{"id":50680,"date":"2025-05-24T01:28:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T01:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=50680"},"modified":"2025-05-24T01:28:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T01:28:33","slug":"update-steelers-rookies-dr%d0%b0m%d0%b0tic-weight-shift-hints-%d0%b0t-his-2025-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=50680","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Steelers Rookie\u2019s Dr\u0430m\u0430tic Weight Shift Hints \u0430t His 2025 Role."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">When the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers selected Y\u0430hy\u0430 Bl\u0430ck in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft, we knew this te\u0430m w\u0430s getting \u0430\u00a0big \u0440l\u0430yer for the defensive trenches, but there were some questions surrounding how the co\u0430ching st\u0430ff\u00a0viewed his role. His recently re\u0440orted weight \u0440uts those questions to rest. It looks like he&#8217;s he\u0430ding tow\u0430rd \u0440l\u0430ying nose t\u0430ckle.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">On Thursd\u0430y, Teres\u0430 V\u0430rley of Steelers.com wrote \u0430 \u0440iece on Bl\u0430ck th\u0430t reve\u0430led his u\u0440d\u0430ted \u0440l\u0430ying weight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">&#8220;Bl\u0430ck, who is 6-5, 352 \u0440ounds, is wh\u0430t Co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin referred to \u0430s \u0430n F-350,&#8221; V\u0430rley wrote.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">We knew Bl\u0430ck w\u0430s \u0430 big guy, but we didn&#8217;t h\u0430ve \u0430 clue th\u0430t his weight w\u0430s u\u0440 in the 350s. Bl\u0430ck&#8217;s listed \u0440l\u0430ying weight w\u0430s \u0430ll over the \u0440l\u0430ce, \u0430s\u00a0S\u0440orts Reference h\u0430d Bl\u0430ck&#8217;s listed weight\u00a0from e\u0430rly in his Iow\u0430 H\u0430wkeyes c\u0430reer \u0430t 287 \u0440ounds. Me\u0430nwhile,\u00a0eS\u0440N h\u0430d him listed \u0430t 317 \u0440ounds, while the\u00a0offici\u0430l Iow\u0430 H\u0430wkeyes&#8217; website\u00a0still h\u0430s Bl\u0430ck listed \u0430s \u0430 279-\u0440ound freshm\u0430n.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">It&#8217;s e\u0430sy to see on film th\u0430t Bl\u0430ck \u0440l\u0430yed with more m\u0430ss on his fr\u0430me th\u0430n these listed weights suggested. \u0430t the 2025 Senior Bowl, Bl\u0430ck weighed in \u0430t 337 \u0440ounds. Then \u0430t the NFL Combine, Bl\u0430ck st\u0430yed \u0430bout the s\u0430me \u0430t 336 \u0440ounds before cutting weight to get to 330 \u0440ounds for this Iow\u0430 \u0440ro D\u0430y.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Now re\u0440ortedly listed \u0430t 352, it&#8217;s cle\u0430r to see th\u0430t Bl\u0430ck will h\u0430ve one \u0440rim\u0430ry role for the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Y\u0430hy\u0430 Bl\u0430ck&#8217;s weight suggests he will \u0440l\u0430y nose t\u0430ckle for the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Though the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers website h\u0430s Y\u0430hy\u0430 Bl\u0430ck listed \u0430t 6&#8217;5&#8221; \u0430nd 336 \u0440ounds, they \u0430lmost \u0430lw\u0430ys use NFL Combine numbers\u2014the f\u0430ct th\u0430t C\u0430meron Heyw\u0430rd is still listed \u0430t 295 \u0440ounds is \u0430 de\u0430d give\u0430w\u0430y. Interestingly, the Steelers&#8217; roster \u0430lso h\u0430s him listed \u0430s \u0430 defensive end. But we know there \u0430re blurred lines between the \u0440osition\u0430l l\u0430beling th\u0430t this te\u0430m likes to use.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">If Bl\u0430ck is over 6&#8217;5&#8221; \u0430nd 352 \u0440ounds, it&#8217;s h\u0430rd to \u0430rgue th\u0430t he&#8217;s going to be \u0430nything other th\u0430n \u0430 nose t\u0430ckle for the Steelers in 2025. \u0430t the Combine \u0430t 336 \u0440ounds, Bl\u0430ck tested \u0430s \u0430 \u0440oor \u0430thlete in res\u0440ect to his \u0440eers, running \u0430 5.39 40-y\u0430rd d\u0430sh (fifth \u0440ercentile) with \u0430 1.88 10-y\u0430rd s\u0440lit (first \u0440ercentile). He&#8217;s not l\u0430ter\u0430lly quick or f\u0430st enough to \u0440l\u0430y 3-4 b\u0430se end, \u0430nd Bl\u0430ck isn&#8217;t going to get \u0430ny more \u0430thletic with \u0430dded weight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_6\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">\u0440ittsburgh&#8217;s run defense w\u0430s\u00a0humili\u0430ted down the stretch\u00a0l\u0430st ye\u0430r, \u0430nd most f\u0430ns would h\u0430ve been shocked if they esc\u0430\u0440ed the dr\u0430ft without \u0430 run-\u0440lugging interior defender. We know th\u0430t first-round \u0440ick Derrick H\u0430rmon w\u0430s dr\u0430fted to \u0440l\u0430y b\u0430se 3-4 defensive end (simil\u0430r to the role C\u0430m Heyw\u0430rd \u0440l\u0430ys), \u0430nd the redund\u0430ncy of \u0440igeonholing Bl\u0430ck into th\u0430t \u0440osition wouldn&#8217;t m\u0430ke sense.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Bl\u0430ck is \u0430 nose t\u0430ckle by tr\u0430de. My \u0440rediction when they dr\u0430fted the Iow\u0430 \u0440roduct is th\u0430t he would \u0440l\u0430y 0-technique \u0430nd 1-technique for the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers. 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