Brian Angelichio new OC

OL first and foremost. I'm probably in the minority and think that the OL needs another tackle and really could use upgrades at both guard positions. Can't fix it all in one draft though...sigh.

 

They should throw a ticker tape parade for him the second they score more than 7 points in the first qtr. I see that happening sooner rather than later.

 

Steelers have now gone 69 straight games scoring 7 points or fewer in the first quarter.

We last did so during Week 1 of the 2022 season against the Bengals, this is the third longest such streak in NFL history.

 

Nope

 

Added to that, if they call anything Lamar Jackson doesn't want, they know they can be fired.

 

Imagine that. The drop off as Ben got older, and then gone.
Not trying to be a d!ck, but I can do this to about every franchise after they lose their Qb, but the difference is , most just don't make it to the playoffs then.

 

IIRC that was because of a Minkah Fitzpatrick pick 6 of Joe Burrow... the offense kicked a FG to get us over the hump LMAO

 

I can't imagine that McCarthy asked for an OC but was told no because he was too expensive. In all likelihood, the Steelers were willing to pay for whoever McCarthy picked for that role.
What I can absolutely see happening and does happen is McCarthy doesn't get the number of coaches he would like to have. We typically have a smaller staff than most teams in the league.
But not a chance they're going to tell McCarthy he can't hire who he wants at OC due to money.

 

This information became old news and irrelevant January 13

 

ARII took over in 2003. Tomlin was a 2007 hire. I would bet that the smaller staff is a Tomlin thing rather than a Rooney thing. If your head coach wants another coach that is going to cost you 100k a year on your franchise that is making crazy money every year are you really going to deny him? My bet is that if Tomlin wanted another coach, he was getting it. It is just not realistic to me to think that ARII is going to deny a long tenured coach and additional coaching positions he wanted.

 

I stand corrected. I misread an article. I was wondering why his name didn't sound familiar.

 

Actually, not irrelevant because they haven't played a game in the post season since January 13th.

Remember this?

At the 2023 NFL Annual meeting on Monday, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin addressed the smaller size of his coaching staff, why that’s his preference and why he thinks it can be a positive.

“I’d rather overwork them than underwork them, you know what I mean?” Tomlin said. “I think there’s benefit in small numbers. It’s easier to keep the group coordinated and on accord, to have that one voice that is critical and culture-building. So small is better for me, but you’d better have enough to get the job done and I realize that we’re probably on the smaller side as far as staffing goes but that’s the agenda for us.”

So it seems that the decision to keep his coaching staff relatively small is an intentional one on Tomlin’s part and not a lack of commitment by the organization to give him what he needs to succeed.

 

depends how Galbreath and Parham (should be back) do. not sure about Heyward staying in this offense.

lots of good free agents out there this year. even at WR. the line will get a look at with Campon. never know what might happen.

 

Never heard of her.

 

Maybe the true size of the staff was a Tomlin thing, but every team has a budget for their staff, and the head coach would have to work within that budget. Some teams have a bigger budget than others. The Steelers are a small market team, so I fully expect their small staff to continue. I'm sure most coaches in the league would love to add to their staff, but they all have budgets to work with.

 

You really can't believe anything Tomlin says. So many times he would say something and do the opposite. I think he was just appeasing the media.
Although I give him credit, our defence was historic this past year, historically bad.

 

There's a difference between an expected drop off and a steep crash to 0 TDs.

And even when we did have Ben as the franchise QB, we still lost playoff games in epic fashion.

If you want to give that administration credit for making the playoffs, fine. But also apply the blame for winning a playoff game in only 4 seasons out of 19. That's a fail.

 

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I’m still waiting for correlation between the size of nfl coaching staff and winning. As it stands there isnt any, but people sure like to talk about it as if it exists

 

You missed the point

 

In this case he did what he said. He kept his staff small.

 

Make a statement that isn't open for interpretation.

 

To be fair, all these coaches from yesterday once WERE bright, young, innovative coaches. Hiring young just to hire young doesn't mean success. Lots of flops over the years from both methods (old coaches and young coaches).

We do know quite a few of these "bright, young, innovative coaches" hired this off-season will flop and by this time next year those pounding the table for them will be slinking back into the bushes like Homer Simpson GIF.

Some will be very successful, for sure. Some rehires and older coaches will ALSO be very successful.

I wasn't enamored with this years "bright, young, innovative coaches" as no Ben Johnson or Liam Cohen was available.

At least with hiring older coaches, we don't get the lame argument, after two horrible seasons, of "they really need five years before we can judge them" crap that would be tossed around. Older coaches, with experience, that argument has zero basis immediately, so we know if we should move on after two seasons (barring a rash of player injuries of course).