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We have layers of issues. Let me start with the first two because the if the first two were cleared up, the other issues we have would go away. The root cause is Rooney. Rooney is in a time warp where he operates the team like it's the early 1990's. He is very very much the anchor weighing this franchise down now. He inserts himself into things he's not knowledgeable enough to handle properly. The NFL doesn't operate the same any more. Bad facility, smallest coaching/scouting staff in the league. Rooney is root cause to all our Steeler suffering.A cognizant, logical post made by a man who can actually think. Clown-lin isn't capable of actual thought, a man who thinks p-ssing his pants is a clever way to thought that can trap us in outdated thinking patterns and generate fear and division through unconscious reactions based on past experiences. Only a dolt would think he's being witty. Run, run, short pass behind the line of scrimmage, punt...endlessly for 90% of the game. Yea, Clown-lin, you sure are smart. Why don't you yell "I'm working here" at a fan at halftime again. You actually believe that you're a great coach? God help us. And Art think he's a wise owner? God help us again. And Kahn, you're not helping matters. Your draft picks are not omnipotent.
DT Harmon would be the ideal pick, had he not torn his labrum which is an automatic surgery need at some point, which yinzers fail to face. HE NEEDS surgery, period. 2nd round used on a medium-level WR while ditching our only other WR to end up right where we were last year: an offense with only one decent target, FAIL. A 3rd rounder RB who is probably better than Harris, who was a wasted 1st rounder. Our 4th rounder is not a bad pick, an edge rusher who lacks lean and won't see many sacks. A 5th rounder who will be gassed in about 3 plays. A 6th rounder LB here because of his last name, a Clown-lin nepotism favorite: have right last name, join the team. But Kahn is just a genius.
'23 and '24 drafts: not much to brag about there. And we STILL have done nothing about the QB position. It's 2025. Ben has been retired or washed up for 5 years. Rooney, Clown-lin or Kahn haven't done anything. There latest "fix" is a 41 and 1/2 year-old Rogers. No end in sight.
Next..because of Rooney, he keeps retaining a fraud coach in Tomlin. Tomlin has always been a fraud. He got his one Super Bowl using Cowher's players and coaches. Once those guys left, Tomlin hasn't done a damn thing. We win regular season games because of the Steelers culture of defense and timely running of the ball. Tomlin is a cheerleader; he brings no X's & O's knowledge to the game. Tomlin was hired off of his fake expertise of the secondary. Yet, in his entire head coaching tenure, Tomlin has not gotten a single legit drafted cornerback. If..Porter pans out, he would be the first. And because of Tomlin fraudness, he is constantly out coached when we make a playoff appearance. Tomlin inserts himself into the draft process as well..selecting bust players like Najee Harris, Kenny Pickett, Artie Burns, Terrell Edmonds. I can go on and on with selections of Players where Tomlin exerted his push to get these players and they turn out to be bust.
We can't accurately assess the job that Khan is doing because of the input of Tomlin. I personally think, when all things are considered, Khan is doing a good job. But he has one hand tied behind his back because he has to listen to Tomlin.
To try and find a bright side, after the compensatory picks are handed out, we should have like 12 draft picks. Which would be most of any team for the 2026 NFL draft. If we don't like how Will Howard is progressing, we will have the ammunition of 12 draft picks, plus probably having to throw in a 2027 first round pick to move up and get a legitimate franchise QB of the future. So there is some hope in that area. But until we get rid of Rooney's operating style and get rid of Tomlin, there will be no real light at the end of the tunnel for us as Steelers fans.