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Defensive rookies look the part at minicamp

All teams profess to love their draft picks, but the Steelers seem to REALLY love their guys this year.

It could be more of a defense mechanism for why they didn't draft a receiver, but sources are adamant that their first five picks were head and shoulders atop their draft board at the time they were selected.

Those players were impressive at rookie minicamp this weekend, when the Steelers opened a pair of walk-throughs to the media. There were no pads, nor any footballs in the air. Talking to them as they walked off the field wasn't as easy as grabbing them in an open 45-minute session in the locker room, either, but there was some gleaning to be done.

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