My thoughts on reg season wk 6

The farce continue...After having a grade of 77 yesterday and 89(I think) this morning,he is now at 79 for the game vs PIT

 

Which is why we started using green font. Helps us all

 

Maybe Muth will be trade bait?

 

Maybe it takes them a little while to tally up all the "almost pressures"?

 

What is his trade value if we consider his contract?

I think this is very low

 

Agreed. Although to whom specifically?! Arizona maybe?! That would be about the only team I can think of at the moment in need of one. A couple others could be the likes of the Los Angeles Rams and the Washington Commanders.


Beyond those three?! Got me there.

 

Not very high IMO

 

Agree on everything, except maybe #7, the "bomb" to a wide open Metcalf was the worst thrown ball of the year.

 

People tend to forget that merely drafting the QB is only one part of the equation. Offensive System, Organizational Structure and the overall talent of the team are also major factors. Big Ben sure as hell didn't go on a 15-1 tear by himself. Justin Herbert didn't break NFL Rookie Records left and right either. Jayden Daniels wasn't as "weaponless" as the National Sports Media made him out to be.


Long story short?! Great Organization find ways to maximize their success with the time they have with their QBs. Kansas City, Philadelphia and Buffalo are all basically, more or less, the blueprint (though having a HOF Head Coach, HOF WR in Tyreek Hill and HOF Tight End in Travis Kelce helps). That all said, it is up to the QB to figure out the rest. He does need the support structure of course but he himself has to do his part as well.


Pittsburgh didn't do right by Kenny Pickett at all. Mind you that this doesn't absolve Kenny Pickett of any blame; he himself has himself to blame for what has happened to his career. That said, Matt Canada wasn't it and the Offense simply had no identity. Hopefully this time around, the Steelers will have learned their lesson and can set the next QB up much better than the last one.

 

that was with limited over the hill Ben.

now we've got over the hill AR, but his young AR act is more convincing

 

Yeah, he's essentially been the TE3 but getting paid (technically) top 10 money at the position. Thankfully the contract is quite incentive laden, so it's not like we're paying out the max.... but trading or cutting him in the offseason might be the way to go.

 

Agree. The point though to marvel about on that play was how much time AR had to throw that dying quail to the very speedy ultimately wide open DK. The OL certainly did their job. Not sure if AR just can't heave it that far these days, his footing was bad on the circus turf, or just underestimated the trajectory? Was a pity regardless. As was overthrowing the wide open 9' 10" #80.