During a Monday interview on 93.7 The Fan, NFL analyst Tony Pauline proclaimed that the Pittsburgh Steelers have now narrowed their first-round selection in the 2021 NFL Draft down to three players with Alabama center Landon Dickerson being one of them. On Tuesday, however, Pauline reported on Pro Football Network that Dickerson’s longstanding medical concerns remain strong with the annual draft now less than two weeks away.
“Several teams I’ve spoken with tell me they would not draft Dickerson in the first five rounds due to medical concerns,” Pauline wrote on Tuesday. “The long-term effects of prior injuries are as much of a concern as the short-term possibility of suffering a major injury again.