Beefing up Defensively and McCarthy Presser Takeaways

About this episode

The episode discusses defensive line prospects for the Pittsburgh Steelers and insights from Mike McCarthy's presser.

On this episode of Steelers Central, we break down some defensive line trench play and analyze some of the draft's top prospects and fits for the Pittsburgh Steelers. We start with the Draft's top run-stuffer, then move to a physical specimen out of Clemson, before looking at another mountain of a man out of Florida, a prototypical Texas Tech NT, and a projected mid-round player with potential through the roof, then, of course, "The Big Citrus". Lastly, we'll talk about Mike McCarthy's presser at the NFL Annual Meeting: why positional size and versatility mean so much to him, and if he actually thinks there is something special about Will Howard. 0:00-11:32 OSU DT Cayden McDonald 11:33-20:55 Clemson DT Peter Woods 20:56-30:34 UF DT Caleb Banks 30:35-37:17 TTU DT Lee Hunter 37:18-43:19 ISU DT Domenique Orange 43:20-49:32 FSU DT Darrell Jackson Jr. 49:33-61:13 McCarthy Presser Takeaways

People in this episode

Host: Ricky Turner

Topics covered

• defensive line analysis
• NFL draft prospects
• Mike McCarthy presser
• positional size
• versatility in football

Keywords

• defensive line
• NFL draft
• Cayden McDonald
• Peter Woods
• Caleb Banks
• Lee Hunter
• Domenique Orange
• Darrell Jackson Jr.
• Mike McCarthy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Clemson, Texas Tech, Florida, ISU, FSU, OSU

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