How bad will we be next year?

I do not think the offensive line can get any worse. The OC calls the worst short yardage plays I have ever seen in any level of football. The defense cant stop the run or the pass. The d line is fragile and hurt always, the Linebackers should be out of the league like now and fired immediately. The corners suck. We have above average WRS which one of them is an idiot and cost us chance at end of game and wasted 2 series with a personal foul and lack of block on a third down play. We have a good elite FS , NT, and edge rusher. Sounds like another 6 win team to me.

 

We will likely be sub-500 if Ben is gone. Win 4-5 games I think.

 

3/4 wins

 

smelling like a good draft pick in 2023.

 

I expect a losing season but if they have a good draft class and some good free agent signings they may surprise us.

Very difficult to say without knowing who the QB will be.

 

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In the NFL you can have quick turn arounds compared to most professional sports but who knows.

Steelers may be able to bring in some Free Agent help than usually, with cap space. But, they have never been much for a splash signing.

If they could find a few Ryan Clark or James Farrior decent FA signings and less Eric Ebron types that be good

 

Get back to me after the 2022 NFL Draft for more thoughts. No seriously. 2019, 2020 and 2021 were three of the biggest drafts the Steelers have had since the early 2000s in terms of importance. 2022 will be by far the biggest since 2004 as this is it for Big Ben. That said and, I hate being a broken record but.....


.... if Kenny Pickett truly is the answer some say he is?!...... yikes.

 

when we sucked in 2003, we had a pretty good team, but no QB. in 2021, we have a pretty good QB, but lousy team. a lot of holes to fill.. i don't foresee a quick turnaround like we did back then.

 

It depends if they can find another HOF QB in hurry although not what he once was Ben masks a lot of the team’s problems. For example pathetic coaching , horrible play calling , pathetic defensive line , subpar offensive line which has gotten worse, cornerbacks who suck except for a few, selfish players who care about only themselves , oh and a new punter !

 

I know Kirk Cousins is someone that is always mentioned as a possible replacement for Ben but from what I saw last night I say no thanks. He had no pressure on him at all last night and still was missing wide open receivers. He threw 2 bad interceptions that almost blew the game after a 29 point lead. Ben had no offensive line to protect him and he still outplayed Cousins by a lot.

 

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It is kinds scary, but have we really seen improvement in the offensive line at all?

What is there to be excited about next year with these guys?

I think our run blocking is still going to be bad.

 

Hey Ytownsteeler.

I do not believe that we have ever chatted before, so “Hello”. Trust me when I say that I am not trying to “take-over” your thread here. Really, not at all. However, if you have time, as well as everyone here, please read my rather extensive Thread/Post (Link Below) as to this year’s inadequacies and how they are currently plaguing our performance NOW and possibly setting us up for more of the same next year. You and I are on the same page for some of your thoughts here as I go a bit beyond what you have posted and add a little more detail.

Take care.

STEELWINDS The East Side Kid


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about the same. maybe one less win or tie.

 

Doesn't matter who's on the bus. If the driver is the same, so is the destination. I've said this for a long time and sticking with it till proven wrong. JMO>

 

They seemed to improve awhile back, but it looks like they regressed.

 

Took me a long time but I finally am realizing Ben made Tomlin look damn good.

 

19-1 then we can be just like the Patriots

Of course it was 18-1 for them.

 

Depends on how we finish this year. The better we finish this year the worse we'll be next year. My reasoning is that if we are close to .500, Rooneys will be pleased and give some enabling BS story of how we did as well as we did with injuries, blah blah, blah, and therefore will not be as motivated to make the changes that really need to be made if we were to end up well below .500. Either way, Rooneys won't do squat, regime will still be in place until contract is expired (at a minimum), and we'll get what we had to end this year (with or without Ben). Then the fans who think being .500 is good enough can be please while fist pumping the air wearing an extremely faded shirt that has 6 Lombardi's on it that could be older than they are. JMO>

 

Agree, been saying this for years now, BEN has carried Tomlin and the team for years. We will all see this when Ben retires and until we get another franchise QB.

 

I wanna say how bad it will be next year, but its against the rules,... And Glenn will come running to tell on me

 

Too many variables right now but they dragged out the rebuild an extra year by being dumb this last off season. I'd focus on building the trenches and getting a true #1 CB. I'd go with some sort of refurb QB, like Trubisky or Fitzmagic, for a year and get the franchise guy in 23. Of course, the Steelers will very likely draft one this year. Obviously, other areas (ILB, SS, Offensive depth) are still a mess and get worked on, too.

 

This season isn’t over yet and you guys are pr-wanking about next year?