Steelers coach given golden opportunity when it comes to the 2023 NFL Draft
The Pittsburgh Steelers have an important offseason coming up. Although it's not as interesting as last year's since they're no longer looking for a quarterback, now they have an opportunity to build on their foundation pieces to reach contender status again next season. The 2023 NFL Draft will be a huge part of the equation […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers have an important offseason coming up. Although it's not as interesting as last year's since they're no longer looking for a quarterback, now they have an opportunity to build on their foundation pieces to reach contender status again next season.
The 2023 NFL Draft will be a huge part of the equation and now the Steelers have a golden opportunity as one of their coaches will be working with the 2023 Senior Bowl National Team.
Defensive backs coach Grady Brown will represent the Steelers as defensive coordinator of the National Team in Mobile.
Brown will be part of a coaching staff made up of coaches from other teams as the Senior Bowl works with a new format. In the previous editions of the draft prospects showcase, two full NFL coaching staffs would take over each team but now that format will be alternated between the Senior Bowl and the East-West Shrine Bowl.
Instead, the 2023 Senior Bowl will be coached by staffs made up of nominated coaches from teams who didn't make the playoffs. This was the former East-West Shrine coaching format.
Earlier this year, Senior Bowl Director Jim Nagy shared the following statement on the changes to the new coaching format:
"The Reese’s Senior Bowl fully embraces the new all-star coaching format and we are excited for what the changes will bring to our game. Last year’s initiatives of promoting from within the full staffs and adding HBCU coaches were both hugely successful and we see great benefit of having a collection of NFL assistant coaches from non-playoff teams on a yearly rotational basis. Most importantly, this is a positive for our players in that they will now potentially be exposed to coaches from over half the league’s teams. The Reese’s Senior Bowl will always be in support of league programs aimed at promoting diversity in hiring."
Steelers DB coach Grady Brown will have an individual opportunity to showcase his work as a coach and will also be able to work closely with prospects all week long.
The Steelers already have an underrated advantage going into the 2023 NFL Draft.
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