Chase Claypool sets Steeler rookie record for catches

[mightyguru]

With 62 to pass Troy Edwards...

Kid has a little growing to do, but I love his salty attitude.

Congrats to MapleTron!

EDIT: JuJu still owns the Steeler rookie record for receiving yardage.

 

[slashsteel]

That is a special one I am glad I was off one round.

 

[mightyguru]

That is a special one I am glad I was off one round.

He's really something.

He probably set a couple other Steeler rook records too. TDs, yardage...didn't look it up, lol.

 

[Stryker]

And ties Louis Lipps for 9 receiving TDs and ties Lipps and Franco for 11TDs in his rookie season.

 

[BLITZ]

I am glad we reached for him

 

[Supersteeler]

The one thing this staff and front office can do like nobody else is identify and draft WR's. They virtually never miss.

 

[JMM]

Congrats!!!. That and $5 will get you a coffee at Starbucks.

That said I think he and JuJu could make a formidable tandem for a few years if they do not let their egos get to them and JuJu can focus on being a wide receiver and not an internet diva..

 

[nooneuno]

Every time I see the name Troy Edwards I think of Jevon Kearse, still haven’t let it go we passed on the freak lol

 

[BLITZ]

Every time I see the name Troy Edwards I think of Jevon Kearse, still haven’t let it go we passed on the freak lol

same!! what could have been....

 

[slashsteel]

Every time I see the name Troy Edwards I think of Jevon Kearse, still haven’t let it go we passed on the freak lol

I would have still picked Troy


























































































said nobody ever.

 

[BLITZ]

I would have still picked Troy


























































































said nobody ever.

I didnt scroll down far enough at first

 

[SteelerFan448]

Claypool has shown already he's an impact player. He needs to improve on contested catches, his route running, and tracking the ball, but he's done a lot very well this season. You figure he's done this while being limited with his deep ball opportunities. He should've been a guy with a 15-17 YPC this year.

 

[JMM]

I would have still picked Troy
said nobody ever.

Crap...enter Justin stage left...I thought this was over about 20 years ago...

 

[Ironcitysteelers]

Dude is a monster. Hope he isn’t a head case but I have this feeling about him

 

[stillwright]

same!! what could have been....

Would have Kearse fit our system? Wasn't he a 4-3 end? Maybe I guess. Just because he excelled with one team doesn't mean he would have here. What was that guys name that we couldn't find a spot for? He did half ok in NE? Vrabel ....or something like that. Would Ben do what he has done in Cleveland? A
Maybe. I doubt it though.

 

[Cras108er]

Dude is a monster. Hope he isn’t a head case but I have this feeling about him

I’ve seen enough of his behavior in between plays to have questions about how much of a diva he might become. All WR’s (except maybe Fitzgerald) have a little. lol


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[Stryker]

Would have Kearse fit our system? Wasn't he a 4-3 end? Maybe I guess. Just because he excelled with one team doesn't mean he would have here. What was that guys name that we couldn't find a spot for? He did half ok in NE? Vrabel ....or something like that. Would Ben do what he has done in Cleveland? A
Maybe. I doubt it though.

Freak would have been an OLB in our system. He could have played DE as well. He would have been disruptive no matter where we played him.

 

[SteelerFan448]

Freak would have been an OLB in our system. He could have played DE as well. He would have been disruptive no matter where we played him.

My goodness yes. Kearse would've been an absolute monster for us.

 

[diver]

I think they really have a player in Highsmith, too. He reminds me a bigger version of Chad Brown.

 

[Ike Kelly]

Every time I see the name Troy Edwards I think of Jevon Kearse, still haven’t let it go we passed on the freak lol

It was the straw that broke the camel’s back between Cowher and Donahoe. The change began after that draft. Chin wanted Kearse to replace either Emmons or Gildon. Imagine Porter and Kearse as the bookend OLBs.


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