Given how close we are getting to the 2016 NFL Draft, it is no surprise that more and more focus is being placed on it from every corner of the relevant media market. It has given rise to no shortage of endless mock drafts, including Alex Kozora’ insane complete seven-round mock draft, team draft boards, and lots and lots of research, among the most interesting being the Washington Post study that suggested the Pittsburgh Steelers had been the most successful team in the draft in the past 20 years.
But that aforementioned study also let out another interesting bit of information that the Steelers had one of the great free agent acquisitions of that time period, and perhaps one that is beginning to get overlooked.