Steelers Burning Question: Biggest over-drafts in team history?
Last season I did the Friday Night Steelers Six Pack and wondered if it was worth doing further. After all, interaction was not great, and sometimes you just have to adjust. So I decided to call an audible, and not just abandon the Friday night meeting of the black-and-gold minds.
Instead of six questions, I wanted to focus solely on one question.
We’ll still do the preamble of what you’re eating/drinking/listening to, but we’ll focus our attention on the one Steelers question of the week. Don’t worry, most weeks I’ll do a bonus/extra credit question for fun. With all that out of the way, let’s get to the question!
With the 2025 NFL Draft coming quickly, I ask you which player was the most over-drafted in team history?
Some of you historians could dive back into the history books, but I’ll go with two possibilities. The first name which comes to mind is Terrell Edmunds. The guy was thought to be a late Day 2 pick, and was drafted in the first round. Another name would have been Artie Burns, but at least Burns is still in the NFL and getting opportunities.
What say you?
As for what I’m eating, it’s sloppy joes for dinner. As for drink, it’s always store bought kombucha, as usual, and the tunes will be some new vinyl records I recently went and purchased!
Happy Friday everyone!!
I put this out on Twitter too and there were some very recent players I didn’t even consider. Looking forward to seeing what everyone thinks!
I’ll be honest, I’ve always watched the draft and looked at a few mocks, but it hasn’t been until the past few years where I really looked in depth into the deeper rounds and know many names going into the draft, all thanks to SCN (especially Betz and Wilbar!). I look back and my initial thought was Kenny Pickett, but I think being the first qb off the board at 20 is an understandable risk you take. I didn’t care for the pick, but I understood the logic of it and why you may take a swing at him without trading up. I think is has to be Edmunds just because of where he was projected. Gatorade and water for dinner. Ate a bad sausage or burger Wednesday (need me a Oklahoma Joe’s or better grilling lessons haha) and got food poison really bad. Go Steelers
Ooooh, that sucks. Sorry John. Hope you recover well, quickly and completely!
Thanks guys!
John that’s no good!! Hope you feel better soon!
Sun King’s GFJ (this should just come up automatically for me on the “Friday Night” threads). My wife and I went to a nice steak house for dinner and I had me a beautifully prepared NY Strip Steak, 14 oz. That’ll do!
I simply can’t go with Edmunds. Certainly not as the MOST over-drafted. Yeah, Artie is still in the league. But I put him as more of an overdraft that TE. Maybe because he felt like such a “panic pick”? Regardless, beyond those two in recent memory, I gotta go with Jarvis Jones. IMHO, we got more out of both Burns and Edmunds than Jones. If Pickett wasn’t a QB, I might put him at the top though. That’s just staying in the past 10-15 years.
Jarvis Jones is a good one SY! Forgot about him.
I’m regretting this question…it’s depressing how many misses they’ve had.
My recency bias vote is Pickett, but that’s a lazy answer. Still, doesn’t mean it’s not true…
Drinking Founders All Day IPA. It’s week, but good flavor, not bad.
Had a long day, and got home late, so I just ate a bagel.
Currently watching some History Channel show.
Seriously though, I’d say they really reached for Jamain Stephen’s. I remember hearing he was the chou
Ice, and I was like who????
Would you say Pickett was the greatest over-draft of the Colbert era?
I guess it depends on how you quantify it. Actual draft position vs expected position seems most logical, so in this construct I’d say no, Jones, Burns, Edmunds, hell even Mike Adams could go in there. Kenny would be a top contender in the draft bust conversation, which is very different.
Maybe you should follow-up with the biggest draft steals article. There’s way more hits there than misses from this excercise.
Tom Ricketts, Darryl Sims, and/or Huey Richardson.
Btw, RIP Ray Seals.
I instantly went to Troy Edwards who was the 13th pick in the 1999 draft. The Steelers, who were hoping for David Boston in that draft, drafted for need which was something that they claimed to never do back then.
Hands down,Deven Bush & to move up meh
I think you have to be careful not to doing guys for injury. I will say there have been some doozies. Besides some already listed I would go back to the Baylor RB’s Hawthorn and Abercrombie. I am not sure either were 1st round quality. The funny thing is a lot of those drafts were complete misses.
You’re right on injury,that’s fair. I guess I let my personal feelings jump the gun. I just didn’t like his smug personality, mantality & whole persona, at all
Overdraft would appear to be Terrell Edmunds. But he was a decent player and being overdrafted was on Colbert and Co not him. Looking back the Steelers have missed on a lot of picks. But that’s going to be the case for a fairly mediocre team. If you hit on 3 drafts in a row with 3-5 top players, you will find yourself in contention for the big one. You might not win it without a good QB but you’ll be competitive. When you look back at the last few years of Colbert’s drafts, man they suck. So many players just flat out didn’t pan out. For whatever reason the Steelers had lost their draft Midas touch.
Hopefully Khan and Weidl can bring back the good times.
Jamain Stephens: cut after 3 years (10 starts) after he failed Cowher’s training camp day 1 conditioning test after showing up at a reported 400 lbs.
Lost Leon Searcy in Free Agency; and made a knee jerk pick: Played at NC A&T against limited competition; only played on year of college at OT (before his senior year, he was on D). A project player that never developed.