Controversial, but Omar Khan and possibly Tomlin should be terminated if they fail to sign a QB

Tell me again about posting productively and with respect for other board members. lol

 

So, we meet at the same crossroads as last year. We took 2 qbs that no-one wanted, and here we are again. Nobody wants Arod, oh wait, we have a winner, yours truly the Steelers.
Please wake me from this nightmare, that keeps repeating itself year after year!

 

Apparently the Steelers see something in Mason!? Don’t ask me what. Let him go for a year, than clear qb room for a 2 straight year, and to top it off bring Mason back
Starting to wonder if I went to sleep and woke up in Cleveland

 

To be fair, they always said that they would bring Mason back and Pickett was starting qb going into next year in order to placate Pickett. Then they signed Russell and Mason bolted off because he would again be third string per the Tomlin **** show.

 

Even if your version of the narrative is true, they did those things because they don't believe in Rudolph. There isn't a team in the league that thinks he is capable of being anything more than a capable backup.

 

And Pickett bolted because of having to compete with Wilson

Fact

And for anyone who believes otherwise the facts are easy to find

I just researched it again to make sure I have my facts correct

 

It is interesting to see how what really goes on and what fans think goes on.
Reporters are partially at fault, I have personally witnessed one take a bunch of quotes from a player and write a story with a complete different narrative.
"Placate" Pickett? Tomlin might be a lot of things but I have serious doubts that is in his makeup. I know some perceive him as the Big Boss in this game...
I suppose flareups like Brown and Bell opened the door for those typecast to flow in.. those two guys were super stars though.

Pittsburgh has egg all over themselves for the way the have handled the QB situation.
Hopefully, they've learned a lesson finally in that ANY QB that Chicago picks in the first round and then bails on, is just terrible.
To add insult to injury, taking Pickett in the 1st round and then just giving up like they did was insane.
They knew at the time they selected him that this is a work in progress.
They kept a hack OC, and instead of letting Mitch and Mason battle it out they instead:
- Sent Mason to the Russian front. Exiled him to standing around the hot dog machine.
- Gave Mitch all the reps..
- Threw Pickett in and because he provided some splash plays anointed him the Starter and still kept the idiot OC. They guy took a beating in that stupid offense.
- Thus gave Dulac and opportunity to confuse Romper Room with Steelers camp and the ousting of Pickett.
- Also lost Mason to the only team that would sign him.

There is nothing in those events that indicates any sort of plan.
Pickett should have never dressed on Game Day that first year. You have to earn it in camp.
Mitch and Mason should have been the QB's.
Going into the next camp, I agree with running Mitch off. Mason should have been #1 with Pickett fighting for the #2 spot with Fields or Wilson.
You had Pickett on a rookie contract earning his stripes, if year 3 or 4 even Maybe you go with a new draft pick but you've developed your own #2 maybe he plays just enough that some team offers more for him.

I wouldn't have just fired Canada, I would have prosecuted him too.
And my player personnel (Front Office and Tomlin) would get to hear me yell the paint off the walls for such stupid antics.

But, here we are today.

 

You don't. You also don't understand the difference between an opinion and a fact. Repeating a false opinion over and over again does not make it a fact.

 

Like I said, the Steelers did a good job selling a story and quite a few folks here were suckered into believing it!

 

I usually don’t read posts this long but I do yours

 

Selling what story

 

Picket had a perfect Pre-Season his second year, he was the highest rated QB in the NFL during Pre Season. Not sure why you wouldn't have started Picket that year.



Now, for me, I still believe that Tomlin promised Picket at the End of 2023 that he would be QB #1 and it would be his job to lose in 2024. That Picket and Mason would be competing in 2024 for the Starting job. I also believe that Mike Tomlin guaranteed the Starting Job to Russell Wilson when he signed with Pittsburgh after his visit with the Giants; because the Giant wouldn't guarantee him the Starting Job. I think when Tomlin told Pickett he was going to have to go back on his promise of letting Pickett compete for the starting job in 2024, Picket demanded a trade as he could no longer trust Tomlin's Word. (Happens all the time in Business; your boss promises you a promotion and then gives it to someone else, and you tell your Boss to "Take this job and Shove it", because you feel like you were lied to by the company.)

I think Picket gets a raw deal by most fans, because they don't understand what happened. Guarantee me a job, and then hire someone off the street for that promotion, and I would walk out the door too.

I said this 10,000 times before and I will say it again, the Steelers would have been better off in 2024 with Mason and Kenny competing for the starting job. And you can 100% say the Steelers would be better off today if Mason and Kenny had competed for the starting job in 2024 and the winner was now ready to start his 2nd season as QB #1 with Arthur Smith's offense.

 

You are right with KP, should have been 3rd string for at least the better half of year one. Not having proper coach's in place certainly did not help. As it turned out he was not here, but as a 1st rounder you almost need to see enough development after the third year, it's then you make the decision on the 5th year option. As it stands KP would not likely have gotten that option, if they saw enough perhaps an approach like GB took with Love, not giving the option but extending the contract a couple of years would have worked, again iF they saw something. GB was moving on from Aaron, but did not want to commit big bucks until they saw what Love could do on the Field, seems to have worked out for both team and player. Thus they had a plan, worked it and for the immedite future have their 3rd legitimate franchise QB in a row, as you about us, here we are today.

 

I think you summarized it better than I did.
And he took a pretty good beating behind a terribly design offense and blocking schema.

 

lol.....
You know, my grandfather would sit in his chair 'to read a book'
He was gone by the first paragraph.

Same happens to me now.

 

Relax. I'm just having fun with some of your more charming mannerisms.

 

Yes the forum dialogue, reminds me of the classis talk between the 3 on the "the good, the bad, and ugly' lmao.

 

To me this is why Minnesota has backed out of the Aaron Rodgers talk. Minnesota doesn't want to have a Kenny Pickett situation on their hands. I would Assume Aaron Rodgers is demanding to be guaranteed the Starting job no matter if JJ McCarthy comes back heathy or not. Like Kenny Pickett, When JJ is 100% healthy he is going to want to be able to compete for Minnesota's starting QB job; not have to ride the bench all year because the Staff has already made a guarantee to someone off the street for the QB #1 job.

I am assuming that Aaron Rodgers will be wanting a "No Bench" policy as part of his deal with his new team.

 

I don't know if they need FIRED.. let's just go With Mason this year and maybe draft a QB ...And I read today that Rodgers probably doesn't want to be a Steeler. well, if that is true --I don't want him. but who knows let's see what happens.

 

After working for a bajillion years I told myself when I retired I was going to sit in a big overstuffed leather chair by the fireplace and read a book

I’m retired and I have the fireplace chair and book

Somehow it still hasn’t happened

 

Why did Karl have to retire for you to sit fireside and read a book?

 

Karl is a nice guy so he retired for me