Art Rooney II speaks

you forgot, then they ask macdaddyo if this is correct. sometimes they go on their own though, like devon bush. i let them go but protest heavily.

 

Yeah, it is a pretty standard set up. I've sat close to Washington's warroom... and Pittsburgh is fairly close.


But soon:
They evaluate the coaching and have sessions about the direction and take whatever actions they take.
Then they start identifying areas to improve or what they'd like to man the defense or offense with...
Then they look at Free Agency, and how that will 'set the draft up' and they grade and pursue those. (pro-scouts have identified best fit players supposedly)
Then they meet and start setting up the draft strategy and build that final board.
As you already know, they will slot players based on needs, best fit, skills that can be used to change the attack, etc...
and of course, trade up and trade down slotting...
All this falls under GM(s) purveyance.
The owner is available to pull the trigger on those deals that require that level. (he pretty much knows the deal well in advance.)
Tomlin's arguments and his assistants' arguments have all been aired out. Though I have seen them change course with a player, where A grade Safety is on the board and a A grade LB drops... something like that. Those discussions are fast and furious...

I didn't really understand the Bush deal...
He was an undersized fast LB. at best. Though graded as a day 1 starter.

He came out of the box strong but that knee injury did something to him. He has just not been the same even though I saw flashes of his old self at times.

This guy nailed it....

I hated that they gave picks 20 and 52 overall and a 2020 third round pick. Even without the career-altering injury, Bush's trajectory was not the same as say Shazier who could be a game wrecker.

 

Not seeing how that helps. I was in Mexico the year we played an exhibition game there. Yes, the NFL sold some jerseys but the people went right back to the #1 sport, Soccer. I don't know how that would help a franchise????? Another poster made a good point how it hurts the people who work the stadiums when their team has a home game.

Maybe it somehow would help the NFL as a whole??????? No idea.

 

It's all about the Benjamin's.

 

https://triblive.com/sports/friday-...lers-to-keep-mitch-trubisky-pursue-nfl-draft/

Rooney said he expects Trubisky to remain with the Steelers for the 2023 season.

 

The speculation all makes sense, but the owner seems to want Trubisky to stay and he does tend to get what he wants. See the increased focus on the running game the last two years, going back to the drafting of Harris in the first round.

 

We’ll see.


He wanted the Run game fixed.

it’s just 3 years later.

 

I'd agree with this. But Trubisky should have done better then he would have started longer. Except for one game he was horrible

 

Rooney ain't gonna say "we're going to get rid of that loser Trub" in an interview. He has to say they want him back.

 

This ....
Even though He is not....Trubisky still sees Himself as a starter. If He was making waves this year about it.....Why would anyone think He would be better about it this coming up Year???

 

You should come around here more often

There are a variety of knuckleheads who have claimed just this

 

And the world is round

I read it on the internet

 

Harris had a very good year his rookie year

 

When are you writing a book on your years in Washington? The story has everything - sex, power, greed, cover up, etc. Inquiring minds want to know.

 

He really doesn't. He could easily avoid the question.

 

I doubt Rooney said that without some inkling of how things will play out, but hey, we can always ignore what the owner tells us and go with our own speculation. Things may change, but I don't doubt that the intent right now is to keep Trubisky, and that is with the team being aware of the cost and his dissatisfaction with being a backup.

 

It's where the market is. 10 years ago I had a similar conversation about hockey fans wanting the NHL to the Coyotes to the owner of Blackberry who was planning on moving the team to Hamilton Ontario. They claimed that Canadian fans would show up by the thousands to see a pro team in Hamilton. The more accurate statement is that they'd show up to watch a good pro hockey team. No one watches a bad team. Between college and the pros and the fledgling minor league game there is a glut of football options for people in the US to watch. The growth will come from outside the country if they want to continue expanding.

 

Nothing is necessarily wrong, but as the NFL evolves, so should your strategies.

 

I already explained that it makes little sense for him to say that. Why lie when it is an easy question for him to avoid?

 

Im not against it, the 17th game is used for some teams as the 'home' game, if done correctly over a period it all equals out. What I do not like is the distance and following schedule that makes the turn around more difficult.

 

like trading land for a first round pick??? just thought of that episode on Coach where he was ready to make his first pick, then he finds out the owner traded the pick to Jerry Jones for some land lmao.