The apocryphal tale is that the Pittsburgh Steelers and head coach Bill Cowher were all set to draft offensive lineman Shawn Andrews with the 11th overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft, that is until owner Dan Rooney intervened and convinced them that they had to take quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
That’s not the story defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau told us when he sat in for an interview on the Terrible Podcast last week. He said that taking a quarterback was their plan, assuming that one of the top arms fell to them—only the one that fell wasn’t the one who they rated the highest.