It is now close enough to the start of football season to stop

[MikeG]

talking about other sports.

Anyway, this is what we do in Pittsburgh.

So, who is your team gonna draft?

[timber84]

1. Steelers need

a tight end in this draft

[Tafiti]

13. Apparently, Heath Miller is the only standout TE in this draft.

And if he's there, word is, the Bengals will snatch him up at 17. TE is the missing link in the Bengals offense, before it becomes straight up nasty, especially if Warrick is 100% this year.

[MrSlayer]

2. Football never ends in Philly.

It's all Eagles all the time here. This city has a large amount of baseball, hockey and basketball fans but nothing like the support the Birds get. The sports talk stations, barring a major event in another sport, are almost always drawn back to the subject of football. It's a cult here.

I'd like to see us either package some picks to move up or trade some for next year. We have 13 picks this year and nowhere near that many open spots. I'd like to continue to build the lines for the future and grab a big running back in the 3rd round.

The Eagles are strong and I see no one standing in their way for the NFC title again, barring major injury.

[Awsi Dooger]

3. As a Dolphin fan

I'm rooting for Alex Smith, Mike Williams or Cadillac Williams at #2. I doubt we can trade down at full value, in a year with so few blue chippers atop the first round. Full value was never a priority in Rick Speilman trading, but Nick Saban is not going to get similarly squished.

I don't like Aaron Rodgers; too mechanical, not athletic enough and doesn't have the ideal variety of pace and loft. Plus no chance I'm falling for someone who was at Butte Junior College a couple of years ago, rated the #41 JC prospect by SuperPrep. I want a blue blood if I'm picking #2, not a come lately.

Cedric Benson isn't particularly elusive or explosive, just not special enough to take at #2. Likewise Ronnie Brown. I don't see a lineman capable of going that high. Braylon Edwards is the guy I'm unsure about. I've seen spectacular catches, but several loose drops and a few times he didn't impose his superiority on a feisty DB. Plus that Michigan WR thing. They never return full value.

Miami should either gamble on greatness with an Alex Smith, or take the sure thing big WR in Mike Williams. The best horse has been in the barn for a year, like Seattle Slew toying with Affirmed in '78. If Mike Williams had played last year, you could transfer several of those Orange Bowl TDs and highlight blips to his resume, and the best player in this draft wouldn't be a question.

[Bluzmann57]

4. The Packers need defense

starting with a pass rusher. And when the guy who is considered the best cornerback on the team is always chasing people, thats not a good sign either. Offensive line help wouldn't hurt either. So who are they going to draft? I have no idea. When a team needs everything, their options are wide open.

[sniffa]

5. aren't you bored with it yet?

maybe pitt shouLd go to the NFC, and then they'LL at Least be abLe to reach the superbowL. :evilgrin:

[MikeG]

7. You are cocky, considering your team is gonna suck this year.

[sniffa]

10. snicker

the pats wiLL do just fine... more so when you taLk such trash. :evilgrin:

maybe the steeLers can go back on the juice?

[MikeG]

11. I will sell it to them.

[nickgutierrez]

6. Baseball season hasn't even started yet.

IMO, as it relates to baseball, football is nothing but a raindrop in the ocean of sports. :)

[MikeG]

8. We don't have a major league team in Pittsburgh.

[ThorsHammer]

9. Completely agree; my sports year is over in 6 days

The start of football season cannot come soon enough. I love college hoops, and will have no sports to watch after Monday (other than the golf majors and a few soccer WC qualifiers) until football starts.

[chyjo]

12. Da Bills have no first rounder.

But O-Linemen has to be our top priority.

[MessiahRp]

14. As a Bengals fan..

the draft is our Super Bowl... except we always lose in a blowout (see: David Klingler, Akili Smith, Ki-Jana Carter, Dan Wilkinson, etc.)

Rp