It was three years ago on Steelers Depot when the Spin spun the Pittsburgh Steelers greatest draft picks of the Super Bowl era in a compelling, must-see Internet, series of articles.
So groundbreaking was that momentous, just shy of Pulitzer Prize winning journalistic foray, that the Steelers brass have since used that countdown coverage to shape their pre-draft strategy. (Or they used it to paper their Official Steelers hamster cage…we haven’t got clear confirmation.)
And why wouldn’t they as they decide on their 2017 first round pick? What better way to forecast the future than to study the past?