The Senior Bowl is perfect opportunity to get a look at the top Senior college football players that you may not have gotten a chance to see during the season. It is the best of the best and you have to be invited to play in the Senior Bowl. The coaching is done by NFL staffs and scouts, head coaches and other team coaches show up to get their first initial, up close looks at the future NFL stars. Many teams take the opportunities to interview several of the players prior to the NFL combine. The practices really tell a ton during the week with the game being the dessert so to speak. On Saturday, Read more [...]

Below are the 2010 Senior Bowl measurements for the North and South rosters. The height and weight measurables are done just like the NFL combine does in eighths. 2010 NFL Combine Results here: 2010 Senior Bowl South Squad No. Squad Name POS Height Weight Arm Hand School 5 South Allen, Nate FS 6005 205 30 ½ 9 ⅜ South Florida 28 South Arenas, Javier CB 5085 195 30 ½ 9 ⅜ Alabama 56 South Atkins, Geno DT 6013 286 31 9 ⅞ Georgia 70 South Black, Ciron T 6045 331 33 ¼ 10 ¼ LSU 16 South Brown, Jarrett QB 6026 219 33 Read more [...]

The National Football League announced today the names of 53 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2010 NFL Draft on April 22-24. The NFL Draft will start in primetime for the first time in 2010.  The first round will be held on Thursday, April 22 at 7:30 PM ET.  The second and third rounds are set for Friday, April 23 at 6:30 PM ET.  Rounds 4-7 will be held on Saturday, April 24 at 10:00 AM ET.  The entire NFL Draft will be televised by NFL Network and ESPN. Each of the 53 players has met the league’s three-year eligibility rule and each has submitted a Read more [...]

A few people have emailed me concerning how many compensatory draft picks the Steelers will be rewarded for the 2010 draft. You have to start first with what they lost free agency wise last offseason. The Steelers lost what looks to be three qualifying players in free agency and they did not sign any that qualified as replacements for those lost players. The three players they lost that should qualify were, cornerback Bryant McFadden, wide receiver Nate Washington and quarterback Byron Leftwich. All three should qualify. As far as the rounds go for the compensatory draft picks rewarded, below are Read more [...]

The Steelers 2009 season showed many holes that the Steelers need to address during the 2010 NFL draft. Below I will list I what I feel the draft needs are going into the draft. These are in no particular order and I will have my mock draft up pretty soon in the coming days. Nose Tackle - Regardless if the Steelers decide to franchise Casey Hampton or not, the Steelers need a young 3-4 nose tackle in waiting. There are rumblings a future shift to a 4-3 defense may be coming in future years, but I do not see this happening while Dick LeBeau is still in charge of the defense. If one is drafted, Read more [...]

The top 20 draft order of the 2010 NFL draft is now set and the Steelers will draft 18th in the first round. Two spots will need coin flips done, but this will not affect the Steelers order at all. 1. St. Louis Rams (1-15) 2. Detroit Lions (2-14) 3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-13) 4. Washington Redskins (4-12) 5. Kansas City Chiefs (4-12) 6. Seattle Seahawks (5-11) 7. Cleveland Browns (5-11) 8. Oakland Raiders (5-11) 9. Buffalo Bills (6-10) 10. Chicago Bears (7-9) (Traded to Denver Broncos)* 11. Jacksonville Jaguars (7-9)* 12. Miami Dolphins (7-9) 13. San Francisco 49ers (8-8) 14. Tennessee Read more [...]