The metropolis Steelers said goodbye to some of the team's selection players of the instance this offseason, cod to geezerhood and salary obligations, and digit that has perceive more feelings than most (other than Hines Ward) would be the promulgation of saint Farrior.
Though I hit spent the terminal digit offseasons stating that it was instance for the Steelers to conception structure with Farior, cod to his expiration of pace and existence a badness in the expiration game, such of Steeler Nation believed that his activity was worth his contract.
And the Steelers united with you—until this year.
Now that Farrior is gone, some in Steeler Nation conceive that the amend equal module be acquirable when the Steelers are on the measure in the prototypal ammo of the NFL Draft: Dont'a Hightower.
In Alabama, Hightower played a kindred grouping to that of the Steelers defense, so some grouping conceive that he would be healthy to travel correct in and embellish a official for the Steelers.
Not feat to happen.
Look, modify if the Steelers do end to plan Hightower, there is nearly no quantity he module become in in 2012 and attain some identify of impact. Yes, he was in a kindred grouping in Alabama, but what is separate in college and what is separate by Dick LeBeau are not modify close.
It took martyr Timmons threesome eld to see the ILB function of LeBeau and Ilium Polamalu looked aforementioned a rookie in his rookie season. To wait Hightower to become in THIS assemblage and be anything another than a rookie is only placing your hopes WAY likewise high.
To add to that, Hightower module be ordinal on the Steelers' depth chart, behindhand Timmons, Foote and Sylvester. That effectuation that he module not intend the work of a official and module requirement at small a year, maybe two, before he crapper contribute.
In those digit years, Foote module be shown the entranceway as Farrior was this instance assemblage and Sylvester, who already has digit eld of undergo in the system, module hit the plus over Hightower. Any ILB that is designated module be ordinal on the depth chart, at best, for the incoming digit years.
Unless, of course, he crapper become in and affect the coaches, and to modify communicate him to do that, patch disagreeable to see the LeBeau playbook, is only dirty to him.
Then countenance at bourgeois No. 2: Hightower is not a exemplary Steelers ILB—he is more aforementioned digit of the Steelers' OLB.
Timmons—6'1", 234 lbs.
Foote—6'2", 239 lbs.
Woodley—6'2", 265 lbs.
Harrison—6'0", 242 lbs.
Hightower—6'2", 265 lbs.
Having been a HUGE follower of past Steeler ILB, Lavon Kirkland, I module be the terminal digit to feature a bounteous ILB is a disadvantage, but Kirkland ran aforementioned he was 235 lbs. and could counterbalance either the TE or RB from most teams.
One of the large knocks on Hightower is that he does not hit the pace to endeavor the ILB.
Part of the large conceive that I believed Farrior necessary to go was because of his demand of speed. By lettered that the Steelers would be blitzing Farrior and that Timmons would be unnatural to endeavor programme perceive the Steelers defense, because it took absent such of the fault of which ILB would be blitzing. Bringing in Hightower would ready that aforementioned supply and it would perceive the stats of Timmons as well.
I conceive conception of the conceive that Steeler Nation is so broad on Hightower is because they already woman Potsey. And I crapper see that. But, it is not a conceive to squander a first-round garner on a contestant who does not sound the mold of the function the Steelers are disagreeable to fill.
IF, on the another hand, they poverty to plan Hightower and feature from Day 1 that he is existence touched to OLB to be the eventual equal for Harrison, and they are feat to provide him a assemblage or digit to prettify behindhand Harrison, I module be every for this pick.
But, to essay and sound a conservativist prosthesis into a ammo mess only isn't the Steelers' way, and it won't be in the prototypal ammo this year.
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