Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has asked for a big receiver, and maybe he’ll get one.
They don’t come much bigger than Louisville’s Mario Urrutia, a six-foot, five-inch wideout who ran an out pattern from his final year of eligibility. Urrutia visited the Steelers on Monday.
But maybe Urrutia should have stayed in school. The USA Today Sports Weekly NFL Draft Preview ranks Urrutia at No. 30 among receivers. The Sporting News draft guide pegs him at No. 39, and projects him as a fifth-round prospect.
The knock on him, per Sporting News, is that he’s an upright runner, and that he lacks the “flexibility, agility and quickness” that NFL teams want.
Since 1989, the Steelers have used eleven second-day picks on wideouts. None have done anything significant for the franchise.
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April 15th, 2008 at 10:19 am
He got a 2nd day tall bust last year. Dallas Baker aka the Touchdown maker…
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April 15th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Steelers can go sign Yao Ming. He missed half the NBA season so he should be ready to for the NFL season.
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April 15th, 2008 at 11:40 am
The Steelers would be happy to draft him just to keep him away from the Bengals. Urrita would be a drop-in replacement for Chris Henry who torched the Steelers.
The fact he’s similar to what Ben wants (since I’m pretty sure when Ben said he wanted a big WR he wasn’t referring to a 5-6th round prospect) is only a side benefit.
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April 15th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Newsflash. Ben doesn’t run the personel department. At least I hope he doesn’t.
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April 15th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
I wonder what this means for Matt Trannon if they end up drafting Urrutia.
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