It’s easy to get excited about the most recent draft class. After all, they are the new faces that represent the untapped potential of the future. But the reality is that, more often than not, it is the draft class from the year before that will make the biggest contribution and show the most significant growth in bettering the team from the previous season.
We saw that in a major way for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2018 as they sent three of their top four picks from the 2017 NFL Draft to the Pro Bowl, those being first-round outside linebacker T.