When the Steelers selected Casey Hampton in the first round of the 2001 NFL Draft, it sent shock waves through the rest of the NFL.
With Hampton holding down the middle of the Steelers defensive line, the team went from having the league's seventh-best defense in 2000 -- including 12th against the run -- to No. 1 in 2001, with a big improvement in run defense, which also led the league at just under 75 yards per game allowed.
It got to the point, however, that by 2002, teams quit attempting to try to run the ball against the Steelers -- most notably with the Patriots and Raiders going to an all-out air attack to start the season -- with the idea of keeping Hampton standing on the sideline.