Off-season priorities

It's going to be an interesting and entertaining next few months. Should be fun!

 

The new coach is going to find it tough to get a decent QB his first year here. The top free agent is Daniel Jones and after him there is guys like Marcus Mariotta. Not really inspiring but probably better than what we have in house with Rudolph and Howard. He could look in the draft but Mendoza will be gone with the first pick and then a big dropoff after that. Maybe the new coach could get lucky and have a Ty Simpson or Trinidad Chambliss work out but that is pretty iffy. There just isn't any really good choices for the new coach.

 

You said it!!!

 

Need depth as we found out this year. Samuel would be a cheap depth piece who can step in if needed

 

I would rather re-sign Pierre, and they have a CB on IR in Donte Kent.

 

aside from Terry and Ben, our track record in finding Qb’s, in the draft or even FA, has been pretty bad. But a good HC and OC can change that.

 

Won't Daniel Jones miss much of the 2026 season?

 

The Colts are going to re-sign Daniel Jones.

 

After picking Bradshaw No. 1 overall they didn't draft a first round QB until Mark Malone 10 years later. And even he was at the end of Rd1. The next highest was Stewart in Rd2 and that was 15 years after Malone. Tough to find a franchise guy if it's not a top 10 or so pick. Odds are just against it.

 

I agree---Howard, Mason, & Skylar Thompson should be good enough for the start of a re-build. Howard has potential, Mason has shown what he can do (when he has decent WRs---which absolutely has to be a priority) and Thompson was impressive in the preseason. Good enough to keep. I think our RBs (minus Kaleb Johnson--not sure what his deal is) and TEs are good enough (minus Jonnu, of course). Getting decent WRs and a real offensive plan will be the key to seeing who the best QB will be---it's hard to tell when the whole system was a mess (and there was no one to throw to). Defense is way overpaid, but again we were out-coached. Get someone good (I wish Shwartz would come here) and see how it shakes out after cutting loose some older and overpaid types. Deshon Elliot coming back will be huge, but need another safety. I think it should only take a couple years to get back into real contention. Our division is not that great right now, so it won't take too much to keep up with them. But winning playoff games might take a litle longer.

 

The steelers drafted only 4 QB in the first round since 1970...They were right twice

 

This is possible that Tomlin don't want to coach again like Cowher before him

 

I don't think I'm sold on Willis and he'll want a couple bucks. I'd rather roll with Howard and see what they have.

I do like Gainwell, but also hope that the new scheme doesn't see him as the leading pass catcher for the team.

Excited about the unknown. It's been a long time!