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Great? We have some things to prove before we're great.
Hold on here though, Trog. I have it on very good authority that picks in the top-12 NEVER bust. Indeed, they inevitably wind up having extremely good/multiple Pro-Bowl careers. Just ask Solomon Thomas, John Ross, Mike Williams, Leonard Floyd, Eli Apple, Vernon Heargraves, Donta Fowler, Kevin White, Trae Waynes, Danny Shelton, Blake Bortles, Sammy Watkins, Justin Gilbert, Dion Jordan, Barkevious Mingo, Jonathan Cooper, Tavon Austin, Dee Milliner, Chance Warmack, D.J. Hayden, Trent Richardson, Justin Blackmon, Morris Claiborne, Ryan Tannehill, or ... Mark Barron.
God, I cringe at the thought of the Steelers getting a superior safety, an awesome football player, a guy who reads and intercepts like nobody since Polomalu, but in the process losing the next Justin Gilbert or Barkevious Mingo.
Btw Sean Davis is two weeks from being eligible to return off IR. If he's good to go, he'll be an improvement over Kam Kelly in dime. He's better in coverage than Edmunds/Hilton, so maybe they'll move Edmunds inside to dime backer and pair Davis & Fitz in deep zones. I know Butler likes that three safety alignment.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Minkah Fitzpatrick's play at safety has had a huge impact on the <a href="https://twitter.com/steelers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@steelers</a> secondary since Week 3.<a href="https://twitter.com/minkfitz_21?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@minkfitz_21</a> has aligned as a deep safety on 85% of snaps with the Steelers (22% with Dolphins) and has helped shut down opponents' deep passing attacks.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HereWeGo?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HereWeGo</a> <a href="https://t.co/9v5FFdO7DV">pic.twitter.com/9v5FFdO7DV</a></p>— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) <a href="https://twitter.com/NextGenStats/status/1191476295307161600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I've said it before, the Steelers will be getting their check books out in big fashion in 2, 3 and 4 years as they must pay Watt, Minkah and Bush. They are the core of this defense for the next 8+ years.
Great? We have some things to prove before we're great.
We allow 336 yards a game and 22 points against, that is far from great
Yes its a lot
Those are the stats for the offense
Yeo and the defense stats are mediocre or do I need to read them to you.