I am ready to slap Colbert/front office

lol. you forget most people around here want us to be like the lions and browns. we have a bunch of idiots running the show

 

I was talking about this draft.

We've skipped talent at every position in the last ten years. That tends to happen when you have a limited number of picks and no benefit of hindsight.

 

Take it easy Tommy! LOL!

 

It's just...the way you tell the story...

 

by the way

JAMES HARRISON IS NOT RETIRING

 

I know, I know, 3 SBs in 6 years, yada, yada, yada. But that is already ancient history. That team was not created in recent drafts. And for every Beachum pick, I can show you endless OL bombs: Adams and Gilbert were two horrid 2nd round picks. Their refusal to give any priority to CB is going to kill our chances of a Super Bowl. Jarvis Jones is looking bleak. I am not so sure Shazier is going to be the star they were so sure he was going to be.

 

wait a minute. everyone was thrilled with adams if I remember right. he was the steal of the entire draft. I remember weeks up to the draft. people on this board were saying they didn't care what he done he was a stud. especially osu fans.

 

At the time, I ASSUMED the Steelers knew what they were doing and, personally, I didn't care about the weed thing. But, apparently, Adams was able to sell the team on himself from driving over to meet them and say he grew up a Steeler fan. You CAN'T afford to miss out on 2nd round picks, as they did BOTH with Adams and Gilbert. It has hurt us, and continues to hurt us. Apparently, they are going to play the "pretend an OL draft pick was good" even when everyone can see they stink. They did the same thing with Colon, Essex, Kemo, Simmons: Even though we all saw their play suck, they kept starting them, not wanting to admit they were wrong to draft them.

 

this ..
i hope munchak will solve the problem as soon as possible

 

Food for thought: ESPN released analytics rankings and it appears that the Steelers have invested in infrastructure that Tomlin and Colbert are not into. We rank ahead of just the Rams, Titans, Jets, Skins and Chargers.

 

I would like to challenge anyone to look at 31 other teams and find an organization who has hit on every 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round pick in past 5 years. its a lot of research and that is why I aint doing it.lol It just don't happen

 

beachum i s great for a 7rd pick is not a dominant left tackle
gilbert is a back up at best . then if you are saying they are serviceable i agree but spending two second round pick on ot and came UP with two serviceable guys .. is not HIT to me .. then comes the lb with the excetion of timmons , what we have a group of slightly above average guys .. not to mention the secondary ..

maybe i'm spoiled but my standards are little higher .... am i wrong ?

 

i agree we can be worst but if you are happy to be average we will never improve . this draft and fre agency couple with the tough schedule will clear a lot of what level we are now and remember till we have ben we need to try to be better as much as possible

 

I think its funny. we had a running back who led the league in yards from scrimmage and a qb that tied for league lead in passing and we are complaining about olineman. beachum is not the best in the league but neither are 30 other guys. gilbert is not the best right tackle but watch the tape of the first game against Baltimore and then the last one against them. he improved a ton. this is the first season in tomlins tenure that the oline has stayed healthy. I think we are fine there. just need some depth

 

at the moment we have no depth we have no secondary we have one proven lb (timmons ) and two average ot that were destroyed in the playoffs and an average guard ..a lot of things has to happen if we want to be contender , if we want be one and done we could be ok

 

I agree with your assessment of the defense and depth. I wasn't talking about that. I just don't think that the oline is a major issue when it comes to the starters. they played very well this year. imo especially late in year. not saying they cant improve. I just hate moving pieces around again. they seem to be coming together

 

Yep.

The o-line has looked the best it has done for the past 7-8 years. Admittedly, that's not much of a comparison to make, but still.

The line that got destroyed in the play-offs was also capable for thrashing the same team earlier in the season, as well as some other very good defences.

When consistency is the issue, you adjust small pieces of the puzzle, and the rest comes from coaching, preparation, conditioning, and mental toughness. We could do with improvements at Tackle, for sure, as well as depth, like Freak says. But we definitely can't reach at that position... the Adams pick should have taught us that.

That's for the o-line. I think we could do with 2 good DB picks, though I maintain safety is the main concern over and above CB. Two DBs and an OLB coming out of somewhere in rounds 1-4 will probably keep me happy.

 

yes , i have faith in munchak ..

 

I have wondered this for some time, a real head scratcher if you will.