Matthew Marczi

Posts By Matthew Marczi

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  Maturity, Discipline Issues Among Possible Obstacles To Overcome For Some Draft Picks

  Among the traits that certain subsets of the Pittsburgh Steelers draft class share with one another are size, speed, and versatility. This...

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  Draft Likely Spells The End For Former Steelers DE Brett Keisel

  The NFL draft is an endless source of miracles, annually making dreams come true for hundreds of prospective athletes hoping to make...

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  Back Half Of Steelers’ Draft Class Has A Chance To Compete

  While it can be said that the Pittsburgh Steelers came into this draft with one of its weaker rosters in recent memory,...

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  Steelers Hoping Pedigree Translates To Dominance At Linebacker

  After taking linebackers in the first round in consecutive drafts in 2013 and 2014, the Pittsburgh Steelers now possess a core group...

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  Tomlin: “There’s Size, There’s Speed, And There’s Versatility”

  When Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin sat down to try to put into words a summation of the team’s three-day draft...

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  Steelers Saw The Need For Speed During Offseason

  If you’ve ever heard the ‘old’ adage that the Pittsburgh Steelers are slow, after this draft, that might be over. Perhaps the...

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  Steelers Wrap Up Their Draft Class With Day Three Haul

  The Pittsburgh Steelers tripled their draft class on day three of the 2014 NFL Draft, selecting six players in the final four...

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  Scat Back 3.0 – How Will Dri Archer Succeed Where Others Had Failed?

  I think it’s safe to call it now. Todd Haley likes himself some scat backs. The Pittsburgh Steelers used their third-round compensatory...

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  Steelers Playing With Fire By Shying Away From WRs, CBs

  Entering the draft, the broad consensus was that the two greatest areas of need for the Pittsburgh Steelers were cornerback and wide...

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  AFC North Run On Cornerbacks Leaves Steelers Behind Division Trend

  It’s not terribly surprising that a pair of cornerbacks went to the AFC North in the first round of the 2014 NFL...

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  Depth At Wide Receiver, Cornerback Highlight Focus On Day Two Of Steelers Draft

  The Pittsburgh Steelers opted not to play into the hands of the strengths of this draft class when they selected inside linebacker...

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  Ryan Shazier Selection In Line With Sub-Package Philosophy

  Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has spent a good deal of his talking time this offseason to emphasize the importance of...

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  Plenty Of Time To Scrutinize The Ryan Shazier Pick In The Months Ahead

  For many, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 15th overall selection of inside linebacker Ryan Shazier may have come as a bit of a surprise,...

• 2014 Draft

  Favorable Scenarios For Steelers In Round One

  As may have been made obvious as a result of my offseason coverage this year, I’m not typically one for creating mock...

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  Kevin Colbert Takes Center Stage On Draft Day

  When the 2014 draft is over and done with, Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert will recede back into his lair, and...