2018 Steelers Thread

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

We have one of those already thank you very much.

[NailedPenguin]

Eh. Thought it ran its course the first 3 or 4 times I saw stuff about it. Then he went on ESPN. Then he went to Cleveland. I'm just like Ok pal, we get it.

[LITT]

He'd be a monster TE.

the idea of a 6'8 250# person with a 40 inch vert and can run a 4.6 running down the field is very appealing

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

Actually he went to a game at the Staples Center in LA.

[Pavel Bure]

Should the Steelers try to pluck a Ben replacement from this class of free agents/draft considering it is probably the deepest FA and draft class in what the last 10 years? Ben is going to play for what 1 more year then the Landry Jones era starts?

[dodint]

I would like that very much.

[NTP66]

Minus the Landry Jones era. There should never be a Landry Jones era.

[willeyeam]

i read a pretty compelling article on how Landry Jones would actually do okay. Then I unfollowed whoever wrote it

[shafnutz05]

i read a pretty compelling article on how Landry Jones would actually do okay. Then I unfollowed whoever wrote it

For some reason, a much larger than expected contingent of writers and fans have really been pushing the "Landry Jones would be fine" angle. I can only assume he is nice to them or something, because that's the only explanation for it.

[dodint]

Are any of the writers ever critical of the front office? The team really wants Jones validated as a solid #2 or bridge QB. Seems like the writers are happy to take that and run instead of doing something against the grain.

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

Landry would do fine if we wanted to pick in the top 10, possibly top 5 in every draft.

[Morkle]

I enjoy the stance of "well he really knows the playbook, so he's a great #2." As if talent means nothing when compared to being in a system so long, you better know the damn playbook.

[count2infinity]

1. Trade Bell to the Browns and get the first pick in the draft
2. Draft Saquon
3. ???
4. Profit

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

1. Trade Bell to the Browns and get the first pick in the draft
2. Draft Saquon
3. ???
4. Profit

I might be giving them too much credit, but even the Browns are not stupid enough to make that trade.

[shmenguin]

thank goodness NP prevented Juju from getting more attention by introducing dozens of other people to his twitter feed

[willeyeam]

Can the Steelers fit honey badger under the cap?

[Dickie Dunn]

The Steelers can’t fit their draft class under the cap.

[tifosi77]

They've restructured a good half a dozen deals this offseason; I saw somewhere they were approaching $30 million in adjusted contract dollars....... and they're still either right at the cap, or a skosh over. (Which would be a tough spot to be in, because I think today is the cap compliance deadline for the new year.)

[willeyeam]

Spotrac shows them with over 8 mil in space including projections on draftees. Is that site reputable?

[tifosi77]

According to Over The Cap, they are $2.8 million over. (Last in the League)

https://overthecap.com/calculator/pittsburgh-steelers/

But I have no idea when that was last updated, or if OTC is reliable.

[NTP66]

Jesse James, a third-year tight end, earned $293,971.07 in performance-based pay. He also accrued $84,822.88 in veteran-based performance pay, giving him a combined $378,793.95 in bonus compensation.

Double-J earning that green.

[Dickie Dunn]

Martavis got the Jesse James treatment but to a greater extent:

@IanWhetstone

Steelers WR Martavis Bryant's salary now reflects in NFLPA records that he has earned the Proven Performance Escalator (available in contracts of all rookies drafted after round 2), bumping his pay from $705,000 to $1,907,000. This eats an addition $1.202 million in cap space.

All things considered the Steelers have less than $4MM in cap space now and sport a thoroughly terrible defense. Bell and his cap hit gotta go.

[slappybrown]

Jesse James, a third-year tight end, earned $293,971.07 in performance-based pay. He also accrued $84,822.88 in veteran-based performance pay, giving him a combined $378,793.95 in bonus compensation.

Double-J earning that green.

"earning"

[slappybrown]

Martavis got the Jesse James treatment but to a greater extent:

@IanWhetstone

Steelers WR Martavis Bryant's salary now reflects in NFLPA records that he has earned the Proven Performance Escalator (available in contracts of all rookies drafted after round 2), bumping his pay from $705,000 to $1,907,000. This eats an addition $1.202 million in cap space.

All things considered the Steelers have less than $4MM in cap space now and sport a thoroughly terrible defense. Bell and his cap hit gotta go.

Based on posts I have read in this thread, I have a take that will undoubtedly be panned by the 5AF Steelers intelligentsia:

Actually, the Steelers defense is good and not bad. They are being judged by either unfair (e.g., compared, perhaps even subconsciously, to past Steelers defenses rather than their peers in 2018) or obsolete standards.

imo

[NTP66]

What? Our defense is not good. I’ll agree to not that bad, but certainly not good.