitman Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 9 hours ago, Chieferific said: Where's Bucky! XFL Los Angels Wildcats. He was on the Jets P.S. last year if I recall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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