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I got and I get your point.

I ask you again, do you want a sub-mediocre "seasoned" or "experienced" backup or would YOU rather roll with a young backup with upside and uncover any warts now, rather than kicking the ole can down the road...again?

Stop pretending you can read coaches minds, you can't. Not ALL HC's would reach for the mediocre backup over upside youth, especially one that prides himself on being some kind of Q.B. guru.

So, I actually think you're WRONG when it comes to McCarthy, but if he keeps Rudolph or trades for some career retread QB and bumps Allar or Howard off the active 53 man, then you'll be proven more right than I on this one.

Fair enough?

I'll post no more about it, you can have the last word.

 

What part of I don't know what they will do has escape you. I said most HC wouldn't do this. I never said McCarthy would. Tell me the last time You know of a HC going into the season without a backup Qb that didn't have any NFL experience. Last I can think of was the Browns last year, and they waited till week 5 to do that, so they really didn't go into the season that way, and guess what, they fired their HC afterwards. Nobody, but you said anything about reading a HCs mind. I'm only telling you history. Not the complicated thing you, and many others are trying to make it.

 

Wow. Robert Spillane looks better 8 years later, and was originally let go by the same coach that he now looks better with. LoL

 

I wanted him, but that's a scary thing to roll on, but I do see your point

 

I gotta think the injury is worse than people are saying, or why would a guy of his caliber have team after team pass on him??

 

I would state this may be more for Aaron Rodgers given how those two had the fallout. As far as double M is concerned, Roman Wilson is likw the rest of the WR Room; a fresh start with plenty to prove. Given how Pittsburgh could still use another WR in that room, I would still say that Roman Wilson has a shot to make something happen.


Will he though remains the question.

 

WalterFootball has the article here. States that a second corrective knee surgery is required; forcing him to miss all of 2026. If that is what scared the Steelers away, I suppose that is an acceptable answer given how prior to Everette, the depth at Boundry Corner was rail thin.


Having a solid depth piece in Everette does make the room stronger by virtue of talent heading into the season.

 

Well... Patrick Graham does like to work with versatile DBs. Perhaps he and Jason Simmons (Defensive Pass-Game Coordinator/Defensive Backs Coach) see a lot more in Everette than being just a Corner. That said, I would still keep him at the Boundry spot.


I don't think Robert Spears Jennings will ever be a Pro Bowl Caliber player but he does have starting potential if he can be developed right.

 

Me too, McCoy has been practicing and reportedly looking really good so far.

I think the Raiders got a steal...

 

He will also be 22 by the time his second season rolls around. Definitley would have been well worth a roll of the dice. I wonder if the team got scared off due to how the Cory Trice pick panned out.


Not that I would agree for that is merely equivocation based nothing on another player.

 

We used to call this effect the Honeymoon period.

 

Why would Wilson have trained all offseason with "the route god" if it wasn't a problem? He wasn't running good routes, that is why Rodgers didn't trust to throw him the ball.

 

it could also be the routes plus the reading of what the defense was doing per route run. QB's and receivers run certain routes based on coverage sets. maybe wilson wasn't reading them properly compared to rodgers. that is a reason rodgers wanted more veteran receivers. 1/2 a second late in a break could get a QB killed. i'm guessing here but it's an educated guess. makes sense.

 

Tomlin’s clowns are finally gone — OC, WR coach, and Bozo himself. McCarthy came in and hired better men. The dark shades era is over. Tomlin’s doghouse is closed. Talent evaluation actually matters now. Who deserves playing time has changed. Even Wilson hired his own routes coach out of pocket. That should tell you how serious he is. What the heck were those Tomlin coaches doing all those years? They got paid big money to teach NFL players how to play football… and apparently couldn’t get the routes right. ( If that was the issue ) To everyone still riding for Tomlin: Did Wilson ever run the wrong route in preseason or the regular season? If you have zero examples, maybe he just called Tomlin’s baby ugly.

 

Ah, now we are back to blame everyone but the player. Newsflash; when there is a problem most often it's the player.

Google is your friend. You'll find the examples you are looking for.

 

To the Tomlin truthers: Yeah, it’s all Wilson’s fault. How dare anyone blame Tomlin and his merry men! Did Wilson ever run the wrong route in preseason or games? I looked — plenty of examples online of WRs (like Pickens) running wrong routes or busted plays on his throws, but zero clear examples of Wilson himself screwing up the route as the QB. Instead, I see Wilson making plays when given the chance. Do you? Use Google.

 

Looking a lot like 4/5 OL will be at new positions this year.

I think we should expect growing pains early in the season.

 

I think I heard somewhere that Roman was one of the first to reach out to MM and has been working hard.

He knows that he's not guaranteed a roster spot and appears to be working for it.

It seems like WR4 is the highest he can get on the depth chart if everyone stays healthy. Hopefully he works his ass off like pre-crazy AB and is so good that we have to push other guys down the depth chart.

 

Nope. You are correct on that assumption about timing in routes during the play. Every NFL Receiver needs to possess capable ability to get to their intended assigned spot on the field.


Wilson's issues coming out of Michigan were not athletic based but technical; namely his consistency of breaks in and out of phase during the route. Much of that has to do with his footwork when selling his routes to opposing DBs; telegraphing his attack plan way too often by using either fake outs or false steps too early or too late.


I would imagine that by going to this "Route God" would aide him a great deal. That said, @jeh1856 stating that his lack of understanding the playbook also played a greater factor. Even if I am to award Roman Wilson that his overall footwork and creativity in his route running have improved exponentially, none of that matters if he doesn't posses the basic Football Acumen to perform his assignments the way they are drawn up in the playbook.

 

I do as well but not nearly as much. Cook and Anderson both will need to adjust but the combined efforts of Zach, Mason and Troy all knowing each other will cushion the blow. Add in the fact that the strongest members of that unit will be protecting Aaron's blindside and the transition period could be a lot quicker than previously though.


Best news though is the schedule itself. Among the Steelers first nine opponents, only the likes of Tampa Bay, Cleveland (Myles Garrett trade pending) and Indy would give me some pause. Of those three, Tampa Bay is easily the toughest of them all. Reuben Bain is going to surprise a lot of people but not me.

 

I hope you're right.

And I look forward to a time I think should be in the near future where we have consistency on the line.

 

Hell I would too