Russell Wilson

We'll go 9-7 again and be tossed out of the wildcard game. Lmao.. the standard is the standard. Picking 20 again!

Just kidding go Steelers!

 

Drew Allar? I watch a lot of Big Ten ball and am not at all impressed with him. He's looked like garbage in the few PSU games I've seen... although I generally only watch them when they play OSU, Michigan, or Bowl games.

 

Chad Johnson was right 2 week ago

 

First off I would love to know what Steeler players he reached out and spoke with. Russ said he did his homework and reached out and talked to a few Steeler players before his interview. (DJ, Pickens, Pat, maybe Najee?)

Also as much as I love the 26 TDs with only 8 Ints, I just heard that off of play action last year he had 11 TDs and 1 Int.

 

The big question is he washed up or got something in the tank. He is a little guy and has taken a beating over the years. Still an upgrade over Kenny. TJ probably talked him into coming here as both went to Wisconsin. Mason wasn’t going to sign with the Steelers and be part of Pickett soap opera. Good move… as he wasn’t winning anything with Tomlin as a coach.

 

If we are paying him $1M with Broncos picking up the rest surely for value for money people can't complain.

 

There seems to be a lot of scepticism in the media with DK and others saying he is not a good scheme fit for Smiths offence, he is washed up, worries about his ego etc etc.

Maybe he is completely washed, but however much he has regressed you are getting him for effectively nothing. It’s a no risk move with a significant amount of upside. Id be surprised if he isn’t a little humbled after his time in Denver as well.

His best days are behind him but Wilson is still a very good Redzone QB, this is an area where the steelers have struggled mightily for longer than most of us care to remember. If they can improve just on that this deal with Russ could end up being a very good thing.

It’s up to the team now to assess what Wilson can and can’t do and try to make it work, assuming he wins the job. I am sure there will be a ‘competition’ in camp but I would imagine he has been told the job is his to lose.

 

Really not happy with this. I would have preferred Mason and Pickett. Going with Wilson just seems like a waste of a year. You’re not developing a QB or getting a longer-term solution used to the system.

You’re going with a 35-year-old and crossing your fingers he’s not washed.

 

We now may have the best backup QB in the league, at minimum. I don't love Russ anymore but a great depth signing at the very least.

 

I like the move . Now Pickett can sit and watch and he needs to get his mind right on that. Wilson goes in as QB #1 make that clear Coach T !!! Sure this could all blow up and I would be fine with that too. Pickett can come in late season and get a few starts . if anything this COULD push out T if it goes south. He doesnt want to mess with a young QB. Pickett proved at Pitt to be a slow developer just marinate, it can still work out for the best.

 

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russell it is.?

 

As I was on a jet taking off from Pittsburgh International Airport, headed back to the warm sunny beaches..... my brother texted me that Russell Wilson was talking to the Steelers. The first thought that came to my mind was, 'I need to rethink this.'

Russell Wilson is getting paid by Denver and perhaps Pittsburgh could wrangle a pretty good deal for him, if for nothing else to kill off that God Awful rumor of trading for Fields.
Full disclosure, I dislike Russell Wilson, a lot.
But putting my bias aside, he is a good decision. A 1 year prove it contract, is not hard to stomach. He should work well in Aurthur Smiths offense and he is going to push the best out of Kenny Picket, whether it is enough or not enough.

I didn't really care if they brought back Mason or not, that was rather oh-hum. Wilson presents a new picture, if he plays great we can buy a year or two, maybe as much as four to stock up and make a run for a QB in one of the upcoming drafts. If he doesn't do so well, 1 year and gone and no real damage.

 

@%4# @#$% @#$% @#$%

 

BF told you that but you didn't listen.

 

I was terrified that might pull the lever on that disaster.

 

True,but I still hate the signing. It will be painful having to cheer for him

 

The only difference between him and Fields (in terms of long term risk) was the draft pick that would have been necessary to acquire Fields. Fields would have been just a couple million more expensive on a one year deal (we didn't HAVE to pick up the 5th year option), and if it worked... great. If not, oh well no real damage. A second round pick would have been a hefty price to pay for that, but it doesn't look like that will be what is needed. 3 million and a 3rd or 4th rounder appears to be it.

Now, I also dislike Wilson the person compared to Wilson the player. I do think that some of the "garbage" stuff is overblown though. If Kenny had started and completed 66 percent of his passes, threw for 205 yards a game, and had 16 TD's to 8 INT's, then we'd be talking about a really positive year for Kenny. We're just accustomed to Russ being a lot better than that, so we chalk it up as "bad". He is a definite upgrade to Pickett in the short term, and it buys us some time to not HAVE to trade our whole draft for a QB just because we don't have one. We can wait to find the "right guy" to try again in the draft with. The floor of this move is a minor upgrade to Pickett, the upside is a bit of a "revitalisation" of Russ' career and 2-3 pretty quality years of QB play. Now let's see what Khan and Weidl have in store for the rest of the roster.

 

Fields will be alright where ever he goes.

 

I like the move and think Russ is a good kid.

 

Is it Hartman or Pratt with a late round pick?

 

Agree, QB's need help. He didn't have much.

 

I like the move as well. Hopefully it works out for us.

 

Hopefully Wilson changes his team attitude. I’ve heard of numerous occasions where teammates said he comes off as greater than thou. He should be better than what we currently have though.