The Post-Gazette today featured this article about Pittsburgh leading the nation in consumption of Ho Hos. That's right, Ho Hos.
According to the article, Pittsburgh tops the list nationally in Ho Ho consumption, beating out Buffalo/Rochester, Cincinnati and Cleveland.
On another note, FoxSports.com's Peter Schrager's latest mock draft has us taking Paul Posluszny in the first round of the draft. I couldn't agree more. Keep up the good work there Pete. In my opinion, Posluszny is the perfect fit for what the Steelers need/want/are looking for/should be looking for. He's got something that none of our other Linebackers have: versatility. He won the Butkus award playing outside linebacker, then moved to middle linebacker and was the runner-up. He's a solid all-around player and has great tackling ability. His talent would be just plain scary in a place like New England or Baltimore. Plus, coming out of the Penn State system, he could play next year if need be. He would be a great addition to the team.
Other mock draft's have us taking a variety of other players including Leon Hall (CB, Michigan), Darelle Revis (CB, Pitt), Adam Carriker (DE, Nebraska), and Lawrence Timmons (LB, Florida State). However, I can't say that any of these guys really has what Posluszny brings to the table. Timmons probably would be a special-teamer at best his first year and would require a lot of work. Revis: no way. Carriker would be a good fit if we were thinking of switching to a 4-3, but Tomlin has already said he is committed to the 3-4 for next year. I don't really see the point in drafting Carriker, a traditional 3-4 Defensive End in the mold of Aaron Smith unless we plan on dealing away either Smith or Kiesel. And as for Leon Hall...did anyone watch the Rose Bowl last year? Remember how USC just ripped Michigan up and down the field with their passing game? Remember how Ohio State did the same thing at the end of the year? I don't trust Michigan's corners. If the Steelers are smart, they'll draft Posluszny. We've made mistakes on draft day before, like in 2000 when we passed on Shaun Alexander to pick No-catch-ico Burress. Interestingly enough, we grabbed Marvel Smith in the second round that year and Clark Haggans in the 5th. That was the same year New England grabbed a mediocre quarterback from Michigan named Tom Brady in the 6th round and Baltimore drafted Adailus Thomas in the 6th round.
All in all, there's 8 days until the draft, and the hype is just going to get bigger, even though it's not really going to make a difference. Looking back at these old drafts, it's surprising how many names I don't recognize. This leads me to conclude that the draft is way less important than it is built up to be and what is much more important is the infrastructure a team has to develop players and create a championship team.
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