Steelers at Browns 2022 Wk3 - Thurs Night Happy Ending Edition

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Postby robbiestoupe » Mon Sep 26, 2022 8:31 am

An average NFL career is only 3 and a bit seasons.
Well yea, that's why I only went back so far. Guess how many Offensive Lineman were draft in that time that stuck around with the Steelers. Okrafor, Moore, Greene, Dotson.

Since 2016 - the Steelers have drafted 6 OL - out of 53 total picks. 3 are starters, 1 back-ups (bust potential), 2 no longer play football.

If the foundation of the team starts in the trenches, the Steelers have failed miserably on the most critical side of the ball, imo.
It's a bit disingenuous to cover that long of a period. In 2016, their line was Villanueva, Foster, Pouncey, DeCastro, Gilbert with Lev Bell lighting up the world. All 30 or under. That's not to say they shouldn't have addressed it in 2018/2019, but you have to give them a break there.
Maybe, but given how quickly injuries happen, and as those guys got closer to 30, they seemingly did nothing to plan for a future after them.

DeCastro was terrible his last year, and I still think his sudden retirement absolutely flabbergasted the team, which is amazing.
There's probably a bit of calculus to drafting replacement players. It's obvious when drafting high profile players like QBs. For instance, Garoppolo for Brady, Love for Rogers, Rudolph for Ben. Teams are trying to gauge when they should draft the heir to their aging QBs, but sometimes get it wrong. Same could be said of OL and basically any position.

The Steelers have recently been pretty bad at this. They waited too long for Polamalu's replacement, the OL as you speak of, the QB situation. And it appears they may screw up the DL as they don't have much in the pipeline and they still need help with the OL, LB, CB.

I never bought into the "we draft the best player available" mantra that just about every team repeats every year. Perhaps the Steelers have been a bit too stubborn with this in the 2nd and 3rd round by grabbing luxury WRs, TEs, etc. Not that they aren't hitting with those picks, but there are other needs that should be addressed first.

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Postby willeyeam » Mon Sep 26, 2022 8:46 am

the steelers had a lot of holes and if they spent the draft picks taking OL then we'd be lamenting the lack of skill players. Unfortunately, it's not an overnight process. We're lucky that the rebuild is comprised of mostly .500ish seasons vs going 4-13. I'd anticipate the next couple drafts to be heavy on the line, and they'll be contenders again soon imo

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Postby robbiestoupe » Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:08 am

They'll need a new OC as well, but agree with that ulf

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Postby LITT » Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:07 am

the steelers had a lot of holes and if they spent the draft picks taking OL then we'd be lamenting the lack of skill players. Unfortunately, it's not an overnight process. We're lucky that the rebuild is comprised of mostly .500ish seasons vs going 4-13. I'd anticipate the next couple drafts to be heavy on the line, and they'll be contenders again soon imo
they really need a year of bottom quartile play to get a top 10 pick to lock on the line for a decade

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Postby willeyeam » Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:09 am

This is probably their best chance at a shitty year for the foreseeable future. Kenny will be starting soon enough and racking up Ws

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Postby Lemon Berry Lobster » Mon Sep 26, 2022 2:08 pm

Honestly should start Rudolph and tank for CJ Stroud

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Postby willeyeam » Mon Sep 26, 2022 2:09 pm

Oh yes, what could go wrong with an OSU QB in the NFL

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Postby Pavel Bure » Tue Sep 27, 2022 8:00 am

Oh yes, what could go wrong with an OSU QB in the NFL
Keep Mike Tomczak‘s name out of your **** mouth

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Postby LITT » Tue Sep 27, 2022 8:36 am

Oh yes, what could go wrong with an OSU QB in the NFL
'this one's different'

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