Steelers 2024 Offseason Thread

[shafnutz05]

Of course the photo of him is someone throwing a ball right to him while he's standing still.

Always in the right place at the right time. Can't teach that.

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

Minkah with the ball or dodint talking crap on him or Letang?

[dodint]

I'd be a first round draft pick in my discipline.

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

Given you are a FedGov employee, you'd bust.

[dodint]

Ah, yes, but I get paid.

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

As they say, good enough for government work.

[nocera]

https://nflpa.com/pittsburgh-steelers-report-card-2024

Guess they never started that game day day care center.

[tifosi77]

Odd, if you go to the website and sort the table ascending the 5th worst team is LAC, but if you do it descending it's TB.

Both LA teams are in Crapsville. They have both been in temp facilities since moving to LA, but both are moving to new digs shortly. (LAC in the next couple months) So presumably they'll move out of the cellar when that happens.

[Dickie Dunn]

https://nflpa.com/pittsburgh-steelers-report-card-2024

Guess they never started that game day day care center.

It's a pretty damning report that lends a ton of credence to the public opinion and media discussion around the franchise the past couple years. Ownership with a big F, the facilities, support staff, and overall approach to being a modern NFL franchise suck and there's zero confidence from anyone that they're willing to invest to make them better.

[DigitalGypsy66]

But the players loooove them some Coach Tomlin

[Troy Loney]

I’d just note that the folks posting pictures of the Steelers locker room compared to other locker rooms are pretty stupid.

Maybe it’s these players coming from Alabama where they did built that amazing facility stands out. But like, you know why the colleges were spending more on amenities…right?

[Pavel Bure]

I’d just note that the folks posting pictures of the Steelers locker room compared to other locker rooms are pretty stupid.

Maybe it’s these players coming from Alabama where they did built that amazing facility stands out. But like, you know why the colleges were spending more on amenities…right?

Steelers are worth 4.6 billion…

[Dickie Dunn]

Pitt has better facilities and amenities than the Steelers at the same god damn complexes.

[genoscoif]

On one hand, the lack of some type of family daycare for gameday is utterly inexcusable at this point. It was listed as a huge sour note last year, and I can't come up with any reason why they couldn't implement something tomorrow if they wanted.

On the other hand, some of these come off as individuals who are living a mostly charmed existence (making tons of money while doing something they love) dodinting about how the Joneses next door have the Ferrari 812GTS while they're stuck with the F8. It's legitimate, I guess, but kinda...something.

All that said, if these things matter to players and could in any way put you at a competitive disadvantage when recruiting Free Agents, suck it up and make the improvements. My curmudgeon 'bunch of prima donnas' view matters little to them, obviously.

[NTP66]

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

Terrible sad news.

The good news is that the sidecar to the right will live on with Pitt games

[willeyeam]

steelers don't really do free agency anyway, so maybe it doesn't matter

[willeyeam]

sad - he has obviously lost a step or two, but hearing someone else call a Steeler game will be very weird

[NTP66]

Source of the post but hearing someone else call a Steeler game will be very weird

That was my first thought. When I think of Steelers games, it's all narrated by his voice.

[Dickie Dunn]

I can't even imagine who locally would be able to step into the role.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

I can't even imagine who locally would be able to step into the role.

I was thinking maybe Pomp, but I think he is better suited for TV.

[Trip McNeely]

I can't even imagine who locally would be able to step into the role.

Rob King? Didn’t he fill in at some point?

[nocera]

I can't even imagine who locally would be able to step into the role.

[Troy Loney]

Good chance that he’d bring up Colin kaepernick on every broadcast

[Dickie Dunn]

I can't even imagine who locally would be able to step into the role.

I was thinking maybe Pomp, but I think he is better suited for TV.

I like Pomp but always found his preseason pxp performance comical. Definitely belongs on The CW or wherever the hell they carry those games now.

I can't even imagine who locally would be able to step into the role.

Rob King? Didn’t he fill in at some point?

He did. He's just so meh to me. Milquetoast and boring. Of the Hillgrove fill-in's, I've found Jeff Hathhorn on Pitt games to be better than King on Steelers. Being a good play by play guy, let alone trying to replace an iconic one, isn't easy. Look at the **** the Pens have gone through over the last handful of years. It's why Dan Rooney was adamant about Hillgrove replacing Jack Fleming despite him already having multiple jobs and never applying for the role. I fully expect Art to **** this up and go with the cheapest option available.

Source of the post but hearing someone else call a Steeler game will be very weird

That was my first thought. When I think of Steelers games, it's all narrated by his voice.

1000%. As an avid Steelers radio listener, experiencing Tunch dying week by week, Hillgrove's downfall and now retirement, it's been a rough couple of years.