Current and former Steelers players share their experiences and stories of the day they were drafted.

The show will air on CW Pittsburgh on Saturday, May25 at 11 p.m.

In addition the McDonald’s Steelers KidZONE show airs on the CW Pittsburgh every  Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m.

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This year’s annual Celebrity Roast honors LaMarr Woodley.  The event helps raise money for Mel Blount’s Youth Home which is a multi-service treatment program for young males who are victims of child abuse and neglect.

The show will air on CW Pittsburgh on Saturday, May18 at 11 p.m.

In addition the McDonald’s Steelers KidZONE show airs on the CW Pittsburgh every  Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m.

Check back each week for the latest Steelers TV schedule.

This year’s annual Celebrity Roast honors LaMarr Woodley.  The event helps raise money for Mel Blount’s Youth Home which is a multi-service treatment program for young males who are victims of child abuse and neglect.

The show will air on CW Pittsburgh on Saturday, May11 at 11 p.m.

In addition the McDonald’s Steelers KidZONE show airs on the CW Pittsburgh every  Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m.

Check back each week for the latest Steelers TV schedule.

Bob Labriola, Tunch Ilkin, and host Rick Giugliano discuss this year’s Steelers draft class.

The show will air on CW Pittsburgh on Saturday, May4 at 11 p.m.

In addition the McDonald’s Steelers KidZONE show airs on the CW Pittsburgh every  Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m.

Check back each week for the latest Steelers TV schedule.

After the 2011 season, Georgia went against Michigan State in the Outback Bowl, a game matching the No. 2 teams from the SEC and Big 10. In that game, Bell rushed for 48 yards on 17 carries, but he scored two touchdowns, of 8 yards and 1 yard, in what turned into a triple overtime victory for Bell’s Spartans. Bell also caught five passes for 39 yards in the game, and that 1-yard touchdown run of his came with 14 seconds left and was what sent the game into overtime in the first place.

“Big, strong, physical guy,” said Jones about Bell. “They beat us in double overtime. He’s one of the running backs that I definitely respect, and I love his game. And he’s going to have a bright future.

“He’s huge, and we were saying the same thing when we got the scouting report on him a couple of years ago,” added Jones. “But when you’re built like that and can move like him, you’ve got a bright future. I definitely know that being teammates now, we just have to come in and get the ball rolling.”

With No. 29 not available for linebackers in the NFL, Jones has decided on No. 91.

Most recently, No. 91 was worn with distinction by Aaron Smith, but he did it as a defensive end. The OLBs to wear jersey No. 91 for the Steelers were Jerrol Williams and Kevin Greene.

Williams was a fourth-round pick in 1989 from Purdue, and he played four seasons for the Steelers, during which he posted 17.5 sacks. Ironically it was Greene who was signed as an unrestricted free agent upon Williams’ leaving as a UFA for San Diego after the 1992 season. In three years as the Steelers’ LOLB, Greene rolled up 35.5 sacks.

Like the time Cleveland took Kellen Winslow Jr. instead of Ben Roethlisberger, or the time it missed on Tim Couch, or the time it missed on Brady Quinn, or the time it wasted the third overall pick on Braylon Edwards, or that first overall pick it wasted on Courtney Brown. Like the time Cincinnati missed on Akili Smith, or the time it spent a No. 1 pick on Chris Perry, or the time it wasted the third overall pick on Peter Warrick, or the ninth overall pick it wasted on Keith Rivers. Like the time Baltimore, well, the Ravens don’t make mistakes on the first round either, and that’s probably why they always seem to be in the mix come late November.

But the Browns and the Bengals got it right this time. Their selections in Round 1 of the 2013 NFL Draft were good ones, and the players they added will be ones the Steelers — and the Ravens for that matter — will have to deal with soon.

The Browns picked Barkevious Mingo, who figures to be an OLB in the 3-4 defense Ray Horton is putting together up there, and Mingo has a lot of traits that simply cannot be taught. Suffice it to say the Steelers would have been tickled to have a chance to draft him.

The Bengals picked Tyler Eifert, the best tight end talent available in this draft class. He’s going to be a factor in the Bengals’ passing attack, maybe as soon as 2013.

The Ravens, with the last pick of the first round, added Matt Elam, who will be someone who eventually takes the sting away from losing the two veteran safeties off their Super Bowl team. He’s not another Ed Reed, but then again, who is?

The show will air on CW Pittsburgh on Saturday, April 27 at 11 p.m.

In addition the McDonald’s Steelers KidZONE show airs on the CW Pittsburgh every  Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m.

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After the Carolina Panthers, who run a 4-3 defense, selected DT Star Lotulelei, it was all going to come down to the New Orleans Saints, who had the 15th overall pick. That’s because Buffalo, at 16 overall, were expected to go for a quarterback there, especially once they traded down from eighth overall.

The buzz on the Internet was that the Saints would choose from Jones and Texas safety Kenny Vaccaro, and what worried the Steelers a bit was that at Vaccaro’s pro day, the Saints weren’t represented by either Sean Payton or defensive coordinator Rob Ryan. Usually a team will send its significant coaches to the pro day of a guy it’s considering on the first round, and that’s why there were some sweaty palms in the Steelers’ draft room when the Saints were on the clock.

Once Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Vaccaro as the Saints’ pick, the Steelers felt very good about the prospects of getting their man — Jarvis Jones.

As GM Kevin Colbert had said on Monday, one of the thin areas of this draft were the 3-4 outside rushers, and when Dion Jordan, Ziggy Ansah, and Barkevious Mingo all were picked within the first six overall selections, the chances of the Steelers getting one seemed to be slim at best.

The things that helped Jarvis Jones fall to the Steelers were the Jets’ selection of DT Sheldon Richardson with the 13th overall selection, and then the Saints deciding upon S Kenny Vaccaro. The Jets are without an outside pass rusher for Rex Ryan’s defense, and the Saints were reported to be deciding between Vaccaro and Jones with the 15th overall selection, which was two slots ahead of the Steelers.

One final thank-you from Steelers Nation should go to the Buffalo Bills and their decision to hire former Syracuse coach Doug Marrone as their head coach. Marrone coached QB Ryan Nassib in college, and so there was a comfort level there. But in the end, the Bills decided upon E.J. Manuel of Florida State as their quarterback of the future, and the Steelers were able to sit at their spot and get one of the guys — Jarvis Jones — who was among the highest-rated prospects on their entire draft board.