Iheanachor to play RT

Yup. I remember a good bit of talk about Fautanu possibly moving inside when he was drafted. I'm not sure about him protecting the quarterback's blind side. Remember, he didn't do that in his last season in college because Penix is a lefty.

 

Can always keep Fautanu on the right side and have McCormick and Dunker battle it out for LG. If I'm not mistaken, McCormick played LG in college.

 

Glad somebody got my reference to "Goodfellas". They actually ad-libbed that "You're a funny guy" scene, it wasn't in the original script. One of the more memorable scenes in a great movie.

 

According to Henry Hill's book, John Gotti personally did the hit on Tommy.

 

There's conflicting information about who actually pulled the trigger on Tommy DeSimone, I was just going on Henry Hill's story. According to another account, a hitter for the Gambino family by the name of Thomas Agro shot Tommy in the presence of John Gotti, but not before he was tortured first. One thing is known though, they never found Tommy's body.

 

I personally think it's that he was really good at back shoulder throws and could do some other things OK when not under pressure.

That's a good skill set against vanilla defenses.

Then teams game plan and say "let's take the back shoulder throws away from him". And then he gets jittery, spins (turns his back to the play), gets smoked by a DL, and gets injured.

Also, small sample sizes lead to bad conclusions.

 

Yeah....


One of histories most notorious human beings that have ever lived aside, Max being placed at RT should shock no one. Personally speaking, I would rather have both Fautanu and McCormick flip sides as they are both experienced on the Left (though Troy has never blocked for the blindside before) and have the Rookies Gennings and Max on the right. How come?!


Both Troy and Mason already have very good chemistry together. Given how the Left Side overall is the QBs blindside anyhow, why not send your best Lineman there?! As for the strongside?! Have your rooks there; provided they earn that opportunity of course.

 

There are a few factors involved. One is pressure. Defenses were in his face more, and he didn't handle it well enough.

Then there was the Canada effect. That Canada was vastly overmatched against pretty much any defensive coach in the league wasn't as big a deal when teams kept things simple in the preseason. Once the mismatches began, that made things much harder on the quarterback.

Another factor was Tomlin's refusal to trust Pickett. I can't prove this one, but the Steelers focused on throws underneath or to the sideline. Pickett's strength at Pitt was attacking the middle of the field. He had some of his best throws as a Steelers to the middle of the field as well, but they didn't let him do it often enough. When you essentially tell a young quarterback he needs to avoid turnovers at all costs, every part of his game is going to suffer.

So some of it was Pickett's fault, but Tomlin deserves a big chunk of the blame as well.

 

If only someone had already pointed out that Fautanu didn't protect the quarterback's blind side in college. Oh wait. I already did.

 

[QUOTE AskQuestionsLater

2026 Steelers Top Three Rookie Stat Predictions (Pre OTAs)

1.) Max Iheanachor: GP: 17. GS: 17. Sacks Given Up: 3. Pressures Given Up: 7. Penalties: 5

2.) Germie Bernard: GP. 17. GS: 15. Rec.: 45. Yards: 657. YAC: 6.85. TDs: 6 Rec Fumbles: 1. Rushing Attempts: 18. Rush. Yards: 45. YPC: 2.5. Rush. Tds.: 2

3.) Drew Allar: GP: 0. GS. 0.[/QUOTE]





Man, to say I disagree with them is a massive understatement. Max is a big dude with great feet, but his hands are way too grabby and drew a ton of flags. He looks underpowered for right tackle, and football isn’t even a part of his country’s culture. He didn’t show much against that weak schedule. I’m just not a fan. No way he holds up and starts unless injury hits. He will be a human turnstile if he plays in 2026.

Bernard’s a nice player, but he’s at best the 4th-best receiving option on the Steelers right now. There’s zero chance he puts up the kind of stats you’re predicting for him in 2026.

Allar shouldn’t be starting games by design in 2026, but he can definitely earn a backup role. And if he does, he’ll see some real game action.

So I’m taking the under you first two calls. And when I win, I’ll can I have the teaser for the over on Allar?

 

fautanu going to the left and i would move mccorrmick for two reasons. he and fautanu played next to each other on the right and he played the left in college so keep the chemistry of them playing on the same side together. both would be back to their college positions. dunker only moving over one space to learn still keeps him on the right side and iheanachor can remain at a position familiar to him. not ideal for two rookies on one side but the familiarization should help instead of switching everything up.

 

You are assuming that one or both of those rookies will be ready to start from day one. That's not a safe assumption given how much work Iheanachor has to do and that Dunker is changing positions.

 

How I see it as well.


Have your best Offensive Lineman cover up the biggest weakness of the QB; his Blindside. The two rookies will take their lumps for sure but not quite as bad given how both played on the Right in college and should have an easier transition there.

 

also dunker won't have to learn a new position and a new side.

 

Jones compensatory pick:

 

Yep. Unless Max struggles which I hope doesn't happen. Cook will be the swing tackle.

I feel Dunker will man the left guard position. Anderson will be the swing.

Greg Crippen will back up Zach.

Not to shabby.

Mindless how some wanted Troy to move to left guard

 

Almost like basing a draft selection on a guy's one random outlier year when he was a 5th year starter and ignoring the previous 4 incredibly mediocre years was a horrible job of scouting.

Every single time something forces me to think through the "logic" of the whole Trubisky-Pickett-Canada triumvirate of ineptitude...it makes me angry. It was just such a glaringly obvious waste of time.

 

We can add Hoffman (26) and Anderson (25) to that mix. Not guys who you expect to become starters or stars, but it takes us back to the days when there were always guys around on the line, developing, stepping in, depth, players like Legursky, Hubbard, AV, Beachum.