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Yesterday, 06:07 PM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread OT: The real Lamar Jackson has requested a trade in Steelers Talk

I think NJ brought up a good point. My guess is that "not playing under the tag" really means "sitting out for as long as possible while still...

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Yesterday, 03:42 PM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread OT: The real Lamar Jackson has requested a trade in Steelers Talk

Worth noting that Watson didn't look that good after sitting for a year and half. If Lamar sits and Watson continues to look bad next season, it will...

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Yesterday, 03:41 PM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread OT: The real Lamar Jackson has requested a trade in Steelers Talk

If they withdraw the tag, I think he becomes a UFA. But if he doesn't play under the tag, I think they still have his rights for the next year and...

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Yesterday, 03:38 PM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread OT: The real Lamar Jackson has requested a trade in Steelers Talk

You may be right. I tend to think taking a year off in your prime is a net negative. But for a QB, who knows. I think the contract will be...

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Yesterday, 03:25 PM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread OT: The real Lamar Jackson has requested a trade in Steelers Talk

Yep. Just like I think all teams should have been pointing at Brady's contract for the last decade or so and saying "we're just not going to pay more...

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Yesterday, 03:23 PM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread OT: The real Lamar Jackson has requested a trade in Steelers Talk

I think there's a wide gap between saying you won't play on the tag and then actually not playing on the tag. Maybe he crosses that line, but the...

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Yesterday, 02:44 PM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread Edmunds sends Tweet thanking Steelers in Steelers Talk

I just think it's odd that he's making less than last season. I assumed we could have kept him on the same weird "veteran" contract that allowed us...

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Yesterday, 02:40 PM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread OT: The real Lamar Jackson has requested a trade in Steelers Talk

If I'm in Lamar's camp, I keep pointing at Watson and saying "I've had more success than he has AND I've never been described by the commissioner as...

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Yesterday, 02:39 PM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread OT: The real Lamar Jackson has requested a trade in Steelers Talk

I think the reason for a team to do this would be because they actually want him at a reasonable contract. I think Baltimore's hope is that...

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Yesterday, 12:49 PM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread CBS does NOT have Steelers in top 10 of AFC in Steelers Talk

I think that's a pretty reasonable "optimistic" progression. In year 3, I'd probably say something like 10 - 13 win season. Getting to 12 seems...

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Yesterday, 12:46 PM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread Steelers' draft hat is trash in Steelers Talk

Football hats are pretty much always ugly IMO.

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Yesterday, 11:51 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread Edmunds sends Tweet thanking Steelers in Steelers Talk

Sure...but for $2M, why not try the replacement AND retain him for a year. It's not that he's a great player. But he's probably around an average...

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Yesterday, 11:49 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread Edmunds sends Tweet thanking Steelers in Steelers Talk

Wow. I would have assumed we'd have offered at least the same contract we did last season (1 year $2.4M). This is a pay cut for him. Maybe...

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Yesterday, 11:46 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread Watched NFL on ESPN: Will Levi in Steelers Talk

Yep. Coaches in pro-sports have a lot of hubris. I'm fine taking these kind of players outside of premium picks though. Maybe it's better to take...

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Yesterday, 11:43 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread James Pierre coming back in Steelers Talk

It's funny because I didn't remember that it was 'Spoon either. I didn't do the math on the seasons and though that Spoon came the next season. I...

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Yesterday, 11:40 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread CBS does NOT have Steelers in top 10 of AFC in Steelers Talk

It's almost like players (particularly QBs) are more important than coaches. It's pretty reasonable to think we have the 4th best QB in the...

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Yesterday, 11:38 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread CBS does NOT have Steelers in top 10 of AFC in Steelers Talk

Except you and I both know that if we did win, it would only be because of Weidl's players (not sure if Kahn would get the credit either).

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Yesterday, 11:35 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread Spending In FA Does Not = Wins in Steelers Talk

But we were always up against the cap. You can manipulate that a bit by pulling future cap space forward (or kicking cap hit down the road if you...

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Yesterday, 11:31 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread Spending In FA Does Not = Wins in Steelers Talk

My guess is that this is survivorship bias. To understand if making big splashes in UFA is good, we'd want too look at all "big splashes" in UFA...

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Yesterday, 09:04 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread Spending In FA Does Not = Wins in Steelers Talk

I think it will be interesting to see where that dot moves to if someone does the same analysis over KP's rookie contract. My guess is that having...

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Yesterday, 09:01 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread Spending In FA Does Not = Wins in Steelers Talk

+1 This has been the strategy we've tried to use at WR as 2nd contracts get more and more important at that position. Unfortunately, it works...

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Yesterday, 08:59 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread Spending In FA Does Not = Wins in Steelers Talk

Sorry...I thought you had said that we should be signing premier UFAs. Either way, I think that those "premier" UFAs tend to be disappointments...

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Yesterday, 07:57 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread Spending In FA Does Not = Wins in Steelers Talk

I think this is a good point Joel. The UFAs that become available almost always become available because the team that knows them best doesn't...

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Yesterday, 07:54 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread Spending In FA Does Not = Wins in Steelers Talk

If you aren't drafting well, that probably means your team isn't going to be good. Spending in UFA isn't going to help a team like the Steelers...

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03-26-2023, 08:19 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread Finally changing course on NT in Steelers Talk

I don't think Green will make the team. I don't think he dressed for a single game last season. No snaps played. Falls down too much I think....

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03-26-2023, 08:17 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread Finally changing course on NT in Steelers Talk

Does Flintstones make injectables?

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03-26-2023, 05:48 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread James Pierre coming back in Steelers Talk

I think the data suggests he wasn't all that regular in N and D because the snap counts don't add up. Particularly since he has 4 starts, which...

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03-26-2023, 05:46 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread James Pierre coming back in Steelers Talk

Remember this data is 2021, not 2020 which is when you said you saw him starting games.

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03-25-2023, 05:49 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread James Pierre coming back in Steelers Talk

Depo had Nickle (about 47%) plus dime (about 17%) at just under 65%. Maybe he was the dime back with some time in nickle die to injury? Or maybe...

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03-25-2023, 05:46 AM

Northern_Blitz replied to a thread James Pierre coming back in Steelers Talk

You know that's what I said in the post, right? That he'd play outside when we had 3 or 4 CBs but door in base? He probably did some of that. He...

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