{"id":20298,"date":"2017-05-04T06:44:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T10:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=20298"},"modified":"2017-05-04T06:44:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T10:44:51","slug":"last-word-on-steelers-podcast-episode-9-draft-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2017\/05\/04\/last-word-on-steelers-podcast-episode-9-draft-reactions\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Word On Steelers Podcast Episode 9: Draft Reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Last Word on Steelers podcast will take a deep dive into the Pittsburgh Steelers. We will look at where they stand in the NFL, player movement, depth chart questions, and the NFL draft.<\/em><em>Hosted by Parker Hurley and Pattrick Gelesh. Follow us on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/LWOS_Steelers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LWOS_Steelers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Last Word On Steelers Podcast Episode 9: Draft Reactions<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/a5k6k-6a6e80?from=yiiadmin\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>In episode eight of the Last Word on Steelers Podcast we analyze the Steelers eight draft picks in the 2017 NFL draft. We discuss the how we felt the draft went and where the newest Steelers fit on the roster. After the draft, we also examine a few of the undrafted free agents the Steelers could sign and discuss their chances of making the team. The Steelers stuck to a tried and true draft strategy that they seem to implement just about every year. They stayed in the draft position they earned in the past season and showed a bias towards players that they meant with either in Pittsburgh during a visit, at the prospect\u2019s pro days, or had in-depth interaction with at the NFL combine.\u00a0 The eight players the Steelers drafted were outside linebacker <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/tj-watt-1.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T.J. Watt<\/a><\/strong><em> at 30, wide receiver J<\/em><strong>uJu Smith-Schuster<\/strong><em> at pick 62, cornerback <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/cameron-sutton-1.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cameron Sutton<\/a><\/strong><em> with the 94th pick, Running back <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/james-conner-1.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Conner<\/a><\/strong><em> at pick 105, quarterback <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/joshua-dobbs-1.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joshua Dobbs<\/a><\/strong><em> at pick 135, cornerback <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=brian-allen-8,brian-allen-2,brian-allen-6&amp;search=Brian+Allen&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian Allen<\/a><\/strong><em> with pick 173, long snapper <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/colin-holba-1.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colin Holba<\/a><\/strong><em> at pick 213, and outside linebacker <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/keion-adams-1.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keion Adams<\/a><\/strong><em> with their final pick at number 248. \u00a0Check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastwordonsports.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.lastwordonsports.com<\/a>\u00a0for exclusive content. On twitter, you can follow us at @LWOS Steelers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In episode nine of the Last Word on Steelers Podcast we will dig deeper into the Steelers 2017 NFL draft selections. We\u2019ll continue our film study on the latest batch of Steelers and try to see the draft through the Steelers point of view. We would love to hear Steelers Nation\u2019s input! If you have any comments, suggestions, messages or thoughts feel free to reach out to us!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parker Hurley-<\/strong>Pittsburgh native. IUP graduate. Steelers and Pirate critic. Blatant Penguins homer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patrick Gelesh\u2013<\/strong>Third generation Steelers fan with a Masters in sports management and leadership specializing in football. My mom was lucky enough to witness the immaculate reception live. 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