Chuck Noll won 12 games in his first 3 years as the Steelers head coach. He won 31 in his next 3 years. I'm not saying Gus is the second coming of Chuck Noll, but he does seem to have a plan that seems to be working. This season will be very revealing. If the team continues to linger in the bottom 5 in most performance measurements and the team registers less than 6 wins, then it will be hard to argue that there has been improvement.

It would be nice to replicate the Steelers' 1974 Draft........Lynn Swann in round 1; Jack Lambert in round 2; John Stallworth in round 4 and Mike Webster in round 5. All future Hall of Famers. They also picked up Donnie Shell in free agency that year. Those picks powered the Steelers to Super Bowl wins in 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979.

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