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2025 preseason wk1 Steelers at Jags 8-9-25 7pm gameday thread

Thanks for everyone watching. Felt like I was as well thanks to yall!!!
 
troymania said:
If Howard misses all of the preseason, you keep Thompson as your #3 and stash Howard on the PS.
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Thompson looked good tonight, but it’s a far cry from what he looked like in Miami his first couple years. I think we’ll see him fall closer to that than his peak right now by the end of the preseason.

BUT, if Thompson does prove to be keepable and they want to keep Howard around it’s gotta be IR.
You just don’t take the chance of a QB you like clearing waivers.

One benefit to an injury is worst case scenario you can milk it out and use it as a redshirt season of sorts.
 
The Steelers are legit Super Bowl contenders. Tape was right.
 
Pollardo40 said:
Thompson looked good tonight, but it’s a far cry from what he looked like in Miami his first couple years. I think we’ll see him fall closer to that than his peak right now by the end of the preseason.

BUT, if Thompson does prove to be keepable and they want to keep Howard around it’s gotta be IR.
You just don’t take the chance of a QB you like clearing waivers.

One benefit to an injury is worst case scenario you can milk it out and use it as a redshirt season of sorts.
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No way Howard could do what Thompson did tonight. But Thompson is 28 and been in the league substantially. And it's highly unlikely he's going to improve to an NFL starter level at this point. He's had big preseason before that have not meant regular season success. Id say if you got down to either Will Howard or Skylar Thompson for any significant amount of time you are dust anyhow. Id still keep Howard and risk Thompson on waivers. Thompson is a more polished player. But he should be. Howard has an unknown upside.
 
SteelerSask2 said:
No way Howard could do what Thompson did tonight. But Thompson is 28 and been in the league substantially. And it's highly unlikely he's going to improve to an NFL starter level at this point. He's had big preseason before that have not meant regular season success. Id say if you got down to either Will Howard or Skylar Thompson for any significant amount of time you arebdust anyhow. Id still keep Howard and risk Thompson on waivers. Thompson is a more polished player. But he should be. Howard has an unknown upside.
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That’s exactly right. But I’m not even convinced that they would bring him back to PS.
4 QBs is a rare sight and he would get absolutely no reps during practice. I’d imagine they would just tell him to keep the phone close and wish him well if it got to that point.

Most of the time if you see a team with a QB on the practice squad it’s because they are only carrying 2 on the roster.
 
We can trade Thompson to the browns, they have a thing for QBs there
 
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