1962 Offseason:
Staff:
AC Creasy get a job in Seattle as DC
We appoint Zimmerman instead
Free Agency
I target the following free agents:
C John Mellekas - Signed
G Al Barry - Signed
DT Rufus Granderson - Signed
S Jerry Norton - Signs with CAR
Draft
Once again there's a bunch of good OLB's in the draft, also the depth at T looks really good. At the top sits the Raiders and Bob Petrich is at the top of the experts boards. We have the 24th pick and have the following needs:
DE, CB (QB, C, T, K)
At our position the following players is interesting for us:
QB Gary Cuozzo
TE Jackie Smith
G Ed Budde
T Bob Vogel
CB Dick Westmoreland
S John Sisk
We quickly rule out Cuozzo and Sisk as there's enough depth in the positions and we don't have the right gut feeling about them. Dick Westmoreland would have been a nice fit but out head scout says he isn't up for the NFL so we pass him by. We determine Smith would be a reach in the first round. Perhaps interesting if he falls to the middle of the second round. We decide to take a Lineman. With a bunch of talented Guards on the board and because Vogel fits our needs we decide to go Tackle.
With the 24th overall selection the Steelers take T Bob Vogel
In the second round we consider the following:
QB Gary Cuozzo
DE Chuck Walker
CB Billy Baird
S Nate Ramsey
We select DE Chuck Walker. We hope Ramsey will fall to 3rd and honestly we have our eyes set on another QB, Lamonica, further down the draft.
3rd - Daryle Lemonica, QB
4th - Jan Barrett, TE
5th - Jim Turner, K
6th - Charley Warner, CB
7th - Gene Wallace, OLB