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Steelers and Sam Darnold

Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by Joel Buchsbaum, Feb 9, 2026.

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  1. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Not sure how you think that quoted part can be misconstrued but here you go. More of a blurb than an article.

    https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45880594/browns-qb-kenny-pickett-hamstring-returns-practice

    As for your injury narrative, more like Browns saw up close and personal that Pickett is a bad QB and knew Flacco was a better option.
     
    Blast Furnace, Mar 4, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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  2. El Kabong

    El Kabong Well-Known Member

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    And again, if Pickett had it, he would have showed more than he did, even under Tomlin, even under Canada.
     
    El Kabong, Mar 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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  3. Formerscribe

    Formerscribe Well-Known Member

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    Read it again. He still wasn't 100 percent. My injury narrative is accurate. If anything, they saw that they couldn't trust him to stay healthy with yet another problem after the injuries in Pittsburgh.

    The last bit is you making an assumption that fits your chosen narrative, not anything that is in the article.
     
    Formerscribe, Mar 4, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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  4. Formerscribe

    Formerscribe Well-Known Member

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    He showed flashes as a rookie, but if you take the aggression out of most young quarterbacks, the results are going to be terrible.

    It wasn't just Tomlin and Canada. It was relying on Johnson at receiver. It was a terrible center who disrupted plays with bad snaps and got shoved into the backfield far too often, too.

    Pickett wasn't a top-10 talent. He needed a good situation. He got a terrible one.
     
    Formerscribe, Mar 4, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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  5. jeh1856

    jeh1856 We want in so we can bark to go out again

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    And then he ran like a coward when he was told he had to compete
     
    jeh1856, Mar 5, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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