The Pittsburgh Steelers chose late last week to released sixth-year cornerback Cortez Allen after three successive disappointing seasons and an inability to stay healthy, let alone to live up to a five-year, $26-million contract. An interesting byproduct of this move is that we have now fully separated the wheat from the chaff from the middle years of Mike Tomlin’s draft resume.
Between the 2010 and 2011 draft classes, only four players remain. That is out of a total of 17 players drafted, with seven from the 2011 class, and 10 from the 2010 class.