just for kicks.....

[Rhee Rhee]

i hate phillip rivers and if he was drafted i'd boo him... i much rather would've drafted stephen jackson! YEE

[tony hipchest]

and the correct answer is....

Originally Posted by The_WARDen

I believe that in Dan Rooney's book, he said that the draft people were looking hard at G Shaun Andrews.

i think the steelers were up in the air of which rb was better. kevin jones or steven jackson? we lucked out landing ben. the last 2 times we drafted high we considered rex grossman and chad pennington.

[xXTheSteelKingsXx]

Larry Johnson was drafted this year too right?

[The Duke]

Originally Posted by xXTheSteelKingsXx

Larry Johnson was drafted this year too right?

2003 I think

same year as troy, I remember cause Larry was drafted with the pick the steelers traded the chiefs for

[Tankus_Maximus]

Originally Posted by steelreserve

That's a scary thought. I mean, back then, we still hadn't figured out that Maddox sucked. I could see us leaving out a QB entirely, and then look where we'd be. No Super Bowl, guaranteed. I prefer not to think about it!

I gotta disagree with that statement. I don't think Maddox "sucked", if given time, behind a solid-line, the man was a "servicable" (putting it lightly) QB.

Oh yeah, and I think they would've gone with Philip Rivers.

[steel65]

If Eli daddy didn't cry to get his son traded it would of been rivers Cowher had him on the board to be drafted by steelers. thank god for a daddy that cried.

[Hapa]

Maddox wasn't bad - as a holder :P
lol jk

[bratsinmybelly]

Originally Posted by The_WARDen

I believe that in Dan Rooney's book, he said that the draft people were looking hard at G Shaun Andrews.

There were a lot of folks within the Arkansas program thinking this as well. Shaun's "peeps" were leaking it left and right. I want to say that I remember reading that Cowher was very high on Andrews and that the Rooneys basically had to step in and demand that we take Ben. I can't remember where I read about the Steelers side of it, but I remember the Arkansas part well. Half of this state thought Andrews was going to be a Steeler.

[Kittyfish]

I didn't have a computer or cable when Ben was drafted, and was only recently interested in football in general at the time. I'm just curious - what was the general reaction of fans when Ben was picked? Were they generally happy or did they think it was a bad idea? Were we really pushing for someone else at the time, perhaps even someone playing a different position, and think it was a poor choice, or were we behind it from the beginning?

[Dizzle43]

Originally Posted by Kittyfish

I didn't have a computer or cable when Ben was drafted, and was only recently interested in football in general at the time. I'm just curious - what was the general reaction of fans when Ben was picked? Were they generally happy or did they think it was a bad idea? Were we really pushing for someone else at the time, perhaps even someone playing a different position, and think it was a poor choice, or were we behind it from the beginning?

I can only speak for myself, but I was very happy when we drafted Ben. I thought he was the best of the three top QBs in that draft. I'm not sure what the organization was going for. I know we were going after a QB because of Maddox's inconsistency and age. In all when we drafted Ben, I was thrilled. Who would've though he'd come in and go 16-0 as a rookie.