Steelers and Sam Darnold

This might change now. Since MM is an offensive minded coach who at least has a history of working with (and maybe even improving the play of) good QBs.

But under Tomlin, I think this is true for average-ish QBs who think they could be average to above average.

But it probably was an attractive place for guys who felt they were below average, but looking for a season of looking close to average to get a contract.

I think the system we had would make good QBs look worse. But bad QBs look better.

 

I think it's a bunch of hogwash.
When Ben was here nobody was holding him back. The last person that held him back was Cowher, and those are Ben's words.
Ben with Cowher about 270 attempts per season.
Ben with Tomlin about 583 attempts a season.
Did they not want Trubisky, Fields, and Pickett throwing it all over the field?? Probably, but I don't blame them a bit.

 

Don't let @Steelersfan43 see this because he doesn't think Ben was a game manager early in his career.

 

But he was. He even said early when Tomlin came in as HC ,thats why He like Tomlin over Cowher, because Tomlin didn't try holding him back.

 

Nobody is assuming he makes the Steelers Super Bowl champions, so please don't start with that straw man. He does make them a better team in 2025, and more importantly, puts them in a far better position for 2026.

 

Yes, they should have known better. The Vikings clearly made a very stupid decision. For some of us, this isn't hindsight. I was saying they should have done it last year. If I can see it, then yes, the Steelers damn sure should have been able to see it.

 

There was a middle ground between throwing it 50-plus times, as they had Pickett do in his first start, and the ridiculously conservative approach they saddled him with after that. There is a good chance he wouldn't have panned out anyway, or at least that injuries would have buried him, but gutting the kid's confidence and taking away his aggressiveness was about as stupid an approach as they could have taken.

If you want to draft a quarterback in the first round, you need to be ready to take some lumps with him for a year or so. It's often going to happen. My bet is Tomlin wouldn't allow it.

 

A penguins hockey player’s wife said this when her husband got traded to Dallas

WTF

 

Pickett was a whiney wimp

Tomlin didn’t allow that

 

Tomlin put Pickett in a tough spot, benching him after he recovered from his injury, apparently he couldve handled it with more maturity but we dont know fully what went on behind the scenes.