Gruden interviews Ty Simpson.

86WardsWay · Apr 16, 2026 at 9:33 AM

Listening to Gruden talking about NFL QB prospects is the same as listening to AC/DC. The have a bunch of great songs but they are all the same.

NorthernBlitz · Apr 16, 2026 at 10:23 AM

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Gruden is great at QB interviews because he knows what he is talking about and his enthusiasm is contagious to the viewers. Now I think his version of offense is about 10 years out of date, but for a football media guy, he and Warner are both excellent. He has been there. The man knows way more than I.

Yes-- he has his favorites. But the people interviewed must stand on thier own and show their stuff. I believe Ty did that and then some.

Now the Steelers have exited from Tomlin and Colbert. Their collective " wisdom " drafted Pickett in round one. A player that I said during the draft week, would ad nauseum disappoint on the defunct Steelers board we used to be on. Remember? He had a weak arm, played a weak schedule, had tiny hands and a low IQ. The red flags were waving.

Deliver a swift kick in the shorts to the fans and the Steelers they did.

But we have a new brainstrust and one that is better than 5 years ago.

Will we draft Simpson? If he is on the board, I think so. I trust Mike McCarthy. After not trading up two slots to draft Nix, and passing on Dart the next year in round one, ( two moves I posted we should do ) we are on strike #2. How much longer do we kick the can and not address the most important position in football?

Rudy is what he is. No better than that. And Howard, who I like as a 6th round pick just doesn't have the accuracy or QB reads to gamble on as QB1.
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I wonder if (1) there are any of these videos where he does a prospect and doesn't come across as very positive and (2) if there are some interviews like this that he doesn't publish because the results would have been negative and there's some agreement with prospects that they get veto power on publishing or something.

But I've only watched the one on Howard. So I don't know if that's representative.

HeinzMustard · Apr 16, 2026 at 10:37 AM

86WardsWay said: ↑

Listening to Gruden talking about NFL QB prospects is the same as listening to AC/DC. The have a bunch of great songs but they are all the same.
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I'm more partial to the Bon Scott era of AC/DC... but they did have some good songs from 1980 to 90's.

Blast Furnace · Apr 16, 2026 at 11:43 AM

HeinzMustard said: ↑

I'm more partial to the Bon Scott era of AC/DC... but they did have some good songs from 1980 to 90's.
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I never understood knocking a band for keeping its sound. How many have crashed and burned trying to reinvent themselves. AC/DC has stayed relevant all this time.

I agree, I like Bon better but Johnson did a good job taking over.

86WardsWay · Apr 16, 2026 at 12:20 PM

HeinzMustard said: ↑

I'm more partial to the Bon Scott era of AC/DC... but they did have some good songs from 1980 to 90's.
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I saw the Thunderstruck tour back in 89 or 90 and it was great. Only time I ever saw them live.
I imagine though, Gruden talking about Simpson is probably the exact same as when he was talking about Howard. An All Praise fluff piece. I would rather the Steelers see what we have with Will Howard before reaching for another QB. Taking a QB in the 3rd round or later I have no problem with but leave the first two rounds for the needs of this team in the trenches or maybe a can’t miss WR that falls into our lap.

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