INDIANAPOLIS -- As far as the Steelers are concerned, the preliminaries here at the NFL Scouting Combine are completed. Now, the main event starts.
It's highly unlikely the player the Steelers will select in the first round of the NFL Draft in April was on the field for workouts in the first three days here at Lucas Oil Stadium despite Penn State's Saquon Barkley showing why he is expected to be a top pick by running a 4.41-second 40 and tearing up the first day.
But starting Sunday, the linebackers and defensive backs take the field. And if there were odds posted on such things in Las Vegas, they would be very high that Pittsburgh's eventual first-round pick -- and possibly the second and third, as well -- will come from this group of players.
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