WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Latest NewsSteelers Film Room2018 NFL Draft AnalysisLatest NewsLatest News2019 NFL Draft Analysis2019 NFL Draft Grades: Grading the Pittsburgh Steelers 5th round pick Zach GentryNew Zach Gentry Jersey 2019 ,58commentsWith the 141st pick of the 2019 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Michigan TE Zach GentryEDTShareTweetShareShare2019 NFL Draft Grades: Grading the Pittsburgh Steelers 5th round pick Zach GentryJeff Hanisch-USA TODAY SportsThe Pittsburgh Steelers are evidently creatures of habit who resist change. I am basing this theory on the Steelers draft picks thus far. The Steelers organization has grown accustomed to seeing familiar body type walking around the hallowed hallways of Steelers headquarters. That is the only rational explanation I can fathom for a couple of these picks beyond coincidence.First the Steelers select Diontae Johnson in the third round, who could play Antonio Brown's body double if AB ever decides to take up acting on the silver stage and screen. Now the Steelers turn around in the fifth round and select the clone of recently departed TE Jesse 'The Outlaw' James, now a Detroit Lions employee. I guess absence really does make the heart grow stronger.I jest, but Pittsburgh Steelers fifth round selection Zach Gentry really does remind me of Jesse James. The are both quite tall, with Gentry topping out at 6'8" and 265lbs. Both men resemble a baby giraffe when they turn to run after the catch due to their extremely long torsos. Gentry tested poorly at the combine. He ran a pedestrian 4.9 40 and only achieved 12 reps in the bench press, so obviously he needs work on his playing strength. Players with extremely long arms are always at a disadvantage on the bench press, but Gentry's lack of overall strength really shows in his blocking. The good news for Zach Gentry is the fact he is a young man who is new to the position. A former high school quarterback who didn't transition to tight end till he arrived at Michigan, he is still learning the idiosyncrasies of the position. The Steelers are attracted to underclassmen because it gives them more time to grow and develop in their system. Mission accomplished with the Zach Gentry selection Black Zach Gentry Jersey , and he is going to need the Steelers to be patient.Gentry was projected to be a late round selection to a priority free agent, so this pick feels a little like a reach. Gentry may eventually prove to be a adequate replacement for James on the field, not just in the team picture. Only time will tell and thankfully he is a underclassman. But is that the goal with a fifth round selection? Does that represent good draft value?For that reason I must give the Zach Gentry selection a grade of C.What overall grade do you give this selection? Please vote in the attached poll and explain why in the comments section below.Welcome to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Zach Gentry! From all of us at Steelers Nation! Ramon Foster can still hear the sound of his right knee buckling underneath him.It's the first time in the Pittsburgh Steeler guard's two-plus decades playing football he'd ever heard one of his joints go "pop pop pop."Lying on the field at Saint Vincent College after the ugly collision during the opening week of training camp last month, Foster feared the worst."A lot of things go through your mind," Foster said. "You don't want to go through your whole entire career and end it on an injury or have to go to (injured reserve). I've always been a gamer. I've always been a guy that shows up."Something that Foster will continue to do for the AFC North champions now that the right knee that bent backward so awkwardly has mostly healed. The nine-year veteran practiced with his teammates on Monday for the first time since he hyperextended and suffered a bone bruise in the knee on July 28.The 32-year-old is optimistic he'll be available when the Steelers open the regular season at Cleveland on Sept. 9, though a lot of it will depend on how the knee responds to practice.Though he feels good, Foster is also being cautious. He doesn't want to rush back at the expense of his long-term health."This season is challenging Rod Woodson Jersey ," Foster said. "My goal is to be 100 percent right so I don't have to take a week off at some point for general soreness. We'll see how we feel (Tuesday)."Foster is the longest-tenured member of one of the NFL's top offensive lines. He created a role for himself after making the team as an undrafted free agent in 2009 and is entering the final season of a three-year deal he signed in 2016. He shrugged when asked if the injury ended any chance at signing a new contract before the regular season starts."We're at a point now where if it happens, it happens and if not, it's up to me to have a great season," Foster said. "The way the market is now, we'll see how it goes."Foster is simply relieved it's even an option and is well aware of how narrowly he avoided a more harrowing outcome. When coach Mike Tomlin reviewed the play during a film session with the entire team, he paused at the moment Foster's right knee bent backward awkwardly."My foot was in the ground barely turning," Foster said. "Nobody said they could look at it, so for me to be practicing today is truly a blessing."Foster has spent the majority of the past month in the trainer's room recuperating Dan McCullers Jersey , a process he said he "hated every minute of."Still, he understands it's a small price to pay. Enormously popular with his teammates, Foster noted an uptick in chatter when he lined up on Monday."The thing I always say to myself is, 'When I'm done, I don't want to be a guy that is just someone they forget about,'" Foster said. "Clearly I've made my mark on some guys because they said practice wasn't the same. It was fun to be back."