Round 4 (115): Steelers select Landry Jones

With their second pick in the fourth round, the Steelers selected Oklahoma QB Landry Jones.

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David Todd ‏@DavidMTodd

The Landry Jones pick by the #Steelers is going to generate more conversation than any other pick in the draft.

Yep.

Wallace108 wrote:

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David Todd ‏@DavidMTodd

The Landry Jones pick by the #Steelers is going to generate more conversation than any other pick in the draft.

Yep.

Bye Charlie! Thanks for everything, but we FINALLY have our #2 guy. Or at least he'll develop into that, hopefully.

Also, i'm not suggesting Charlie wasn't a #2, just glad to have a young backup.

Time for Charlie to become Coach Batch.

Yeah, this probably means the end of the line for Charlie Batch. It's not like he'll be remembered as one of the great Steelers, but he played a huge role on this team while he was here, both as a backup and a mentor. But it's time to move on.

Wallace108 wrote:

Yeah, this probably means the end of the line for Charlie Batch. It's not like he'll be remembered as one of the great Steelers, but he played a huge role on this team while he was here, both as a backup and a mentor. But it's time to move on.

I'll remember him as one of the greats.

bayz101 wrote:

Wallace108 wrote:

Yeah, this probably means the end of the line for Charlie Batch. It's not like he'll be remembered as one of the great Steelers, but he played a huge role on this team while he was here, both as a backup and a mentor. But it's time to move on.

I'll remember him as one of the greats.

Local player,community minded,mentor and he played well most times we called on him. Spells great to me. I'd love to see him coaching for us down the road.

maybe Charlie ends up in the practice squad

fer69 wrote:

maybe Charlie ends up in the practice squad

I think his practice squad eligibility ran out in 1987.

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Charlie Batch‏@CharlieBatch16

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water
Swedish proverb

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Interest peaks with Steelers' pick of Oklahoma QB

By Ed Bouchette / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Forget the first three rounds of the draft, it took until the third day for things to really get interesting for the Steelers.

A linebacker, a halfback and a wide receiver fail in comparison to what happened Saturday in the fourth round. First, the Steelers traded away a future draft pick for the first time in 40 years, and then they drafted a quarterback!

Landry Jones of Oklahoma not only shattered Big 12 Conference and Oklahoma passing records, he sees himself as a starting NFL quarterback some day, and he's not at all unhappy that the team that drafted him has Ben Roethlisberger.

"Ever since you're a young kid, you do see yourself as a starter," said Jones, who started 50 games at quarterback for the Sooners. "You see yourself winning Super Bowls. You see yourself doing all these different things in the NFL, so I'm just excited about being there and having an opportunity."

Since Roethlisberger just turned 31 recently, there's not much chance Jones will be doing all of those things as a starting quarterback with the Steelers anytime soon. Yet after having veteran backups Charlie Batch (since 2002) and Byron Leftwich (2008, 2010-11), the Steelers felt they needed a fresh, younger face on the roster. But as high as the fourth round?

"We have had great experience in that room with Charlie and Byron," said Randy Fichtner, who coaches the quarterbacks. "I just think it was time to start grooming a new player, freshen up the room if you will."

He is the first quarterback the Steelers drafted since they chose Dennis Dixon in the fifth round in 2008. Besides Roethlisberger, a first-round pick in 2004, Jones became their highest-drafted quarterback since Kordell Stewart came to them in the second round in 1995.

Roethlisberger said Saturday he doesn't know Jones personally "but I know he's a great kid and a hard worker and a good player."

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/steelers/interest-peaks-with-steelers-pick-of-oklahoma-qb-685321/#ixzz2RmQvx2Mv

Wallace108 wrote:

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Charlie Batch‏@CharlieBatch16

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water
Swedish proverb

OMG!!!! He's gonna work his ass off to prove to everyone that he can play until he's 100