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Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by CK 13, Mar 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM.

  1. Formerscribe

    Formerscribe Well-Known Member

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    Here are a couple of relevant posts. This quote was me responding to a comment about the Ravens getting Hamilton and Linderbaum.
     
  2. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Because the Steelers needed a QB, it was kind of a big need. Are you going to ignore the countless fights we had about Pickett and the concerns I had with him? Are you going to pretend I was an actual fan of Picketts? He was only on my list because he was supposedly the most “pro ready” QB and Steelers needed one. That was obviously oversold and my concerns were validated.
     
  3. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Sorry Scribe, I dont hang on your every word, its not that important to me :lolol:

    And I think Hamilton got pretty close to us.
     
  4. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Here’s some context you left out:

    Just chose to leave this out in your attempt to paint me in a bad light, huh.

    My reaction to Hamilton being taken.

    I asked this as our picked approached because I was getting nervous watching every QB needy team pass over the QBs. I didn’t express it on the board but I felt at that point we should probably pass on any QB.

    It was widely believed by analysts to be a very poor draft class and that none were 1st rd talent. Watching them all drop had me nervous they were right. They were right.
     
  5. Formerscribe

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    He was gone before the Steelers pick, as expected. I didn’t leave anything out to make you look bad. I’m just pointing out that Hamilton was always unrealistic. I wanted him, too.
     
  6. Formerscribe

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    Haven’t you called me out for hindsight in the past when I claimed that I had an opinion at the time and couldn’t provide the post? Yes, you have. Your order on the thread had Pickett second, ahead of Corral. Not that Corral is any good.your stated opinion at the time was that you would be happy with any of the top four quarterbacks ibln the first round.
     
  7. Formerscribe

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    You are the one who brought up your memory of my posts. At the time. I am simply pointing out that your memory was incorrect.
     
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  9. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Actually you did first in regards to Hamilton. Guesss yours isnt so great either.
     
  10. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    it was no particular order when I responded to that in the draft thread. Since you have a bug up your ass and already dug up one thread, feel free to scour the Bill Nunn forum to see the order I had was in fact Willis, Corral, Howell and Pickett.

    None of them were any good Scribe but only one of us are able to admit that. You still blame the Steelers for Pickett sucking.
     
  11. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Sure you did, you blatantly left it out. Dont compound your dishonesty with more deception.

    He wasn’t unrealistic. Safeties generally arent drafted that high especially ones considered hybrids. Two things I am big on is running QB’s and hybrid players.
     
  12. Steelpens65

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    Wi Wi
     
  13. Formerscribe

    Formerscribe Well-Known Member

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    What was I supposed to do? Copy the entire thread onto this one? Come on, Blast. That's crap. So is your false claim that I was dishonest. That was rude, inflammatory, inappropriate. and inaccurate. There was no attempt to deceive in my post. It seems like you just don't like having me dig up the thread.

    Everything I read going into that draft was that he would be gone before the Steelers picked, so yes, it was unrealistic. He went 14th. The Steelers' pick was No. 20, so no, he didn't almost make it to them.
     
  14. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Oh really, so tell me Scribe what was your point of going and reading through an old thread to begin with if not to see if I was talking about Hamilton which you said you did not remember.

    If it was not some attempt at gotcha then what was it????
     
  15. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    You had to read every page leading up to our pick which you obviously did but you missed that one huh.
     
  16. Formerscribe

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    I was looking for your posts and mine. Even now that you have posted it, I don't think it changes much. Just as your explanation for why you wanted one of the four quarterbacks in the first round doesn't change much, either. We all have logic for why we post things. So what?
     
  17. Formerscribe

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    That is not accurate. I have blamed both Pickett and the team for his performance. A better quarterback would have overcome the team's incompetence. I think he needed to be in a better situation to succeed and he certainly didn't get that in Pittsburgh.
     
  18. Formerscribe

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    I was looking for backup that I had talked about Linderbaum. I was backing up my claim, though I did think it would be interesting to see what both of us posted since we were arguing so much about what was said at the time. I genuinely didn't remember or care if you had talked up Hamilton because I never thought there was any chance the Steelers would get him unless they traded up that year. That's why I made the Hutchinson comment. Who cares if we think a player would be good for the Steelers if he's going to be long gone before they pick?

    Linderbaum and Dax Hill, the two guys I wanted, were both expected to be there for them. They passed on both for Pickett.
     
  19. Blast Furnace

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    I find it amusing that after your gotcha attempt that only one of us mentioned the player we liked the most before our pick.
     
  20. Formerscribe

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    It wasn't a gotcha attempt. It was an attempt to back up my claim about Linderbaum. I demonstrated this by pointing out that I didn't care who talked up Hamilton on draft day in 2022. I consider that no more relevant than if you had talked up Hutchinson, who went second overall. Please note I posted that long before I started posting quotes from the 2022 draft thread. I haven't just told you repeatedly that it wasn't a gotha attempt. I backed that statement up, yet you continue to make that false accusation. That's not cool.

    I never claimed that I wrote about Hamilton or Linderbaum on that thread before they were selected. I think all I posted on that draft thread was that I very much did not want Willis. I am fairly certain I did post about Linderbaum before that day on other threads, but I don't have the links to the posts, so I'm not going to argue the point. On the day of the draft, I posted about my interest in Linderbaum. I backed that up. While I was looking for that, I found you posting that you would have been happy with any of the four quarterbacks, including Pickett. I guess you find that embarrassing given all the criticism you have leveled at the pick in hindsight.
     
  21. Formerscribe

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    By the way, this is me more definitively stating that I wanted Linderbaum. It is from May, so after the draft, but still well before any of those guys had played in an NFL game. I posted more about who I didn't want than who I wanted before that draft. lol
     
  22. Formerscribe

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    My two posts just before and just after the Pickett selection. :lolol:
     
  24. Formerscribe

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  25. AskQuestionsLater

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    I mean...


    The 2022 Draft is in the books. What's done is done. Kevin left Omar a mess.

    Omar's now tasked with cleaning it up. He is doing all he can to the best of his ability. If one wants to critique his 2025 FA Haul, by all means. That said, to assume that all of the pressure is now placed on the 2025 Draft Picks is a bit silly in my opinion.

    Now, certain positions?! I agree; namely the IDL. Benton is a hybrid IDL as far as I am concerned, Heyward is likely playing his semi final or final season, Lowry is just depth, Logan Lee is very much untested and the rest are depth. Offensive Tackle is another for Calvin Anderson simply isn't it. Safety might be the most underrated of the three given how comically top heavy the position is this upcoming Draft Class.
     

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