Steelers 2023 Offseason Thread of Correct Opinions

Postby **blackjack68** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 7:22 pm

Who bets on preseason games? Lol.

Won about $100 last game!

Postby **blackjack68** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 7:33 pm

MUUUTHHH!

Postby **skullman80** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 7:35 pm

MUUUTHHH!

You must be way behind lol.

Postby **blackjack68** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 7:40 pm

at a retirement party. Yuck

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 7:51 pm

JPJ can catch

Postby **genoscoif** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:45 pm

So first team is scary. Lot of great supplemental pieces. Herbig looks really good.

Postby **blackjack68** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 10:06 pm

Who bets on preseason games? Lol.
Won about $100 last game!

Bet the Steelers by 9.5 and the Pirates straight win…

“Degenerate!”

Postby **blackjack68** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 10:20 pm

#Degenerate!

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 7:17 am

So first team is scary. Lot of great supplemental pieces. Herbig looks really good.

This is the most excited I've been for a Stillers season in a while. I'm ready to be disappointed.

Postby **Nuge** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:45 am

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 10:48 am

So first team is scary. Lot of great supplemental pieces. Herbig looks really good.
This is the most excited I've been for a Stillers season in a while. I'm ready to be disappointed.

I'm excited. I don't think they are a SB contender but a lot of really interesting positions on the team to watch this year. Could be very good soon if some of those turn out to be the real deal

Postby **NTP66** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 11:00 am

Nah, we’re winning the SB.

Postby **blackjack68** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 11:51 am

Nah, we’re winning the SB.

Ok, just put my bet in. +6000

Postby **Ad@m** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:01 pm

Postby **blackjack68** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:20 pm

Well that’s some BS

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:22 pm

Joke league

Postby **nocera** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 1:04 pm

Either make it flag football or accept that ex players will have mush brains.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Mon Aug 21, 2023 2:31 pm

What was the deal with the Steelers backfield in the 70's...?

Did Rocky Bleier come into the game as a like a change of pace back? Or like a 1B guy?

Or was Franco actually a fullback as we came to know it and blocked for him, but also got a ton of carries himself...? What's the general feel?

I know the term "fullback" changed a lot over the years - like Jim Brown is technically a FB.

Postby **dodint** » Mon Aug 21, 2023 2:39 pm

I don't know the answer to that but there are some full-length games on Youtube:

I watched that one a few months ago.

Postby **meow** » Mon Aug 21, 2023 2:40 pm

Rocky Bleier served in Vietnam

Postby **dodint** » Mon Aug 21, 2023 2:41 pm

So you've seen his play, then?

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Aug 21, 2023 3:00 pm

What was the deal with the Steelers backfield in the 70's...?

Did Rocky Bleier come into the game as a like a change of pace back? Or like a 1B guy?

Or was Franco actually a fullback as we came to know it and blocked for him, but also got a ton of carries himself...? What's the general feel?

I know the term "fullback" changed a lot over the years - like Jim Brown is technically a FB.

He played one year as a utility back before he was drafted and volunteered for duty in Vietnam. He was shot in the leg and his right foot was mangled by a grenade blast; he couldn't even really walk normally for a year or more after his return stateside. As I remember the story he was sort of a fringe/special teams guy - I think he was even waived at least once - for a couple years as he worked through his rehab and built himself back into being a running back again. He had one 1,000-yd season, which was wildly out of synch with the rest of his career, but it was a year Franco Harris also had 1,000 yds, so that's neat.

That said, he's the only offensive player whose name I have ever worn on my back. (The ultimate show of respect, obvi) I read his book as a kid, he spoke at my high school a couple times. He's a legit hero of mine. But, yeah, he was primarily a blocking back, and was frankly a bit of a fumble monster early and late in his career.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Mon Aug 21, 2023 3:03 pm

Thanks tif. Just for clarity, your last paragraph is about Rocky, right? If so, that would suggest that Rocky was more of a FB for Franco than the other way around?

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Aug 21, 2023 3:09 pm

Oh for sure. Franco was the guy, had like 6 or 7 consec 1,000-yd seasons. Rocky was the supporting cast, lead blocker/FB type.

Postby **genoscoif** » Mon Aug 21, 2023 5:37 pm

So first team is scary. Lot of great supplemental pieces. Herbig looks really good.
This is the most excited I've been for a Stillers season in a while. I'm ready to be disappointed.
I'm excited. I don't think they are a SB contender but a lot of really interesting positions on the team to watch this year. Could be very good soon if some of those turn out to be the real deal

Yeah, I'm not sure I would call them a Superb Owl team yet either, but man are they closer than I thought they'd be this time last year.

I'm tempering my excitement mostly because the AFC North might be brutal, and the AFC overall is tough.....
...but if they stay relatively healthy and Kenny progresses, they are going to be very tough to beat week in and week out. I'll take that after really thinking they were entering a rebuilding span before the draft last year.

And if a couple things go their way, they have the talent to make a run.