Should the Steelers draft a LT?

Hey, I knew who you meant. At least I figured I did.

 

calvin anderson gone.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...S&cvid=69a34ffbacac48e48441d98e0f5070cf&ei=13

i believe we will be drafting one or they get a free agent at this point.

 

You do need more than one TE. But we'll probably have way fewer snaps for TEs next season vs. last season.

And I think you're right that in a more passing oriented offense, I think McCarthy will prefer to have Muth on the field.

Which means I don't think we'll play Washington most of the time.

Washington played 57% of snaps last year (546...for the denominator, I think PFF only counts snaps in games where the player dressed...I think we played 1105 total offensive snaps)

Jonnu Smith inexplicably played 52% of snaps last year (536).

Muth played 51% of snaps last year (522).

Good news for Washington / Smith is we're almost certainly getting rid of Smith (I think it was malpractice to have given him so many snaps when the team did better in both rushing and passing plays when Muth was on the field)

But the bad news for the TEs is that we're almost certain to run a lot fewer 2 and 3 TE sets.

I think McCarthy will gravitate more to Muth. And that we'll dramatically under utilize Washington (who I think is better). So I'd rather trade Muth and pick up another all-around TE. I think Muth is too good to be in a smaller role (like the one we had him in last year). So if he's TE2, I think he may be more valuable as a trade asset than a backup. But it's always nice to have injury insurance...so if he doesn't get anything back in trade I'd keep him.