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If Ben retires

You draft a QB in R1 of the draft no matter what Ben does this offseason
 
bigtwnvin said:
Rumors are Cousins is going to the Niners.
When Ben retires Pouncey and perhaps Foster are going to hold the door then leave with him. Never really thought about it but without #7 the Offense will likely have to be re invented.
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Why go there when Lynch has Garropolo?
 
bigtwnvin said:
Rumors are Cousins is going to the Niners.
When Ben retires Pouncey and perhaps Foster are going to hold the door then leave with him. Never really thought about it but without #7 the Offense will likely have to be re invented.
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Those were the off season rumors. If the Steelers have a QB vacancy, there will be a lot of interest to come here and play for a team that is loaded with skill players on both sides of the ball, and has a coaching staff that will be intact for most of your tenure. I'm pretty high on Cousins, but if Luck is there, he's my guy.
 
bmoritz said:
I wouldn't mind the Blake Bortles route for short term. What I definitely DON'T want to do is reach in the first for a QB who's not worth the spot.
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Thank you sir..

Exactly what im talkin bout!

Like I said..he is good enough to keep us relevant... and be very much in the mix until the next great Steeler QB surfaces.
 
Cope said:
I'm pretty high
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thesteelcity said:
Put Dobbs at the helm and go for a Top 5 pick or pick up a Tyrod Taylor Band-Aid-type until Ben 2.0 is available/ready. I wouldn't break the bank on Cousins. He's decent, but not so sure worth $15+M/yr plus the signing bonus to get him here.
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15+ mil per year? Try 25+mil per year.
LOL, he is a good QB, but c'mon man...that is insane.
I get why Stafford is paid like that. Cousins? No way.
 
bmoritz said:
I wouldn't mind the Blake Bortles route for short term. What I definitely DON'T want to do is reach in the first for a QB who's not worth the spot.
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Unless we really suck in the future, the Steelers will be hard pressed to sit high enough in the draft to take a blue-chip QB.
 
tapeANaspirin2it said:
i don't want Cousins. If he was that good, the redskins would have signed him already. He eats up bad defenses but has not been great when it counts. I'm not paying big money for just "pretty good". That's how the ravens got in trouble when they paid Flacco like he's more than what he is.

I know it's all but accepted that any QB with a pulse gets $100 Mil but it doesn't mean it's smart.

No to Paxton Lynch. This guy is a first rounder and he can't beat out Brock Osweiler. No thanks.

Sam Bradford - no way. This guy is a China Doll

Tyrod Taylor - i would be interested in Taylor if he came at the right price. I'm not sold he's great but i think he'd be pretty good with the steelers weapons and might be a good placeholder until they found the next franchise QB. He could be the new Tommy Maddox.

Christian Hackenberg - i know he's polarizing and even half of PSU fans think he stinks but he could probably be brought in for almost nothing. This only played 1 season on college or NFL where he had decent protection and somebody to throw to and that was his freshman year where he looked really good.

He has so much upside, he'd be a great developmental prospect. The Jets are crazy for not finding out iof he can play this year, and No, a few quarters of preseason and splitting snaps in camp is not enough to know if somebody can play.

Look at Jared Goff. Last year he looked like an epic bust. One of the worst statistical seasons for a QB ever. This year he has a better coach and people to throw to and he looks like he may be a future star. It's hard to judge a QB in a bad situation.

Josh Dobbs - i just don't see him as more than a career backup, a replacement for Landry Jones. Won't surprise me if he has a short playing career then starts coaching.


So if Ben was gone next year. I think you bring back Landry and Dobbs. You try to get Tyrod Taylor if he's not asking for too much. I think maybe $12 Million is the max i would offer. If you can get him for less, i'd grab him.

Best Scenario
Sign Tyrod
Draft a QB with a high pick
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good post...agreed
 
CoolieMan said:
luck has never been anything but an over hyped so so NFL QB
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disagree...he's shown flashes but he has been mauled on a continuous basis.
think about what that guy could do with our OL and weapons.
if we could acquire in a decent deal...and his medical checks out (which is very questionable right now), I would love that move.
 
We can pick up Alex Smith because the Chiefs will be ready to commit to the future next year
 
Hines57 said:
You draft a QB in R1 of the draft no matter what Ben does this offseason
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While true, you can't just take a QB, to take a QB at 32. you can't reach, when there my be a better player there that would help. that's what happen with Troy Edwards and Javon Kearse was there. they needed a receiver and reached for him. which lead to the firing of Tom Donahoe. because Cowher wanted the Kearse.
 
What makes everyone think Smith would be cheap? Too many teams in need of a good QB for Smith to get much less than Cousins on the open market.
 
CoolieMan said:
luck has never been anything but an over hyped so so NFL QB
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I agree that luck has been way over rated. Plus there is no way he is going to be cheap.
Cousins will not be cheap either.
I believe the Steelers will hold and draft a QB early. Landry will start till the rookie is ready or landry sucks his way out of the starting job.
 
Luck still has 4 years left on his contract, why would he be available?

Alex Smith will be 34 by start of next season, if he is available he would only want to go to a contender.
Jags wouldn't be a bad place for him to end up, they also could have interest in Cousins.
 
CoolieMan said:
but since Ben is not walking away from all that $$$$ none of this matters
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I whole heartedly agree Coolie. BUT and it's a big BUT...if he does get talked into it by his family, the Steelers have already shown us what they will do.

Scotty hit it on the head..." reality is they will roll with the Laundry Man until they find a guy they like in the draft."

Look back to after Bradshaw's retirement. Who did they use...Cliff Stoudt
Stoudt was the backup to Terry Bradshaw from 1977–1982 before taking over as starter during Bradshaw's injury-plagued and final season in 1983.

Stoudt led the Steelers to a 9–2 start, but the team melted down late in the season. Steeler fans, accustomed to Bradshaw's late game heroics, turned viciously on Stoudt. The Steelers managed to win the AFC Central with a 10–6 record and stumbled into the playoffs, but were quickly dispatched by the Los Angeles Raiders

After the 1983 season, Stoudt left Pittsburgh, signing with the Birmingham Stallions of the USFL. During the season opener on March 11, 1984 against the Pittsburgh Maulers at Three Rivers Stadium, Stoudt was heckled and pelted with snowballs by the fans. It would turn out to be the only sellout in the one season history of the Maulers.
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Then they drafted Malone in the first round and he started for 4 years before they went with Bubby.

Point is..The Rooney's are not askeered to play lesser talent at QB while they look for the next Knight in shining armor to take them to the big dance.

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kev4heels said:
disagree...he's shown flashes but he has been mauled on a continuous basis.
think about what that guy could do with our OL and weapons.
if we could acquire in a decent deal...and his medical checks out (which is very questionable right now), I would love that move.
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Think of what he could have done with our OL 6 or so yrs ago. Everyone has to deal with crappy lines at times. The great players are still great though. Next you will be saying think what he could have done with our WR's or RB. Luck has always been an over rated QB. It happens sometimes.

Also....no way do we acquire any decent vet QB to start. This isn't Madden. We will roll the dice with Landry. Most likely compete for our division if for no other reason our division isn't that good. Draft a guy and move on from Ben.
 
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first you lock bell, then ony up cash to lure Alex smith for a 2-3 year deal that they would not want to Mahomes, I like Kirk but I dont think he is going to be worst 22-25 mill a year
 
I don't see why it is so out of the question that the Steelers would be able to lure a decent veteran QB in FA, we would be similar to Denver a few years ago when Peyton saw them as the best option as a contender and having the most talent. I'm sure an Alex Smith would rather play for us rather than a team he knows won't be as competitive. Who would he sign with? Jacksonville might be the only maybe, but after that who, the Jets? The Browns? The Bills? Back to the 9ers? I guess the Broncos maybe, but this is all considering that those teams would even be interested.
 
ianv2012 said:
I don't see why it is so out of the question that the Steelers would be able to lure a decent veteran QB in FA, we would be similar to Denver a few years ago when Peyton saw them as the best option as a contender and having the most talent. I'm sure an Alex Smith would rather play for us rather than a team he knows won't be as competitive. Who would he sign with? Jacksonville might be the only maybe, but after that who, the Jets? The Browns? The Bills? Back to the 9ers? I guess the Broncos maybe, but this is all considering that those teams would even be interested.
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Well the Steelers probably won't go after one. They have Jones already.
 
stillwright said:
Well history says other wise.
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Thing is, history has changed for this team. This team is different from the top down since Ben first came around.

Too hard to be able to tell what they would do if Ben all of a sudden retired.

We'll see when that time comes, but I wouldn't put a stamp on any approach as a result.
 
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