Kenneth Gainwell

fair enough

 

No **** Sherlock

 

Gainwell is a third-down back. That's about it. The guy averaged less than four yards per carry behind the Eagles' line. 'Nuff said.

 

Chicago won't even pick up the phone after the Claypool trade. PIT is on their white list.

 

well fields came after Claypool, so we have that lol

 

That's more on them than it is on us.... they liked Claypool enough to give up that pick, they can't blame us for that. If they want a player at 21 and they think they can package those two picks to get him why not? Nobody is fleecing anyone in the scenario. Chicago gets an unknown player they want, and we get two unknown players later in the draft that we want.

 

Exactly. What are we doing??? DK was a good pickup but besides that we are fumbling all over the place in fee agency.

 

you think? slay and echols were good pickups. we still have beanie bishop, cory trice and ryan watts along with JPJ. you have to let these young guys work their way in. donald parham was a good add to the TE room. gainwell will help. harrison will help. they are trying to get younger while keeping some vet additions here to help the younger players. mason was a good signing. bringing back mccullom, warren, skowronek, miller, and last year friermuth signing.

the subtractions are a big part of what they are doing as well. DJ last year. russell, fields, najee, moore, daniels, herbig, pruitt, jackson, kazee, matekevich, jefferson, ogunjobi. none were guys that really made us better.

it's not over yet.

 

Don't get rid of too many ST guys. Last season was the first in a really long time fans weren't booing our ST. I don't just mean Boz and kicking FGs. We had a very good season.

 

skowronek, robinson< had a good year, harrison, gainwell, austin, miller. all contribute on ST's.

 

Skattebo would quickly become the starter among the group.

 

Well, with a few possible exceptions it's doubtful any of the guys you listed. will either. Developing young talent is an important part of roster construction, but you seem to regard every young and discarded player as a diamond in the rough that will eventually develop into a contributing member of the Steelers. The reality is the success rate on reclamation projects is low. It's hard to make an NFL roster, even harder to crack the lineup, harder still to play above replacement level.

This is the time of year clubs are casting wide nets hoping to mine extra talent. But the returns are few and far between. And life moves fast in the NFL; if a club relies too heavily on developing fringe talent the prime career years of their stronger players will pass them by before/if they get the others up to speed.

So while I advocate leaving no stone unturned I think Khan has been very passive using his cap resources to better the team this FA period, outside of acquiring Metcalf.