Mays just doesn’t make sense at this point. The Steelers have added depth and upgraded the position enough to wait on taking a safety until a bit later on. ie. Harry Coleman out of LSU either in the third or fourth round. He is an understated playmaker/ballhawk with good length and size. A slightly less freakish athlete than Mays, but perhaps a better overall football player at this point.

The Steelers have far greater needs than safety at this point, and they start on the offensive line. The Steelers will most likely have the opportunity to draft Iupati out of Idaho at 18 or they can trade down and still get Pouncey out of Florida at Center (the weakest position on the OL).

The trade down will allow them to get another valuable pick in the second or third round that will enable them to get another safety like Coleman later on.

If they go DB at all in the first round it will not be a safety unless Earl Thomas is still hanging around and that is highly unlikely. The pick would be a corner and with the second tier of corners having some real diamonds in the rough this year don;t be surprised to see them wait till the second round and draft a guy like Trevard Lindley out of Kentucky. They will put another 10 pounds of muscle on his frame, and he could quite possibly be the shutdown corner Pittsburgh has not seen since Rod Woodson in the 1990′s.

I hate to disagree with you, but the pick just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense based on the immediate needs facing the franchise. I understand later on the team will need to get younger at safety, but looking long term you can’t forget there is a draft next year as well and with the players on the roster signed for at least 3 years (4 in Clark’s case), getting a project safety in the first round doesn’t accomplish what it would if they can get one later on.

I certainly do not know who you were referring to there but i must say that as far as my comment, it has less to do with not believing that Mays will be great someday, and more to do with the fact that our team has bigger needs. Way bigger. Like at corner and our offensive line.
Also, you got to remember that Rooney as made it clear he wants us to become a bigger running threat. That alone would tell me they need to focus on some good offensive lineman.

My opinion is sound and based on intelligent thinking and it is not simply something i read. In fact, i find it hard to believe that there are people that think our focus should be anything other than Oline or corner. We need to get an impact player with our first pick especially, NOT simply another back-up. Rooney also said that he wants our top pick and rookies to see more playing time which would also lead me to believe that we will go for corner or Oline where we are at our weakest. How much time could Mays possibly see behind Polamalu and or Clark, barring injury of course?