In the 2019 nfl draft, the pittsburgh steelers jumped up the ladder to grab michigan linebacker devin bush. The team went all-in on bush as one of the top two inside linebackers in the class at that moment, as they knew they would be a super bowl contender. They moved multiple picks to make it happen, but the idea came to a halt after a promising start to his career. And, it appears, the steelers never made that move. The new york giants attempted to move up the board to land devin white or bush, who then went under general manager dave gettleman.
Gettleman tried to climb up, according to veteran giants reporter art stapleton, and the steelers outmaneuvered him and gave up more, so they decided to stick at 17 and take dexter lawrence. Lawrence has since been a leading player in the sport. When the steelers traded up with the denver broncos to draft bush out of michigan with the no. 0 seed, he was the steelers’ first-round pick in the 2019 nfl draft. There are ten overall picks. In four seasons in pittsburgh, he never lived up to the billing of that draft pick.
Bush started 15 games in a promising rookie season in 2019, but his form was sluggish after an acl injury meant he would miss the remainder of the 2020 season. The steelers put a lot of work into getting bush to a better place in 2022. Myles jack, a free agent inside linebacker and nfl veteran, was signed to provide a leader for the position group. Former miami dolphins head coach brian flores has been hired by the steelers to coach their linebackers. But it never worked out, and he left the seahawks this season and will now enter free agency after playing for pete carroll.
The steelers’ 2019 nfl draft might have gone much differently if the giants had traded. But the nfl is a game of “what ifs,” especially when it comes to offseason decisions.
