What is your confidence in these bets?

Pretty sure the Steelers aren't listening to my advice, but thanks for boosting my ego?

Wasting time, by my definition, is spending another year with an offense that MUST cater to Ben. Look, I love that we had him all these years. I appreciate all that he gave the franchise. We definitely won a lot of games because he was under center. But he does not help the team at this point.

I've stated my opinion on this already, but I'll say it again. Ben is better than any other QB on our roster, and even though he gives us a better chance at winning games than they do, we are still not a good offense with him. Just because he is "better" doesn't make him "good." Allowing the team to move on from him this season means a better prepared team NEXT season. Don't call it a rebuilding year if you don't want to. Call it an audition year. Who wants to be here? Who can plan? Who can fit in to what we're changing into? We won't know that with Ben under center.

And it's very easy for me to say the same offense and blocking scheme because no matter who is calling plays or drawing up gameplans, they are doing it with Ben and his limitations in mind. How can YOU not see that? We will again run 75%+ out of shotgun and handcuff the running game by limited formations, an unproven, patchwork offensive line, and a heavily unbalanced run/pass ratio.

And anything can happen once you get into the playoffs, granted. But for a team that isn't any good by December, anything is anything but good. You aren't really saying that you're happy with our playoff performances over the past decade are you? I don't understand the camp that relishes in regular-season wins over championships. Never will.

 

Ben, JuJu, and Ebron's voidable years will void 5 days after the Super Bowl. If none are extended, that leaves 26 players under contract.

https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/pittsburgh-steelers/

 

Also Ravens, and Browns both have went and done what a lot want. Brought in many free agents, and got a Young Qb that they are barely paying, that can move all over, as some seem 2 judge their QBs by.
Yet they both lost the Division 2 Us, and only have 1 playoff win apiece.

 

So the Steelers way is putting a great product on the field. Got it. Enjoyed an entire embarassing month of December, did you?

No one can predict the future, so I have as much chance of being right as you do.

It makes no difference who is brought in, Ben can't/won't change. Makes no difference if Ben's calling shots. He won't operate under center.

Again, our best chance to compete doesn't mean we'll compete. If we're going to suck, let's do it moving forward and not repeating "The Steeler Way" and waste another year.

I never once said it is okay to lose. Please show me where I said that. I'll wait.

We all had something to root for in December. Unfortunately, the Steelers didn't get the memo.

And yes, I believe that preparing this team for the future is better served by letting the players who actually might be there work through a difficult year.

 

Thanks Nostradamus. I'll just abandon my "opinions" and subscribe to your facts. Wait...

 

1/4" can be the difference in hitting the sweet spot or walking in on someone else drinking your beer!

 

Are you quoting yourself?

 

I feel your pain.

 

The Steelers haven't built one of those in over a decade, but keep listening to them.

 

I didn't say I built any, but I have the right to question a team that has failed to do so in a long time.

This is a message board. Discussions happen.

Maybe this hall monitor job doesn't agree with you.

 

I take offense to that. I'm the only Nostradamus here.

 

What is your deal? Am I in the wrong place, or do none of us have experience building championship caliber teams? You're spouting your opnions. Fine. I'm spouting mine. You're telling me I'm wrong because no one knows what the future hold and then you tell me "exactly" what will happen with my opinion on how things should be done.

You can't have it both ways, Blast. And you really seem to be jumping my shiz over my opinions, telling me what definitively will and will not happen because of how "wrong" I am. Did I do something to piss you off other than to tell someone to STFU twice? If so, please elaborate.

Otherwise, I'll keep spouting off my inexperienced opinion and being grumpy over what I feel is the deterioration of the greatest franchise in sports. This has been a long time in the making. This offseason is just the icing on the cake for me. But if this isn't the place to express opinions, good, bad, or indifferent, please let me know. I thought I was here to say what's on my mind. Telling someone to STFU was wrong. You were right to call me out on that. But beyond that, I didn't kick your dog.

 

My bad.

 

I don't think anyone is disputing the free sharing of thoughts here. But you've been pressing your disenfranchised feelings by repeating the same opinions on matters like the OL, Ben's return, and wasted time in a number of threads now, quickly turning defensive to the point of snark and outright STFU outbursts if countered that fail to add anything productive to the conversation. At that point it can feel like rationalizing an opposing viewpoint with you is itself a 'waste of time', met with the frustration of running into you espousing it again in a different thread.

 

Pretty rich from somebody that threw a veritable tantrum when they were politely asked to follow the rules of a draft thread.

Maybe this being a member and posting here doesn't agree with you?

 

Good point. But he only goes by Glemm with under 5 min to go in the fourth and four whiskey sours.

 

Pirates did the same.

I lived in Chicago for 5 years. A great place to live. Except for winter.

 

Winter's suck A$$ there.
IMO they suck everywhere I lived up north.