Tomlin tricked the Bengals

WR was very much a pressing need. They need a #2 WR, Tate and Lafell aren't #2s. What were their top needs to you? To me it was WR, CB & Safety. Then pretty much just getting depth everywhere else.

 

The post from "Young Thundercat" there speaks a lot of sense.

Sums up the nonsense of all these stories about the draft.

 

Steelers let the cat out of the bag on Revis and he ended up getting stolen from us.



Not outlandish that the front office would learn from their mistakes

 

Steelers Wire weighs in, as well...





http://steelerswire.usatoday.com/20...prefered-choice-over-bengals-william-jackson/

 

And what are they suppose to say? "We got punked?" Of course they don't want to look foolish..again.

 

Gotta admit. They had a pretty good haul with WJ3, Boyd & Billings. Thought Vigil was a reach, could have been there for them in the 5th.

 

... Perry with a "biggerstaff", is his given name???...

I`m sorry, I just find that hilarious......

Even if he is good people, writing under a pseudonym,

I highly doubt he has any more info, into the inner workings of our draft room, than anyone else,

Even if he may very well "know his stuff"...

The whole draft process is a smokescreen, by design, from every team in the league...

No team would be doing their job properly, if we all knew who they REALLY wanted, going into the draft...

As for the top 2 picks this year, the Rams knew who they were taking, and Philly was clearly happy to get whichever one they didn`t take...

They only stretched those 2 picks out to the time limit for TV drama, and ratings...

And it pissed me off!!! I was like, "C`Mon, Man! Get the top 2 out of the way, then the real intrigue can start..."...

So, who knows?... It did seem like we jumped on Burns as soon as he was available, but if we already had him graded as our #2, or we woulda taken Jackson if he was available, we probably would have moved just as quickly..

We rarely stretch out the clock for drama, or to listen to trade offers...

Shows good preperation, to me...

We have our #1 locked in, and contingency picks ranked...

We know what we will or won`t take, in draft picks, to move from our plan "B" player...

And we know who we will move up for, ahead of time, if we have to...

It`s run like a business, and not for the "drama" of the cameras...

No need to look like we are "considering our options", like the other teams...
We know what we want, and we go get it...

Sometimes we`re right, sometimes we`re wrong...

No point adding to the "drama" of the draft...

Just well prepared, and ready to go about our business...

GO STEELERS!!!

 

BINGO

it's over with and done; we move on. Let's get these guys up to speed; pray for no injuries and then open the year with a 41-10 shellacking of the Redskins.

 

Yeah all the first round receivers were gone, probably why they took WJ III. Fans are so gullible thinking the Bengals are going to draft a player they don't really want, just to spite a division rival .

 

If people think, Coach T pulled one on the Bengals, I have some ocean front property in
Arizona I would be willing to sell you.

 

I'm not falling for that again.

 

How much?

 

Lake or River?

 

Do I believe the Bengals took that pick to spite us no. I can see WJIII not being our guy though and them throwing up a smoke screen. If the report of the Steelers were on the phone with Burns while the Bengals were on the clock then it really does point to him being our guy the whole time.

 

I pay no attention to what the armchair GMs have to say. They are the same ones who kept saying Lawrence Timmons was a total bust in his first two years. I like this draft. I think the Steelers did a good job. Only time will tell how it turns out.

 

Colbert and Tomlin seems like they did their due diligence. So I've got to think that the guys they drafted can and will help us until proven other wise.

 

Intersting that thebengalsboard believes that Pittsburgh got screwed. Then again, I do not believe that neither thesteelersfans and thebengalsboard knew about Tomlin's and Colbert's contingency plan prior to the WJ III pick.

 

I am more torn over the fact that fanbases like the Bengals, who have never won anything, find new ways to be obnoxious and arrogant despite not having any foundation to stand in to base an attack on.




If anything, I am offended by offensive offended fans in general (regardless of the team).

 

I am more torn over the fact that fanbases like the Bengals, who have never won anything, find new ways to be obnoxious and arrogant despite not having any foundation to stand to base an attack on.




If anything, I am offended by offensive offended fans in general (regardless of the team).

 

Carnell Lake apparently fessed up to us targeting William Jackson . . .

http://www.steelersdepot.com/2016/06/carnell-lake-confirms-steelers-targeting-william-jackson/

 

Good post Eddie. Just goes to show that all that wining and dining of Jackson was legit and not a smoke screen as some posters tried to say.
http://www.steelersdepot.com/2016/06/carnell-lake-confirms-steelers-targeting-william-jackson/

 

Going forward Tomlin/Colbert will have to do a better job of not tipping their hand. Good that they had a plan B in place but still......