The Pittsburgh Steelers may have expressed a certain level of satisfaction and contentment with their pre-draft plans, but the fact remains that they are working with an incomplete data set in comparison to every other year. While those circumstances cannot be avoided, it has required some creative thinking, and may cause some sacrifices to be made.
During their pre-draft press conference yesterday, general manager Kevin Colbert acknowledged that there are 74 players that they have studied for whom they do not have times for the 40-yard dash. Even more concerning, for another 76 players (no doubt this has some overlap), they have incomplete medicals.