18 gotta go

This is exactly the type of incident Tomlin remembers and holds a grudge over. I highly doubt he gets extended. Might as well get something for him IMO.

No I don't blame Diontae. I stuck up for him the last couple seasons. I'm not changing anyone's mind after tonight.

Take it in the context of a rebuild and Diontae currently having high value in the NFL.

You acknowledge Diontae killed two drives by himself right? Short slants that hit him in the hands? At least admit he chokes.

Now, Tomlin told all his players he would cut their eyelids off if they blink. He told that to a locker room full of players with very little experience and very nervous. He isn't helping nervous players. He's like the opposite of Noll. Tomlin is the opposite of a sports psychologist.

Anyways, I'm not trying to pile on Diontae. He is a great player and person. He probably offered the highest value of any player this season. I just don't see him getting a second contract (Only AB has in the last how many years? Since Hines?)

 

Disagree. DJ can make plays. Sure he drops. But he got better this year.

 

In a perfect world the Steelers would fire Tomlin and his whole staff and we would have a good offensive coordinator take over and see how DJ performs in a real offense.

 

Nicely done! I appreciate how you turned a DJ thread into a FMTI thread.

 

I'm batting 1.000

 

I have been saying this for a couple years now, but I still think it has to do with cold weather and his gloves.

He changes gloves when the weather gets cold.

 

I can see you're mad. We just had an ugly loss I get it.

Based on past Steelers history they take DJ's 5th year. Then they don't re-sign him. A lot can happen in two years. You're right that he improved on drops. I agree. He reminds me a ton of AB except AB is the most clutch WR I've ever seen and DJ is one of the least. Sorry. That label is going to stick now and it sucks.

Dionate's stat line was 5/10 for 34 yards. I get that is mostly on Canada and Tomlin. That's not going to change opinions and DJ didn't get it done.

You should admit that the Steelers wont re-sign him. Burress, Holmes, Sanders, Wallace couldn't get re-signed... Holmes made the most clutch catch ever maybe and didn't get re-signed. He also returned a punt for a TD that playoffs.

So whatever. DJ will be gone after 2 seasons of sub .500 football with nothing to show in return. I enjoy him as a player and a person. Not mad just saying I understand the people who want to trade him.

 

No. Steelers coat and Bud light stocking hat.

oh and pants

 

Something is not right with this receiving corp and I’m not sure if it’s the receivers themselves. On the play where Ben got his pass batted down, he threw to Claypool who had three Chiefs on him. If the fourth Chiefs player had not batted down the ball it would have been intercepted. Who drew up that play and why did Ben do something so stupid?

 

I'm not trying to get you to agree. I just think it's understandable why many people are down on Diontae.

WR and OC are always get the most hate anyways.

 

DL is the least of the WR problems. I say draft or sign a true #1 and then put RayRay back on special teams. We'll see if JuJu comes back but we need to allocate resources elsewhere rather than focusing on more than one key addition to the WR core. I'm not sure how much of their issues are just lack of an offensive coordinator. Get someone to get more creative in drafting plays and maybe they can get open. Crafting some 10-15 yard pass plays would be a huge start. Defenses can usually lock down the 0-5 yards and 30+ yard fly patterns that make up 99% of Canada's pass plays.

 

Yeah.... no.....


D.K.... has been much worse.

 

Your arguments would work a lot better if you had your facts straight. For example, they didn't let Holmes leave. They traded him due to off-field behavior. Burress was also allowed to go because they were concerned about his behavior, something that seemed justified after his incident with the gun. Didn't Wallace turn down a big extension, so they turned around and paid Brown early on?

Johnson's future really depends on the circumstances when his contract is up. He is the best they have right now. He let the drops get in his head again late in the season. He is going to have to show he can fix that next season.

 

You and your hindsight! The Steelers were justified in not extending Burress after 2004 because he shot himself in 2008 or whenever.

The Steelers have extended AB and Hines since Ben has been QB. (Juju got 1 year since you're like my wife just looking for nagging technicalities)

If Wallace has been signed AB would not have been- moot point.

And dropping passes that kill drives is worse than smoking weed.

 

unless he is dropping them because he's stoned ...

 

Cut him today... Miss Drops...we had the lead. We just needed some first downs to keep the momentum alive und give your defense some rest... And then came this child who can't catch anything but tennis balls, slighted on the ground (probably due the heavy wind), got a false start and we had miscommunication from our "best" route runner. We should have thrown to JuJu all the time this game. Of course, he is not the only problem in this offense. But he give absolutely no favor to us. For me he is completely overrated. Use him as a 3rd WR or cut him. His YAC are ridiculous. But his blocking talent WOW 100 catches in 17 games when u get 170 targets. And 8 TD? He sucks when it counts. As I said, all these drops and fumbles are more an issue then anything else. U love his stats, then wait for next season. Then let's talk about his great stats again. Stats don't give u a win in post season

 

He shouldn't be cut or traded....they just need a true #1. He only appears to be a #1 to me because they really dont have much else behind him. He's the only one that can consistently free himself up on a route....everyone else usually has defenders plastered on them. He's simply not reliable enough in key moments to me. We just need someone who is.

 

Pants are good

Apparently biggbunch68 came out of his bedroom yelling after TJ’s TD with no pants on and scared his family

 

Ben was all over the place and missed the WR's big. Came close to a couple of pics as well. Not sure if its him or the WR routes but Ben looked frustrated being way off the mark on several plays. Doesn't matter anymore now. JMO>

 

He's fine. The 6'4" 220lbs wimp on the other hand...

 

18 is the kind of guy who puts in the work to make things better. He was much improved this year over last year. Yeah, he had more drops in the last couple of games, but his total for the year isn't bad.

I want guys who put in the work to improve on this team, not to get rid of them.