Former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier broke down his pre-draft process during an appearance on The Brian Hess Show, and Shazier provided some interesting tidbits about where his mind was at prior to the 2014 NFL Draft. Shazier ended up being selected No. 15 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers (although he said they claimed they weren’t taking him), but there were two teams he didn’t want to end up with, including the Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh’s AFC North rivals.
“I didn’t want to get drafted to Cincinnati, because they didn’t have an indoor practice today. It gets cold in Ohio and they don’t have an indoor practice facility, I used to practice in this all the time, I didn’t want to do that.