Bud Dupree AFC player of the week

https://www.steelers.com/news/this-one-s-for-bud

Way to go Bud!!!

 

And Artie Burns got the game ball for not getting burned for a td on the one play he was in on defense.

 

Let me help this struggle thread...

 

He's having a great year compared to his previous play. I know he's playing for a contract, but I hope he keeps it up.

 

People are wearing coats in hades now that this happened. Good to see that he has the potential to do good things.

 

All the haters must be kicking their dogs right now.

 

Way to go Bud. Never thought I would see this day. Go get em Bud!!!

 

Bush and Bud have now won AFC DPOW. It would be nice if Watt could get one too so that we would have 3 LBers winning during the season. I'm not sure if that was ever done before.

 

I was critical of Bud Dupree last season. He is playing better than last season. Great job.

 

Yeah but as soon as he lands his next contract it's back to coasting.

 

A bit of a shame we cannot keep him. Great work Bud! Well earned! Keep up the good work!!

 

What I'd like to know is..... where was this sh!t 3 years ago? When the D was getting torched on a regular basis.

Congrats to Bud... but I'm pissed that he didn't produce like a 1st round draft pick until his contract year.

 

A lot of this could have to do with who his LB coach was. Remember, he was a project coming out of college. Physical freak but raw.

 

Could be team chemistry is changing allowing talent to take effect and defences having more difficulty compensating. Could be the cream is rising to the top. Could be.

 

Before the season started, a lot of fan were complaining that Dupree was being overpaid this year ($9M).

Hope he has a great year, even if that means he will be on another team next year.
He will have outplayed his contract this year, and the Steelers will get a high comp pick next year.

 

I'm not going to try and solve the formula that led to his production this season. It's beyond my level of comprehension. I'm just going to sit back and enjoy the math.

 

Why did he wait until a contract year to earn his paycheck?

I’m not impressed.

If he had played this year like he did previous years then I would give him credit for giving his best. But to decide to get motivated in a contract year, after milking years of an NFL contract, that’s unethical and low.

This cat has shown his spots. Do not sign him to a long term contract.

Woodley.2

 

That's a very big assumption when there could be many factors that lead to his improvement. Perhaps we should stop just short of trying to read the minds of the players.

 

Bud has finally figured it out that a wide speed rush with no rip and no dip doesn't work.

Suddenly he is going inside or getting under the tackle like 92 used to do, not sure if its the contract year thing or he is getting better coaching from someone.

He always had a good motor and gave good effort chasing down running backs but it has taken him years to develop new pass rushing moves. Maybe he is learning from Watt because both are attacking the ball not the QB when they get close. Bud even hesitated until the QB raised his arm before chopping down on it.

The way he is playing now for the right price I would bring him back but he will most likely get more from a lesser team and be average on a bad team.

 

Too many teams with salary cap excess that don't know how to spend it. He will price himself out of Pittsburgh next year if he gets to 10 sacks.

 

Agree about the draft picks. I hope they go offense early.


Edit: another Bellcow in the 2nd would suit me.

 

I'm going to agree with scribe on this. There could be many reasons why he has improved but every one is focusing on the contract year. I remember when it was commonplace for guys to take 3 to 4 years to get the defense and really take off. Makes me wonder if they had been able to extend him before camp and he was showing the same improvement what people would attribute it to.

 

Bud was a project coming into the league. I don't think he understood how to play LB coming into the league. Injury set him back his 1st year and I also think his 2nd year. Then the coaches switched Bud's and Watts' sides in an attempt to see improvement. No onecan prediction when the light will go on for a player.

Bud may never become a dominant player. He's turned into a solid pro that adds speed, versatility, and athleticism to the defense.