Steelers interested in..................

[Stlrs4Life]

Here are some of the guys the Steelers have shown interest in leading up to the draft. The link is at the bottom. Apparently, this interest has been shown at workouts, the Senior Bowl, combine, and other areas.....

Pittsburgh Steelers

Quarterbacks:

Cullen Finnerty, Grand Valley State, Isaiah Stanbeck, Washington

Running Backs:

Tony Hunt, Penn State

Fullbacks:

None

Wide Receivers:

Dwayne Bowe, Louisiana State, Rhema McKnight, Notre Dame, Steve Smith, Southern California

Tight Ends:

None

Offensive Tackles:

Ryan Harris, Notre Dame, Tony Ugoh, Arkansas

Offensive Guards:

Ben Grubbs, Auburn

Centers:

Samson Satele, Hawaii

Defensive Ends:

Jay Alford, Penn State, Adam Carriker, Nebraska, Tim Crowder, Texas, Brandon Mebane, California, Amobi Okoye, Louisville, David Patterson, Ohio State

Defensive Tackles:

Alan Branch, Michigan

Outside Linbackers:

Gaines Adams, Clemson, Noland Burchette, Virginia Tech, Prescott Burgess, Michigan, Quentin Moses, Georgia, Jay Moore, Nebraska, Jarvis Moss, Florida, Lawrence Timmons, Florida State

Inside Linbackers:

None

Cornerbacks:

Jonathan Wade, Tennessee, Eric Wright, UNLV

Safeties:

Aaron Rouse, Virginia Tech

Kickers/Punters:

None

http://www.newerascouting.com/index.php?c=33&a=103

[coachspeak33]

Those names lead me to believe a LB/DL is gonna become a Steeler after the 15 pick in the draft...

[tony hipchest]

yesterday nfl network showed mike tomlin at jamarcus russels pro day work out and asked him his thoughts. i was wondering who he was really there to see and figured it was a wr.

[ChronoCross]

You cannot always believe the team is interested in everyone on the list. There is a lot of smoke screens sent out to make other teams think your going after this guy but when it comes down to it they pick another not even on the list.

Pretty wicked game they play. Nice site, did not have that one. Thks.

[Jeremy]

Timmons would be a hell of an addition! Florida kid, so you know he can play, and he hits like a ton.

[GBMelBlount]

So there actually hasn't been official team interest in Posluszny at OLB? How solid is Branch, I've seen him pretty high on some draft rankings? Would a DT be worth considering at 15?

[Jeremy]

One of the best in the draft. Mainly a run stopper though, not really a guy who's going to get after the QB.

Not surprised that there's no interest in Posluzny. He doesn't really have the speed the Steelers normally put a high value on.

[tony hipchest]

Originally Posted by GBMelBlount

So there actually hasn't been official team interest in Posluszny at OLB? How solid is Branch, I've seen him pretty high on some draft rankings? Would a DT be worth considering at 15?

if the steelers are interested in getting rid of hampton for salary cap purposes (in 08), branch would be a steal at 15. i dont think hampton has much to worry about though.

[Jeremy]

Hampton is still cap friendly. Plus he's never made any noise about a holdout like Porter did.

[SteelCzar76]

Originally Posted by ChronoCross

You cannot always believe the team is interested in everyone on the list. There is a lot of smoke screens sent out to make other teams think your going after this guy but when it comes down to it they pick another not even on the list.

Pretty wicked game they play. Nice site, did not have that one. Thks.

Exactly. Often a great amount of suppossed 'Pre Draft interest' is a matter of smoke and mirrors on the part of many teams. (It's good buisness if you think about it)
As Chrono stated in his post,.... it's not to say that they may not be interested in filling certain needs at those particular positions.
But it's a matter of 'appearing' to have various players in mind,....when in reality they have already made their choices in regards as to whom they feel is the best 'fit' for them. (And many times it's the prospect that the so called experts didn't even expect)