Joey Porter's Pit Bulls has an interesting tidbit on former head coach Billy Cowher and his sometimes hit-or-miss draft strategies.
Steelers Digest editor Bob Labriola made an interesting point on the radio last evening: Remember Willie Reid? Yeah, another draft-day reach, in April 2006, and another of Cowher's pet projects. Labriola said that there were strong opinions in the Steelers' draft room about taking one particular wide receiver over another.JPPB goes on to point out that Williams has been a nice little find for the Ravens, a team that has long struggled to cultivate any offensive weapons outside of Jamal Lewis. Through seven games, Williams has 19 catches for 285 yards -- a 15.0 yards-per-catch average, while Reid has three grabs for 48 yards.
Labriola brought this up because the "other" wide receiver in that discussion will be playing for Baltimore on Monday night. That would be Demetrious Williams, whom the Ravens drafted in the fourth round (111 overall) of the same 2006 draft that saw the Steelers take Reid in the third round (95th overall).
