Steelers sign Ben to a new contract

Steelers are gonna suck in '21. What a train wreck.

 

You say the same thing every year .

 

Someone has to take over since the Paxton Lynch era ended.

 

And every year I've been right. Steelers sucked last year from week 11 until playoff debacle.

 

BS, you had them going like 7-9 last season .

 

Well, technically it was the contract restructure that 'saved' them money in 2021. They converted Ben's base pay (minus the $1.075m vet minimum) into prorated bonus spread over five years. Had he not taken the $5m cut to his base the Steelers would have had $1m more added to each year, so saving $14m in 2021.

 

He did say "until" mind you. This is quite the development indeed.


It showcases to all of us that @HeinzMustard is aware that not even his "Legendary Clairvoyance" is absolute and must make compromises.

 

I'll hear none of this.

 

I have heard too much of it!

 

They played like a 7-9 team from week 11 on. Actually more like 4-12 team.

 

Nostradamus was a hack..

 

Actually, they weren't so great for the first 12 games either. When the fanbase (those with their eyes open) questions how we're actually winning games, then we're not that good. I'd opine that we weren't really any good after the Titans game.

Now maybe that coincides with the loss of Bush. But I think that's giving him a little too much credit. Injuries piled up, and that really did us in. But the offense was really never in synch all season.

 

Agree. I thought the Dallas game exposed the Steelers as a pretender. Minus the 2nd half of the Colts game, the offense fell apart from Cowboys game until the end of season.

 

I wouldn't go that far. I actually thought that they opened the season with a good dynamic mixing run, pass, and misdirection plays. IMO it was around the Tennessee/Baltimore weeks when things started to go downhill. The Ravens dominated stats across the board in the first matchup. Unfortunately for them that included turnovers as well and the Steelers escaped with the win.

But it appeared to be against the Titans in Week 7 where the offense began to collapse, becoming increasingly one-dimensional. Rushing attempts and effectiveness both decreased dramatically, only posting 100+ team yards in a game once the rest of the way.

 

And you had them starting the season something like 2-5 .

 

You're right, but I don't think the offense changed much from week 1 to week 5-6. It was the same offense. It was the same scheme. It was just more effective because our opponents weren't prepared for the Steelers to play small ball. Once they adjusted, the same Week 1 offense was exposed for what it was. Unprepared coaches trying to distract opponents from a one-dimensional offense resulting from a one-dimensional qb.

 

No picks for Rudolph, he might see a second contract as a backup.

 

I'd agree that teams adjusted. But I'd still hold that the Steelers also adjusted, and for whatever reason thought that turtling back to rely increasingly on the short passing game was the way to go. To be fair, there were also injuries to Connor, a marked decline in o-line play, the receivers got a case of the drops, Ben purportedly injured a knee against Dallas, etc.

But through it all the mentality seemed to be that the passing game was their Alamo. A strategy more effective when Ben was closer to 30 than 40.

 

I just saw where the Bears was interisted in Ben, before he signed his new deal.

 

I heard that, too. They had an opening in their church men's group.