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He had his one moment to the contrary last season vs. the Ravens. The odds of a repeat performance in such a big win is highly unlikely. That would be a decent way to end his career; sure, he didn't win the SB, but how many 39-year-old, 3rd-string QBs ever will? Come on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee Dub
Brian Hoyer – ARI
Tyler Thigpen – BUF
Derek Anderson – CAR
Bruce Gradkowski – CIN
Josh Johnson – CLE
Drew Stanton – IND
Brady Quinn – KC
Matt Moore – MIA
David Carr – NYG
Matt Leinart – OAK
^^^^give me one of these over Batch or Lefty
Right. He also did beat the eventual SB champs too, so that's something. I like Charlie, but it's time to move on, IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by lloydroid
It's easy to say time to move on, but where is the money? Your not going to get anyone better than charlie with chump change.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sugar
Hoyer was here and we released him, because he couldn't beat out the old man or they didn't have the cash to keep him.
Signing anyone that is good requires money and the Steelers don't have it to spend right now on FA's. We would have to make deep cuts to get under the cap in order to do any business with FA's and besides we need to sign our own first.
Now they can possibly sign some stumble bums on the cheap, but it won't help the team much unless some luck is involved. We just got Parker which is a joke, hell, they could put blinders on Charlie and he still would out produce this bum.
We need to release some players to free up money to address other areas of he team. We have Worilds or a first round OLB to replace Harrison. We can sign Allen for cheap or start an early round pick (gasp!) at SS. If we resign Lewis it would still be cheaper than Ike and can start Cortez Allen. We use the freed up money to address more dire needs. We need a good backup QB. We need to solidify backup OL cause someone will get injured. We could address RB in free agency to make our offense better and build around our franchise QB.Quote:
Originally Posted by supersteeler
Our defense was #1 and we went 8-8. I guarantee you if you make our offense #1 we are far better than 8-8. Every league rule added in the last decade favors the offense. We got a top 5 QB. Why can Steeler fans and the Steelers themselves never get comfortable with the idea of letting the offense being the dominant unit on the team?
I guess I just figured that Hoyer was let go because Charlie knew the system and was ready. Who's to say we couldn't get somebody like that who would be better positioned with a full offseason of programs to learn?Quote:
Originally Posted by supersteeler
For fans and coaches to be comfortable with the offense being dominant they would need to prove they can be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mister Pittsburgh
Pappy
Vet min for Batch would be $940,000
Lot of $$$$ for an aging often injured 3rd stringer
I like Bruce Gradkowski
Made $1.9 last year, and could be your backup for cheap
Brady Quinn and Matt Moore interest me.
Got no problem with Batch being 3rd string QB & mentor to a young QB, while still being Ben's sounding board on gameday. Batch doesn't need to be the #1 backup to still be on the team. Whenever Ben comes off the field after going 3 & out, or after a turnover, it seems Batch is there with him to go over what just happened. He could very well be Ben's calming influence.
He played 2 games in 2012- the Steelers lost the fumble-athon to the Browns, then beat the Ravens.
How many back-up QB's beat the Ravens last year?