Long before the era of the high-flying, dynamic tight ends such as Rob Gronkowski, Tony Gonzalez, Antonio Gates, Travis Kelce and George Kittle, a big, athletic, moveable tight end with dominant traits resided in the Steel City in an era built on smash mouth football and suffocating defense.
That tight end, of course, was former Steeler Eric Green — all 6-foot-5, 279 pounds of him.
Green was a first-round pick in the 1990 NFL Draft at No. 21 overall out of Liberty in the second to last season of the Chuck Noll era.
Though his career with the Steelers got off to a slow start due to a holdout that lasted into the regular season, causing him to miss the first game of the 1990 season, Green quickly became a massive piece for the Steelers offense.