2010 NFL Draft Thread

[Pi Kapp Steeler]

heck ya i like that pick!

[Kratos]

Originally Posted by focosteeler

thats what im hoping for!!!!

Ditto for Rolle

[xXTheSteelKingsXx]

On paper, the Raiders haven't had a bad draft this year either. Didn't over reach as much as in past years. Probably long overdue for their fanbase.

[focosteeler]

He can be the next in line of extremely classy safetys that we have...troy and ryan

[GMU Steeler]

I think we go Safety with our next pick. Perhaps Rolle or one of the others.

[Kratos]

Originally Posted by steeltreal

Jon Dwyer thank you for smoking POT and dropping to the 6th round! :

[BUCKEYE4EVER]

Originally Posted by xXTheSteelKingsXx

On paper, the Raiders haven't had a bad draft this year either. Didn't over reach as much as in past years. Probably long overdue for their fanbase.

+1 I said this Thursday night the Raiders front office must have had the team doctor sudate Al Davis.

[stillers4me]

Johnson stunned that Dwyer hasn’t been picked
1:22 pm April 24, 2010, by Doug Roberson

That Jonathan Dwyer has yet to be drafted stuns Paul Johnson, his former coach at Georgia Tech.

At one time projected to be a first-round pick when he announced in January he was leaving school after three seasons, Dwyer remains available as the draft churns through the fifth round.

Twelve running backs have been selected ahead of him at this point.

“Someone is going to get a heck of a football player,” Johnson said after Saturday’s T-Day game at Bobby Dodd Stadium. “If there are 90 guys better than him I haven’t seen them.

“It’s unbelievable.”

After rushing for 1,395 yards as a sophomore to earn ACC player of the year honors, he rushed for 1,395 more as a junior last season in helping the Yellow Jackets win the ACC.

When he announced he was turning pro, draft analysts questioned Dwyer’s weight, ability to catch the ball, blocking and pass-catching skills. He played at around 240 pounds in Tech’s spread-option, where he wasn’t asked to pass-block or catch, though he did snag a few passes, notably against FSU and against Iowa in the Orange Bowl

A toe injury sustained in the bowl game hampered his training for the NFL Combine, where he ran a relatively slow 40 time and weighed 227 pounds, seven pounds more than his target weight. But the toe healed and a slimmer Dwyer bounced back at Tech’s pro day a month later to run a 4.52, seven-thousandths faster than his time at the combine and within the top-10 times posted in Indianapolis.

Analysts also wondered whether Dwyer could transition from lining up close to the line of scrimmage, as he did in Tech’s spread-option, to the deeper start required in a pro-style offense. Dwyer pointed out after Tech’s pro day that he was used in that formation during his freshman season at Tech when Chan Gailey was coach.

Dwyer would be the fourth Yellow Jacket taken in this year’s draft, following defensive end Derrick Morgan to Tennessee with the 16th pick, wide receiver Demaryius Thomas to Denver with the 22nd pick, and safety Mhttp://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-tech-sports/2010/04/24/johnson-stunned-that-dwyer-hasnt-been-picked/?cxntfid=blogs_georgia_tech_sportsorgan Burnett to Green Bay in the third round (71st overall) on Friday.

[focosteeler]

i do wish we couldve had Brody Eldridge TE from Oklahoma in the 7th...he can block with the best of them which is something we need

[Ricco Suavez]

Do the Ravens take Rolle before our next pick.