Steelers OLD on D......SLOW YOUR ROLL......MEET and GREET the FUTURE Curtain...coming to a BACKFIELD near you

The STEELERS have the oldest Defense in the LEAGUE.....which will help the STEELERS in a shortened Off-Season. Then you say how is that?...SIMPLE.......This current Defense has been together now for some years so everyone is on the same page.....I MEAN EVERYONE.

Then you ask WHAT IF THE OLD GUYS get tired?......ENTER Director of FOOTBALL Operations Kevin COLBERT......aka The HEAD of STAFF in the DRAFT....aka the ARCHITECT.

COLBERT has not only kept the current group intact but he has built through the DRAFT like only the GREAT ORGANIZATIONS Do......a PLETHORA of TALENTED Young Players and in doing so the STEELERS have fortified themselves as an ELITE NFL Team for years to come.

Here is the list of 1st round picks from the 2000 Draft -2011 Draft

2000 Plaxico BURRESS WR SPARTY

2001 Casey "HOT PLATE" HAMPTON Hookem' HORNS

2002 Kendall SIMMONS G Auburn workin' at LEROY's PETRO and CIGARILLOS in 'BAMA

2003 Troy POLAMALU S Men of TROY SC

2004 Ben ROETHLISBERGER QB Miami OH

2005 Heath MILLER TE WAHOOS V A Charlottesville

2006 Santonio HOLMES WR BRUTUS in Columbus

2007 Lawrence TIMMONS LB 'NOLES Lamaar WOODLEY Maize&Blue 2nd Round that year

2008 Rashard MENDENHALL RB Figthin' ILLINI 5th RB taken that draft

2009 Evander HOOD DE MIZZOU

2010 Maurkice POUNCEY C the SWAMP

2011 Cameron "LIL IRONHEAD" HEYWARD O-H-I-O

See COLBERT hasn't missed often.......and the most successful FRANCHISES are the ones who get the HIGH PICKS right. If you are going to miss in the DRAFT 4th Round on is where it doesn't really effect a team.

Now the having looked at the 1st Rounders....let's look at the DEPTH and players under 27 on the D in 2011........

DEs Ziggy HOOD and Cameron HEYWARD

OLB Jason WORILDS of BEAMER BALL in Blacksburg V A

ILB Stevenson SYLVESTER the U of U

OLB Lamaar WOODLEY just signed a 5-year $61 Million extension last week

ILB Lawrence TIMMONS just signed a 5-year $50 Million extension this week

CB Crezdon BUTLER Death Valley

S Ryan MUNDY Morgantown

CB Keenan LEWIS QUACK ATTACK Eugene

Not to mention some of the PLAYERS we have drafted on the Offensive Side of the ball and DR. COLBERT MD is like a SURGEON in the LATER ROUNDS getting talent that fit the STEELER MYSTIC.

We have a few Corners that just need to step up and be that next guy behind McFADDEN and I LIKE IKE......SWAGGIN. COLBERT did get CBs Curtis BROWN of UT AUSTIN and Cortez ALLEN from the CITADEL to push some of the GUYS sitting on the Depth Chart that have to make move.

So before you worry about OUR HOUSE take care of yours. We don't get OLD in Black and Yellow...we RELOAD........like GREMLINS we don't die.......we multiply.

NOTE: STEELERS will once again be in the TOP 2-3 Total Defenses in the NFL again....WRITE IT DOWN and TAKE a PICTURE.