Steelers 2024 Offseason Thread

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:47 pm

We'll circle back in January

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:49 pm

Let’s be honest no one here is disagreeing with the pivot from Kenneth Shane Pickett. The Steelers had a levers to pull and they pulled them

Postby **nocera** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:54 pm

We'll circle back in January

Can we push this to February after the Steelers win the Super Bowl?

Postby **Ad@m** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:13 pm

Kenny’s Thank You

Postby **genoscoif** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:03 pm

The real issue is we don't seem to have a vision at the QB position moving forward. We brought in stop gaps to keep the team above 0.5 for a year, but this team still has a lot of holes to plug in this upcoming draft. I'd much rather have a season below 0.5, so we could actually address the most important position in the NFL. Having a bad season isn't the end of the world when you aren't winning a championship anytime soon. It's much easier to trade up from pick 12 than pick 22 to grab a potential game changer at the most important position.

Again, what should their vision be for the QB position??? No one seems to answer that one directly. Just say 'sign or play the worst QB you can find so you can finish 3-14 and have a top 5 pick and hope the second or third best QB in that draft is a franchise QB.' That's a helluva vision. I'm sure the leaders on your team...Heyward, TJ, and Minkah...will totally be on board with that.

And I'd say they have 2 major holes to fill. C and WR2. Both can be addressed in the draft, but they still have some cap space. Throw CB2 in there if you want. This might be the least amount of holes they've had in a decent while. Their D is loaded. Their O looks better than last year. Their punter looks like Bill Burr. Things are pretty good right now. Enjoy it.

Postby **faftorial** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:05 pm

Again, what should their vision be for the QB position??? No one seems to answer that one directly. Just say 'sign or play the worst QB you can find so you can finish 3-14 and have a top 5 pick and hope the second or third best QB in that draft is a franchise QB.' That's a helluva vision. I'm sure the leaders on your team...Heyward, TJ, and Minkah...will totally be on board with that.

And I'd say they have 2 major holes to fill. C and WR2. Both can be addressed in the draft, but they still have some cap space. Throw CB2 in there if you want. This might be the least amount of holes they've had in a decent while. Their D is loaded. Their O looks better than last year. Their punter looks like Bill Burr. Things are pretty good right now. Enjoy it.

FRANCHISE QB!!!

Postby **count2infinity** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:10 pm

Oh, get a franchise QB? Just get a franchise QB? Why don’t I strap on my franchise QB helmet and squeeze down into a franchise QB canon and fire off into franchise QB land where franchise QBs grow on franchise QBees?!?!

Postby **tifosi77** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:13 pm

Why didn't I think of that.

Postby **faftorial** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:14 pm

Oh, get a franchise QB? Just get a franchise QB? Why don’t I strap on my franchise QB helmet and squeeze down into a franchise QB canon and fire off into franchise QB land where franchise QBs grow on franchise QBees?!?!

c2i, sounds like you do not have a plan.

Postby **nocera** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:16 pm

Oh, get a franchise QB? Just get a franchise QB? Why don’t I strap on my franchise QB helmet and squeeze down into a franchise QB canon and fire off into franchise QB land where franchise QBs grow on franchise QBees?!?!

I just want you to know that I understood this reference.

Postby **meow** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:35 pm

who doesn’t understand this reference

Postby **nocera** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:36 pm

who doesn’t understand this reference

Idiots, savages, idiots.

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:46 pm

who doesn’t understand this reference
Idiots, savages, idiots.

What’s the spaghetti policy here?

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:23 pm

I'm just having a hard time understanding the concern when the alternative was the status quo. We have a SB winning QB that had a solid season last year and an enigma that will probably not pan out (but is explosive) for $4.5 million in today's league.

Watching the Steelers has been a chore for a decade. I'm actually excited to see what happens now, good or bad.

Postby **mac5155** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:57 pm

Was this how it was in the 80s after Bradshaw retired too?

Postby **Ad@m** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:16 pm

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:19 pm

Okay. Mike Williams, Tyler Boyd and a draft pick. Let's go

Postby **mac5155** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:21 pm

Hell even Calvin Austin isn't a bad WR4

Postby **dodint** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:32 pm

Was this how it was in the 80s after Bradshaw retired too?

They passed on Marino for a DT that played six games before getting paralyzed in a car accident.

So the organization as a whole passed on Marino and took KSP. 0/2 with Pitt QBs, there.

Postby **King Colby** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:21 pm

What about Van Jefferson?

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:23 pm

Van Jefferson has 1600 career yards. I'm expecting next to nothing from this guy

Postby **mac5155** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:24 pm

Oh yeah, he's signed too. So he can be slated at #3. Boyd or Williams #2. Draft pick can compete for 4. And will, I'm sure. The steelers have a knack for WRs

Postby **King Colby** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:26 pm

Oh I thought he was better than that. Oh well

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:22 am

Was this how it was in the 80s after Bradshaw retired too?

Look at the names that started in the 20+ yrs between Bradshaw and Ben; my memory features more Cliff Stoudt than it should. Some franchises never get that second guy.

Postby **iamjs** » Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:20 am

Oh I thought he was better than that. Oh well

Same.

He had one decent season in 2021 (802 yards, 6 TDs), but not much else beyond that.