Tank for a QB?

Pickett didn’t get the start until Trubisky was horrible and I think there was a half time fight with DJ in there if I recall correctly

And Pickett the coward was a 1st round pick not a 6

That’s not going to happen again

 

The amount we put into D as oppossed to the O, the results are disappointing for sure. Right now the only real price paid on O is one WR and TE, may pick up a bit if we pay more for Rodgers than has been stated, make a trade for another QB, but the balance has to be there eventually. They will work that out, but all of the picks next year are far more than possible moving up in the 1st, the value itself in all those middle rounders would not much in getting to the top 10, it does make for in the 'Burgh moving around to get specific pieces if you swap your 1st and trade your 2nd. Cap wise and draft value they will be in the best position they have been in years, this year is still a head scratcher. What Omar has to say and what we appear to have are 2 different things, things can change and I am not one to write the entire year off, but I hope realistic thinking keeps us from doing short term stupidity for the same results we have experienced the last few years.

 

The only reason there’s a huge discrepancy between spending is age. Almost our entire offense is on their first contract or lower tier vet contracts. On defense the majority us on their second or third contract. It has nothing to do with prioritizing one side of the ball over the other or similar nonsense.

 

No i agree, its not the right thing to do. Got to always try to put a good product on the field for the fans who pay to watch.

we didnt tank in 03. We had a down year due to injuries. In 1969 we were just were honestly incompetently bad.

if Mason or even AR starts i think we’ll be mediocre to squeezing out a wildcard (8-10 wins). I dont see Tomlins quest for a deep playoff run happening this year and we’ll likely trade up in 26. And i hope a new coach takes over the reigns

 

I've been saying this.

 

if Tomlin thinks the team can make the playoffs with Rudy he’ll stick with him. To hell with seeing what the rook has…thats Tomlin

 

My whole thing is this......
A lot of the people talking tanking tell Me the Steelers aren't that good, don't have good coaching, and the owners don't know what they are doing.......So.....if they truly believe all of that, why should we have to tank, shouldn't we suck anyways????.........Oh wait here comes the ........Well the talent is why, LOL, like we draft from a different draft pool then all the other teams.
I mean I watch teams that don't have good coaching, and that owners don't know what they are doing, and they never have to tank, they get there honestly. LoL....Over, and over, and over again.

 

I'll disagree with this.
From what I'm reading, Howard's flaw is that he needs better throwing technique (to have a stronger pass). If so, then the team should give him this year to rebuild his throwing motion, until it is second nature. If they rush him out there, then his instinct during pressure situations will be to revert to what his is used to doing, which will undermine attempts to improve his throwing.

If they are fine with his current ceiling, then by all means rush him onto the field. That is what happened to Artie Burns. (Most analysts said he needed to work on his fundamentals his first year. Making him a starter as a rookie meant he continued playing with flawed technique instead of rebuilding his game.) If we think his ceiling could be raised to a franchise QB, then I think he should follow Cam Heyward's path, not being a starter until his modified playing style becomes instinct.

 

It's possible to be a game manager and be good at the same time.

 

If Rodgers is here he will start until if/when he fails

If it’s between Mason and Howard and as the season goes on they will start whomever gives them the best chance to win

I was actually looking forward to seeing Rodgers throw to Metcalf and GP

Now without GP even if we sign someone else I’m no longer a Rodgers fan

 

Ben was way more that just a game manager in those years....

 

so we would base next years draft and howards career based on a few starts in his rookie year. not much different in how many base rudolph on when he was thrown in when ben got hurt? this sounds like what the browns do. mason is capable of good football. not sure we even need great. same with howard. give the team good play and see where arth takes them. it's a marathon not a sprint. so much pressure on next years draft pick too. you have to be big ben and start in game 3. that isn't what i'm hoping for for these guys or next years draft pick. we need to take our time with these QB's and let the process take it's path in a timely fashion. then we will have something. JMO.

 

No to tanking, playing at 110% and still going 7-10 would be good. We have draft capital to move up in next years draft
to get a qb.

 

thats when it does turn into the browns. i think that's putting howard in a position to fail. draft another next year and rinse and repeat.

 

You're fairly certain huh? Rudolph left playing pretty d@mn good football... he might prove u wrong...

 

I think that tanking is a risky thing at best. You don’t know at the time of tanking who is even going to declare for the draft and who is going to stay another year. And taking a qb is a crap shoot. You keep shooting for a franchise qb and mostly get crap.
The prize in 2026 is in many eyes Arch Manning, but he has hardly played at this point.
Anyway, the Steelers don’t tank.

 

I am against tanking for a QB. I would much rather build the O-Line and hopefully weapons around Rudolph and Howard this season. I still believe worst thing you can do is draft a QB thinking he will single handily turn your team into a Super Bowl team without having the weapons around him, as is evident of the Brown's QB carousel. Even when we drafted Roethlisberger, he wasn't expected to be the savior of the franchise. He came into the league with a great O-Line with Ward, Burress, Miller, and Bettis. Ben was the missing piece we needed. The pieces around him gave him the confidence a young QB needs in order to be set up for success.

 

His stats say otherwise

 

There is no guarantee Arch will declare for the 2026.