russell wilson to be kept???

We need two more receivers. George Pickens is not gonna take us to the promised land. If we had George Pickens and Cooper Kupp or someone like him and then a good third receiver along with Freiermuth and Najee and Jalen in the backfield. I think we do pretty good.

 

I’m not sure any of the highly paid defenders that we have are worth a whole lot in terms of draft capital tbh. They would want a new contract anywhere they go so the acquiring team won’t want to also give up significant draft picks.

It would free up cap space down the road I suppose, but cap space isn’t going to be a big inhibitor of team development in the medium term as things stand.

My own view is that they need to fix the trenches and continue to draft good players each offseason. Get another corner and receiver if you can, and take the swing on a QB when one is in reach

 

trouble is adding a kupp and re-signing pickens is going to cost a lot. we have no QB's at the end of the season and they won't come cheap. the best bet is to let najee walk, sign warren and add through the draft to that spot. friermuth needs to provide more on the field as a blocker. so far he hasn't. trying to keep the defense stocked is expensive as well. minkah, cam, watt, highsmith, queen, jackson, ogunjobi are expensive. the offensive line will need added to. they are just not good enough as of now. we will lose moore and i haven't seen enough of jones to say he will get better if moved to the left. i doubt it's going to be much better if he does. troy has to be able to stay on the field, and so far i don't see any evidence of that. some tough decisions will be coming next year. i don't see a kupp type signing being beneficial until we address some of these other things first.

 

Hell.... trade Pickens next year and break the bank for Cooper Kupp and Tee Higgins.

 

Then try to lure Davante Adams from Jets to go with Tee Higgins. That would be a better WR corps than we have now. Higgins, Adams and Austin.

Steelers should also look in free agency for OL and interior DL help.

 

higgins is out as much as he's in. been that way for several years. he has a lot of lower leg tissue injuries that come out of nowhere.

i do want to see more from Skowronek. he may be a keeper. gunner plus. hopefully roman wilson takes a step. hit the draft again with a big fast guy. austin is a keeper as a receiver and a returner. easily any of these guys could be 3-4-5 receivers that a team needs.

 

If they don't plan on keeping George, I wonder if they'd try to trade him for maybe a 2nd?

Then draft one high, sign a FA or two, and hope Roman Wilson does something.

 

Happy to move on from Pickens tbh, I've seen enough, he's not going to change, but that's does nothing to help our WR roon, with a weakish WR draft coming up as well.

 

Doesn't matter who the Quarterback is as long as Tomlin is running the show, they will fail when it matters.

 

$40 million for one good year out of 7. Good for him
Wilson 3/90 mil

 

I'm waiting to see how Wilson does in these next 2 games. If the Steelers beat the Bengals, beat the Texans in a playoff game and play a competitive game against the Chiefs in the next round, then I think 3 years for 90 million would be reasonable. But if we lose to the Bengals and then get blown out by the Ravens in the playoffs, that would make him 6-6 as the Steelers starter. I would rather go with Fields next year who was 4-2 as a starter, would be cheaper and 10 years younger than Wilson.

 

We were looking at trading for him in the middle of the season. We were the top candidate to get him, but I guess we’ll see in the off-season which I would guess is coming after next weekend seeing as we just lost four in a row.

 

Yeah but look at the weapon Sam Donald is throwing to. Also, he has a great offensive line.

 

him and 30 others throughout the season. we ended up with mike williams. he did catch one game winner i guess. i still say until we address the other glaring needs, an expensive WR won't do us much good.

 

i had said in NOV when this board was HIGH, that Russ Wilson MAY or MAY NOT be here in 2025, based on DEC and JAN

his STOCK PRICE drops each week.

the Tomlin MESS continues......and our future remains bleak

 

Very true, but I kept hearing Cooper Kupp’s name mentioned with the Steelers on sports shows, but it doesn’t matter we didn’t get him. Mike Williams I don’t even know he’s on the team. He used to be good, but obviously he’s not anymore.