There will be nothing to this stuff at all when camp starts
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Ben Roethlisberger: Don't plan on Mason Rudolph replacing me for a while
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Here In Los Ángeles a radio show yesterday said Mason Rudolph in the 3rd was “Thee best pick in the draft”., for the exact same reasons I stated earlier. This pick has already lit a fire under Bens ***. Dude will be motivated....
Ben has NOT WON A SUPER BOWL IN A DECADE.....
Ben you are on the clock...
Quit yer bitcin’ & go get us that 7th ring you pissed off *******.....
Ben has NOT WON A SUPER BOWL IN A DECADE.....
Ben you are on the clock...
Quit yer bitcin’ & go get us that 7th ring you pissed off *******.....
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I know trends tend to come and go, but I have been thinking with the Eagles run and their RPOs and stuff...if his is where the NFL is going right now. The athletes on defense round the league seem to be getting better and better all the time, so maybe you need a QB who can move a little. I wish we would see some of that in the Steelers offense. But can Ben do it at this point in his career?
I look at the Super Bowl, and at the end of the day, the crucial play, as good as Brady is and was in that game, the Eagles always knew where he would be. I don't think the Pats could say that about Foles. So they had complete confidence when they sent the blitz that he'd be standing there. I don't know, maybe I'm making more out of it than I should be, but if I have a QB who moves around a bit, designed I mean, not just running, maybe that's what is needed more today.
Maybe Ben can't do that anymore. Maybe he can. But if he can't, maybe they should move on when his contract is done. I know that is sacrilege around here. But I know the Steeler offense is dull in many ways. Seems like it's the same stuff week in and week out. Is it cause the QB can't do some of the more creative things?
I look at the Super Bowl, and at the end of the day, the crucial play, as good as Brady is and was in that game, the Eagles always knew where he would be. I don't think the Pats could say that about Foles. So they had complete confidence when they sent the blitz that he'd be standing there. I don't know, maybe I'm making more out of it than I should be, but if I have a QB who moves around a bit, designed I mean, not just running, maybe that's what is needed more today.
Maybe Ben can't do that anymore. Maybe he can. But if he can't, maybe they should move on when his contract is done. I know that is sacrilege around here. But I know the Steeler offense is dull in many ways. Seems like it's the same stuff week in and week out. Is it cause the QB can't do some of the more creative things?
The Steelers offense is fine. It's the defense that's been holding them back. The offense can score on anyone ... unfortunately, the defense can be scored on by anyone.
I always like how Denver used to move the pocket when Elway was their QB. It counteracts blitzes, because the pocket may roll to their side. Ben is incredible on the move, in the pocket, and always has his eyes downfield. It's been downright criminal that we never worked that strength of his, into our offensive game plan.
Ben is no longer mobile, but he's always been pocket mobile, and can extend the plays because of it.
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Cohwer curtailed him his first couple years. He was saddled with the worst offensive line the NFL for about 5 years along with a ****** up OC who wanted 9step drop backs and eternity for plays to develope which turned into school yard activities. Finally they start to mold a OL and bring in an OC who is keeping him from catastrophe which in the end was ran out of town on a rail,........... Coincidently the fat lady is just starting to warm her vocal cords and BEN has one of the BEST OL in the game and hopes of our new OC instilling something that works to his majic. 3 to 5 years and three to five SBs, sounds about right.
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Even in the article he's quoted as saying he's comfortable telling the Steelers he's taking it one year at a time. I would expect him to be a competitor and show out next season. But nothing they quoted him as saying makes me dislike the pick. One year at a time after they picked the kid. What do you think was going on before? Ben's the man until he decides to leave, or gets injured. Make no mistake, he's still half assing his answers to get the press talking.
Sure. Ben isn't your guy. Whatever.
Actually, several of those third round picks eventually did amount to much, just not right away, which is what YOU and Ben (not your guy) wanted, right? Somebody to help the team NOW?
You forgot to answer the simple question: What "possible play-maker" would you have chosen instead of Rudolph?
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Umm i was saying pre draft I didn't want a QB early, before Ben ever said anything, so again, what I think of Ben doesn't have a damn thing to do with anything.
There were a few pass rushers there when we picked.
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Great. Thanks for being so specific.
I wasn't trying to be specific, an outside pass rusher is a huge need for us.
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I guess my question about what particular play-maker you would have taken in Rudolph's spot wasn't specific enough.
Malik Jefferson LB Texas, Rasheem Green DE USC or Sam Hubbard DE OSU, Oren Burks could've potentially been put in at ILB on passing downs quicker light LB
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There you go! Now that wasn't so hard, was it?
I liked Jefferson, but to me he looks more like a fit at inside linebacker at the next level. Hubbard's OK, don't think he's a first-year impact player. Don't know much about the others. You're right, they need a pass rusher, because Bud Dupree sucks. Just don't believe the immediate answer was sitting there in the third round.
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I agree. And at that time, I was screaming for rollouts, since our line wasn't giving him time. Roll the pocket, slow the pass rush, and Ben would make plays. The only rollout I can remember was Hines' first catch in the 2008 SB. He was coming off the leg injury in the Ravens game, first play of the game was a roll out downfield pass to him. We never used it again...
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Cope Wasn't that stereotypical of the time / OC / HC to find something that worked and never go there again............??? We had games where we could do no wrong on certain type plays and we would never use them again in the game. That is partly the origin of CMVLT "deer in the headlights" signature came from. I know we are talking past tense but we still see the "LOOK".
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