The Pittsburgh's Best Sports Blogs tournament is underway, and No. 1 seed Behind The Steel Curtain took a first-round victory over Pirates blog Hyzdu Headquarters.

In our joyous celebration, we caught up with the moderator of the contest, Sean from Sean's Ramblings, a blog worthy of inclusion in this contest in its own right.

BTSC squares off against Pirates blog The "Mc" Effect starting Monday morning.

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After discussing Texas A&M QB Ryan Tannehill as a possible target by another team (trading into the Steelers spot at 24th overall), the BTSC Draft Forum is now moving onto players the Steelers may draft themselves.

First up is Cordy Glenn, the mammoth G/T prospect out of Georgia.

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BTSC's Draft Forum has discussed the avenues the Steelers may take with the running back position as well as comparing the value of an offensive lineman with a nose tackle in the 2012 NFL Draft and free agency.

As the NFL Scouting Combine draws near, our esteemed panel has been discussing individual prospects and the level of interest teams may have in them.

We start off with Texas A&M QB Ryan Tannehill. The Steelers are highly unlikely to draft a quarterback in the first round (read: not happening), but Tannehill is being talked about as a potential mid-to-late first round prospect, and could be the target of a team trading up or down with Pittsburgh. We turn to our forum to answer some questions.

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In some ways, being named a top seed in a tournament featuring 31 other Pittsburgh-related sports blogs is an honor.

In other ways, it means nothing.

The sports fan in me thinks Sean's Ramblings' yearly tournament to determine the "best" Pittsburgh sports blog is a highly creative and fun feature, and the competitive side of me thinks we have the stack to take the title this year.

Behind The Steel Curtain is the No. 1 seed in the Walter Abercrombie region of the Sean's Ramblings' 4th annual tournament, squaring off against Hyzdu's Headquarters, a statistically thorough and informative Pittsburgh Pirates blog.

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In the second part of our Draft Forum series, we dig into the running back position in the draft as well as free agency. The days of the Workhorse Back are behind us, and with guys like Fred Jackson, Matt Forte and DeMarco Murray rushing and catching passes to a high degree of success, value in both player addition markets seems abundant.

The Steelers face an interesting dilemma at that position. In what looked to be a pretty stable group going into 2012 in January turned into perhaps the most anticipated training camp competition when RB Rashard Mendenhall tore his ACL in Week 17. His availability for the start of training camp is all but gone, and he could even miss the start of the regular season. Also, veteran RB Mewelde Moore is a free agent, and 2011 7th round pick Baron Batch (a guy our panel loves) is returning from an ACL tear of his own. How will all of these things factor into the running back position this offseason?

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Okay, I think I can anticipate the two most likely questions that are being asked about now:

When am I scheduled for drug testing?

Where can you get some of the same stuff that I must be using?

I understand and take no offense. But bear with me for a few minutes while I make my case, it may not seem so crazy at the end.

For this to make sense some prerequisites have to be established.

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Nothing in the offseason is more enjoyable than draft speculation. It turns out, some BTSC readers and moderators work in draft knowledge the way some artists work in oils or clay.

There's been some great dialogue going in the comments of our Steelers Draft series (most recently, Rebecca Rollett highlighted the possibility of the Steelers drafting an inside linebacker with the 24th overall pick). Along with those posts (which will continue through the week), we wanted to dig a bit deeper into some overlying issues facing the Steelers this offseason, and how the draft may be used to address them.

I put together a string of questions and posed them to each of the participants.

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BTSC caught up with Brian McIntyre - writer for Football Outsiders and the publisher of Mac's Football Blog (as well as having bylines with Scout.com and the Tacoma Tribune in Washington) - who is an excellent resource for league information and the salary cap, in particular. McIntyre and BTSC writer Neal Coolong exchanged emails about transactions the Steelers have made, and possibly could make, by March 13.

McIntyre also raises a good (and troubling) point about WR Mike Wallace and his current situation. Read after the jump for the specifics, but let's just say New England's two first round picks, 27 and 31, could create a problem.

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