Allen trade, the 'big nickel' and other final draft observations

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Steelers' Nation!!!!!
Published 5/5/2008 by domski43 at One For The Other Thumb
Monday huh? Sucks, but here are a few articles from around the interweb to get you caught up on the happenings of Pittsburgh Steelers football. Pat Kirwan, NFL.com senior writer and co-host of Sirius NFL Radio's "Movin' the Chains," knows a bargain when he sees one. ESPN's Todd McShay loves the Steelers' draft. I guess the only free-agency moves that count happen in Cleveland. Hines Ward (a.k.a "Whines Hard"), finds incentive in the Steelers drafting Limas Sweed. Its good to see Ward has the right attitude in teaching Santonio and Limas, while improving himself. I've been holding my breath to see what reaction ...

Two Quick Thoughts
Published 5/6/2008 by TBird41 at The Ragnarok
I'm working on something big (and, I expect, both redundant and slightly negative), so I'm not going to write too much today, but I did find two articles worth posting. First, via Access Vikings, NFL.com has an article that talks about teams playing "Big" Nickel and how the Vikings gave themselves that option by drafting Tyrell Johnson. Basically, "Big" Nickel is a package where you use a third safety as the nickel back rather than a third corner and it's used for two reasons, the first, of course, being that your third safety is better in coverage than your third corner. It wouldn't surprise me if this was true for the Vikings next year, especially ...