What is the Steelers’ biggest smokescreen during this draft cycle?
Not for the first time, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin acknowledged yesterday that you can’t believe everything you see. We tend to analyze every step he takes in the pre-draft process. Accordingly, he said he’s well aware of this, and sometimes takes extra steps to mislead.
In other words, he, like presumably everybody else, throws up smokescreens to divert attention. Obviously, you’re not supposed to know what’s a smokescreen and what isn’t—knowing would defeat its purpose. And quite honestly, we couldn’t say for sure even in hindsight in most cases just based on draft results.