Chickillo & Watt

Littering and???
Littering and???
Littering and....


Smoking the reefer

 

Stud? Dud!

 

That's "High Wattage"

 

Wow......if you want to say Shazier is not as good as Farrior I will not dispute that but there is no way in heck Foote is even close to Shazier. When healthy Shazier will give Farrior a run for his money and imo over time probably end up with a better career, but he has to stay healthy.

 

I disagree as far and the Jones comparison, never has Jones had a couple of good games in a row. Dupree has to stay healthy but he has talent, not sure Jones ever had talent past the college level......

 

Wow do you even watch the games? Each have 8 starts over their career and Chickillo has played in more games than bud yet Dupree has 4 more sacks than him and more tackles. Hmmmmmm

 

here's the bottom line. Tomlin has proven he is going to put the best players on the field. Dupree is the starter. If Chickillo were better he would be the starter.

 

Exactly.

Foote stayed healthy and started for 2 Super Bowl champion teams. Yes, Foote is not the overall athlete that Shazier is, but what the hell good is extraordinary athleticism if Shazier isn't on the field?

I hope Shazier doesn't end up like Patrick Willis... great talent, but burned himself out too quickly.

 

Dud? No way! If you're trying to think of a dud OLB, Jarvis should come to mind.

 

Hmmmmm, Chick has improved considerably. Rugged, he is. Bud has not. Fragile, he is! Right now Chick is the man.

 

So because one guy holds up better he should start over a guy that is clearly better than him. Even with Chickillo progression he is not on Duprees level.

 

Dupee's level is usually horizontal on the sideline.

 

So once again a player should start because there's less risk of injury? Hargrave got banged up last year McCullers didn't. McCullers should clearly be the starter.

 

They take two different paths toward the same goal as others have mentioned. One with athleticism and one with heart. From their respective starting points, I think Chickillo has improved more over his time here. But Bud missed a lot of time with the hernia last year and also the start of this season. It's really a great problem to have and more of a debate when the season is over and you can look at their 3rd year in entirety. As for this season, Bud will start when he returns healthy and that is how it should be. The team invested more in him through draft capitol etc. Some may not like that, but that is how the NFL works. I don't believe Tomlin is one to give someone's starting job away due to injury.
4 beasts at OLB and the 5th a system vet...I'm not complaining. This will be a better debate next offseason. Chickillo should high on their priority list to re-sign though when his contract is up. This has got to be JH92's last year and I'm sure Moats doesn't have much left. Chick would be the top back up at both ROLB and LOLB. The only way they are benching Bud is if he performs like Jarvis and that is far-fetched.

 

I'm not ready to say which he isclearly better at this point they both have a ways to go,but it's als a good problem to have....I think some people are unaware of Chickillos athleticism,he was very highly recruited and regarded. He was asked to play out of position in college and is now finally dropping the weight and regaining his athleticism and feel for the position. I think we are in good hands with either one but it's great to have the depth with both playing at a high level and to their potential....

 

I am not sure there is anything anyone can do about these guys staying healthy. Yeah they can train better and get more treatment I suppose but at the end of the day you just can't predict injuries. With that said Foote's career was nothing special, imo. The 2 Championships you mention have nothing to do with having some pretty good talent around him like say..Troy, Ike, Woodley, Farrior, Clark, Big Snack, Deisel and Smith. Where I am going with that is while Foote was just a part he wasn't even asked to be a top 5 player on his side of the ball. However we are talking about Bud and Shazier being one of if not the best player on his side of the ball.

Not trying to take anything away from Foote but I am just pointing out where his role was compared to Shazier and Bud. In 2 championship runs which was 7 games Foote had 8 tackles 1 int and 1/2 a sack, they are numbers both Bus and Shazier put up in one game.

I agree with the Willis statement and hope these guys don't take the route cause if they stay healthy imo they are going to be fun to watch.

 

Potential is huge for both Chick and Bud, having them reach that potential
is also huge since they both seem to be injury prone. Don't like players missing games.
Strike one with me. Until either of them can consistently play MAJOR minutes without missing time
and show me production then really there is no need for me to talk anymore about them.
I see this a lot with Mike Tomlin player's. Does anybody beside's AB want to be great?

 

So it's Tomlin's fault if a player gets injured ?

 

Of course it is! Who else silly?

 

I feel bad for you my man.



Same statements every single time yet more of the same.



You know they say insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result?

 

You are correct, I am only thinking about the Steelers, because that is the only team I care about.

 

chicka boom. watta hit.