2011 NFL Mock Draft: The Steelers Draft Troy Polamalu's Replacement

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Steelers Front Office Prepares For Life Without Troy

I live an hour from Pittsburgh. I am married to a Steelers fan. I am surrounded by Steelers fans even though I live in Ohio and there are as many Browns fans as Steelers fans per capita.

I may be a Browns fans but I know as much about the Steelers as I do the Browns and I watch most games with my best friend, who is a Steelers fan. My other best friend (A Browns fan), now lives in Columbus and we just text each other during games.

The Pittsburgh Steelers fans I deal with can be lumped into two categories: Intelligent people who you can reason with and have a healthy discussion about each team without the conversation degenerating into a fistfight, and toothless morons who know as much about football as they do about piloting the space shuttle.

Guess which group dominates? (Hint: It’s not the intelligent variety)

The intelligent Steelers fans realize Troy Polamalu has spent the last few years fighting injuries and has lost a step. He still has a few years left in him, but the Steelers front office needs to move now and develop a replacement.

The toothless morons will scream my opinion is crap and I am a crybaby idiot. This does nothing to advance the argument but it makes them feel better about themselves.

So everybody wins!

33. New England Patriots: Benjamin Ijalana 34. Buffalo Bills: Stephen Paea 35. Cincinnati Bengals: Ryan Mallett 36. Denver Broncos: Jimmy Smith	49. Jacksonville Jaguars: Marvin Austin 50. San Diego Chargers: Martez Wilson 51. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Allen Bailey 52. New York Giants: Kyle Rudolph
37. Cleveland Browns: Randall Cobb 38. Arizona Cardinals: Danny Watkins 39. Tennessee Titans: Stefan Wisniewski 40. Dallas Cowboys: Rahim Moore	53. Indianapolis Colts: Titus Young 54. Philadelphia Eagles: Brandon Burton 55. Kansas City Chiefs: Jonathan Baldwin 56. New Orleans Saints: Davon House
41. Washington Redskins: Christian Ponder 42. Houston Texans: Brandon Harris 43. Minnesota Vikings: Jabaal Sheard 44. Detroit Lions: Curtis Brown	57. Seattle Seahawks: Colin Kaepernick 58. Baltimore Ravens: Rodney Hudson 59. Atlanta Falcons: Leonard Hankerson 60. New England Patriots: Mikel LeShoure
45. San Francisco 49ers: Sam Acho 46. Denver Broncos: Drake Nevis 47. St. Louis Rams: Ryan Williams 48. Oakland Raiders: Ras-I-Dowling	61. San Diego Chargers: Mason Foster 62. Chicago Bears: Jurrell Casey 63. Pittsburgh Steelers: Tyler Sash 64. Green Bay Packers: Marcus Cannon