Chris Carter

The Pittsburgh Steelers watched teams zoom up past them in the draft. They saw others fall back below them in a given round. And team brass even fielded calls from other clubs eager to deal.But none of that mattered. All that did, was that Pittsburgh relied on of few constants, and held firm.Throughout this unique draft — held during the on-again, off-again lockout — dozens of trades were consummated with teams moving all over the place. Some even did so repeatedly, in an effort to get their targeted guy or to stockpile extra picks.The Steelers didn't join in. They were secure in the fact they could sit tight and get the players they wanted.In the end, they feel they did just that."It's much easier to just sit and let them come to us," said Kevin Colbert, the team's director of football operations, "because usually that's when you get the best results."For the first time since 2005, the Steelers did not make a draft-day trade. Adding to their predictability of picking near the very bot...

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