Our next franchise QB?

Hi fellows, please hear me out before you attack me. As we all here know when Ben retires we will be pretty much screwed. Landry and Dobbs don't have it. Could be the eighties and ninety's all over again.
Franchise QB's are hard to find and way more important than any other player.
Next year is supposed to have a great QB class. If L Bell has a good to great year this year, I would attempt to trade him and our first round pick for the overall #1 next year. I don't care if Bell rushed for 2500 yards. I would trade him in a second. Bell is a great RB but a great QB is what wins titles.
Do you think someone would go for this?

 

Trent Dilfer won a Superbowl with a good defense

 

Our defense sucks however.

 

Don't hold your breath wishing the Steelers drafting the #1 overall pick ever. I might have a better chance of winning the Powerball tonight.

 

Why would a team trade for a running back that isn't under contract? They could just sign him and keep their #1 pick.

 

I agree about QB>RB, but Le'veon is a once in a generation type of player, he should stay in Pittsburgh for as long as we can keep him (hopefully longer than this year). Also, you never know how good a great NCAA QB will turn out in the NFL, there have been plenty examples of them. I'd rather trade for a QB who has proved he can win in the NFL anyways.

 

if ben retires after this year i would make a serious effort to sign cousins and keep the weapons we have to give to him.

 

And what team would trade their winning QB away????

 

Remember when Ben had the "magic". pre 2010 lol

 

We won Superbowl XL with a lousy quarterback.

Roethlisberger 21-9-2-123

 

Since we win the SB we'll be drafting 32 and Bell will be a UFA.........

In today's world we'd have to give up our entire 2018 staff and part of our 2019 top end draft in order to move up to #1......

Cajun

 

Is Bell able to be tagged again next year, just curious?

 

Yes, one of two different ways.

 

franchise and ?

 

I must watch an entirely different team than you on Sundays because our defense does not suck. Are they the best in the league? No, not yet anyhow. We are talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers, right?

 

Yes, and the $ is set at 14+ mil.

Cajun

 

Brad Johnson did too with Tampa Bay 2003

 

Look at Bills, Dolphins, 49ers, to how hard it is to replace hall of fame QB's, they have all been trying for years.

Sometimes your lucky like Green Bay, from Favre to Rogers, but it doesn't happen often.

Enjoy Ben while we have him, hopefully we get lucky, in the draft in a year or two.

I think Ben plays 2 more years personally.

 

Hopefully it doesn't go down but what if you have to decide between tagging Bell and Tuitt?

 

Exclusive and Non-exclusive.

Bell had the exclusive tag this year. I expect they would use the non-exclusive tag next year.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sb...-does-the-nfl-franchise-tag-work-players-paid

 

Our next franchise caliber QB is probably not even out of high school yet. Steelers are in for some lean years after Ben leaves. I lived through the mid to late 80's. That was an awful time to be a Steelers fan. Most of the 90's were great even though we didn't have a franchise-caliber QB.