Great. Nothing more to read then. Wait ...
If nothing to read, then why reply? You want the last word?
Uhhh, I did not speculate about that trade. Read the title of the thread. And neither would the Steelers, a team that rarely drops down in return for trade capital
In never said you did. I was responding to your Op Ed from the title regarding your outdated value chart. You intimated multiple picks from the scenario wouldn’t happen. I provided three examples from the last three drafts where multiple picks were gained in similar circumstances, primarily dropping at least 6, but no more than 9 spots from the 1st to the 2nd.
You should look up the definition of arrogant. You and a bunch of others think this roster will compete for a championship. Great. That and $1 will get you a donut.
The 2020 roster was better than what the 2021 roster looks like it will be. The 2020 team lost to Washington, Bungles and Clowns for a reason. The problems remain; the roster is not as good.
I wouldn't call myself or others who have similar opinions arrogant. Rather instead the term to use would be optimistic. The difference is I, and I’d gather the majority of the fan base, are optimistic the team regardless whomever the head coach is at this moment and has a chance to win a championship. Your position, which is your right by no means, seems to follow the negative path of being a defeatist until the change you want is instituted. However, if they are successful without the change, then it must be everything besides the head coach for the reason of success.
Uhhh, no, I thought the team was very good for the majority of the season. I thought that a repeat of the 2019 defense together with Ben would make it a team that could compete for a championship.
When the team struggled against a terrible Dallas team, I explained it away. When they lost to the Not-Redskins, I saw a repeat of Tomlin's poor management, poor preparation. When they lost to the Bungles and their QB, cannot even remember the guy's name, it was pretty damn clear the team was not as good as I had thought, and nowhere as good as I hoped.
And the OLB who injured his knew, followed by the 1-5 finish, is not returning. Well, he's returning, but not wearing a Steelers uniform.
Yet, while you “explained away“ the struggles in the DAL game they still won three more games before the FUBAR schedule gave them 3 games in 12 days. Including playing the said WAS game 5 days after a mid week game. Again, an unprecedented occurrence for the league. Yet, all the blame in your words appears focused on what the head coach did In that game and not the execution from the offensive side of the ball.
Is that supposed to make me feel MORE optimistic about the chances in 2021?
Posit?, You have more confidence in a rookie QB than Roethlisberger for 2021?
Their teams adapt, take advantage of an opponent's weakness, seem to show up prepared even against a bad opponent. At halftime last year, McDermott said his team needed to change to account for the Steelers' pass rush, while Tomlin said "we just need to do better." That sums up the difference in less than a minute. Tomlin will keep banging his head against a wall and wait for Ben to put together a late drive to pull out a victory. McDermott will throw 10 passes to Stefon Diggs because he is covered by a LBer. Tomlin will not change the coverage because he thinks the LB'er "just needs to do a better job."
Can you see the trend in your responses? Props for McDermott as he is a very good coach, but still BUF hasn’t won anything except a AFCE title. Note I prefaced the team and not the head coach and Tomlin has more wins in the same span as McDermott’s stint as head coach.
Do you have Heyward's number? Watt's? Text them and tell them to give me a call.
Have I heard from quite a few - not unanimous, not close - that Tomlin is a great coach? Sure. But I have eyes. The list of inexplicable losses is way too long.
And we sure as hell will see how good a coach Tomlin is this year. No doubt about that.
No, but you could follow him and many other players on Twitter or IG and ask them. Most of us have eyes as well, and we all see what we want to see, how we perceive is the difference.
Calm down. You misread my post. Specifically, I said:
Discussing 2021, not 2022.
I am perfectly calm. Who is taking offense in this board debate? In regards to your statement above. Clearly my error, but 2021? Really? You complaining about cap space? Half the teams were over the cap three weeks before the final $184.5 was listed. You had all these vets being released, and now you have quality players, who were cut, taking one year deals because they know 2022 will be a windfall. Had their been no COVID chances are we keep Bud with the additional $20 mil in cap space.
Which side of the fence you shouting from? “They don’t spend enough on FA?“ Or “why are we always at the cap?
We are sure going to see if this is a championship caliber team.
Since you are of that belief, I presume if the Steelers go 9-8 and miss the playoffs again, you will admit Tomlin did not do a good job?
Yep, every year. And I will continue to do so, regardless of who is the head coach, GM, or QB. I’ve seen 8 SBs and 6 victories. More than any other fan base not tied to an asterisk. It’s worked for a long time (barring the mid to late 80s), no reason to change.
We are barely one month into the new league year and FA. We haven’t had the draft yet nor OTAs or camps and you are ready to call it a wasted season. That’s fine, your prerogative. Whatever record they have after this year or whether they make the playoffs will be based more on what my interpretation of whether Tomlin AND the players did a good or poor job. If they don’t win a championship, then both he and players failed what the organization has set out to do. Tomlin, nor Colbert are planning long term to get higher picks in drafts, which most of the teams who follow the method you proclaim, do.
I‘d gather you will have last words, which is fine. No problem. We each have our own opinions. That’s it, opinions. Nothing else.
