Trade Ben

I agree. Trade Ben. .......Listen, you guys seem to think BB is ageless. If you can't see him quickly turning into an old, beat up, doesn't care anymore, QB....you're blind.

 

Brady is the Yoda of Dink and Dunk. A true Jedi Master. It will get him into the HOF.

 

Beyond the stupidity of this suggestion, you do realize the cap hit for Ben would then be for this year 43 million, then 25 million next year? So to trade him they would have to come up with about 17 million in cap space for this year, yea that makes sense.

 

Think about what you are saying. Who is going to take huge cap hit and trade something worthwhile if all 31 other teams are as enlightened as you are? Or are you counting on other teams being " blind"? If someone would actually trade for Ben, do you think they would do so if they didn't think he would win games for them? Then maybe you were the one that is blind. What would be your selling point to get a decent trade for a future HOF QB who doesn't care anymore?

 

The only way Ben goes away is if he is injured for a lot of games and Mason does what Ben did when Tommy Turnover got hurt. Then I can see this happening. Chances are staggering low. All I care about is winning and really don't care who is doing it.

 

Guess I spoke before thinking.........but.........I stand by the rest of my post, in that, BB is heading into the sunset, and we NEED to start getting his replacement ready.......BB is getting into the "hanging on too long" QB scenario. I don't want to remember the "struggling" BB, I want to remember the Super Bowl BB.

 

I too want to start anew but maybe some of us are wrong about Ben. Tough first game for sure but he must want to play or he would have got out. I just hope he is not staying around because he has nothing to do after football. He sure the hell will never be a talking head on sport shows. Can't see him as a QB coach somewhere but who knows.

Even in his younger days he never struck me as being all fired up on the field. Not like Rivers yelling at everybody. I would imagine it is just his nature but he does, at times, looked like he checked out.

 

Ben will bounce back.

 

I am no capologist, but I believe the Steelers would eat most of that bonus (like they had to with AB), thus making an aging just recently resigned QB untradeable. Not that many would be lined up to make that trade.

 

Somebody punch Ben in the mouth, get his juices flowing.

 

We certainly don't need to trade our starting QB, we need the receivers to catch the dam ball. Speaking of balls we need a coach to grow a pair not going for it on the one yard line is gutless. It says you have no confidence in your offensive line , its not like a NE stop would have fired them up they were already playing a near perfect game.
The three points were meaningless unless MT was concerned about being shut out which counts for nothing anyways.

 

Which could’ve removed points from them as well. Would’ve been a closer loss

 

I can’t get on board with the premise of the title of this thread. Now if the thread was called Train Ben I would agree with that.

 

Remember the Arizona Wranglers and Chicago Blitz?

 

Valid points Blast. I did throw alot at Ben this week. He just looked unprepared, not up to speed. His chemistry with Moncrief & Washington needs to improve. Lots of work to do.

 

I go through these gyrations on every loss. When I’m done, we are 19-0 every year.

 

OK. Moderators could you please file this thread starter along with the group of Flat Earther's, Moon Landing Hoax, Bigfoot and alien bodies in Area 51. Please?

As for this idea, NOT.

As much as I hate Ben at times, yes his nickname with me is Jethro as in Jethro Bodine, but this is not even remotely going to happen or a good idea to boot.

1. Ben is too old. No one is going to trade for a year from retirement QB. Yea, for a 15th rounder maybe, but it ain't going to happen. He is too old.

2. Ben, if traded, would simply retire. No way would he want to go to another team at his AGE. He is so close now, going somewhere else for him would not be an option.

That's just for starters.

rutan

 

For what in return? We are eating 20 million for AB this year. If you trade Ben immediately we would be on the hook for 45 million, and I believe that is immediate. That is what I mean untradeable, the Steelers would essentially be tanking for several years, unable to sign the key players they want to retain, let alone any free agency (not that they do a lot of that anyway). Even if you got a first for Ben (doubtful), the holes you create by having to eat his contract would be huge. I actually fault the Steelers and Ben for this last contract. I get the, 'this is what I am worth' stuff, but Brady takes less and the Pats consistently put together a championship quality team. They do not necessarily got after top FA's, but have a knack for keeping the right players. What could the Steelers have done if Ben took 5 million less a year? Perhaps a quality TE?

 

I did some reading and now I hate that team even more.

I also noted this:
https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/patriots/patriots-salary-cap-loophole-might-be-trouble

 

Can't comprehend why Ben is being blamed? Our defense was horrendous! Opinions about Ben starting slow, etc.. Lets look at the facts: A 'young' offense trying to find it's way with the extra pressure - because while on the sideline they were entertained with the opponent moving down the field at-will.

The offense play calling is and has been very poor for several years. Steelers passing deep on 3rd and short isn't anything new. Passing on 3rd and short isn't anything new to todays league...but this offense has the talent to run ....and they don't.


I think we have the talent on D to be top 6. ...but the coaching horrible