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Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.
Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.
We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.
We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.Comment
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as long as we have tomlin we will never have any down yearssteelers = 3 ring circus with tomlin being the head clownComment
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I think that this is what they will do. I think that the Rooney's have always tried to field a competitive team over my lifetime (I wasn't around until 1979, so I missed the worst years of this team). I think it's reasonable to fear that going full tank will turn you into Cleveland.
I think that the Sabers are the best example of this in sports (or maybe the Oilers). I think that you can tank too hard and screw up your long term future.Comment
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BREAKING NEWS......Bell wants QB $$$$ nowsigpicComment
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True.....doesnt mean we should never do it.IMO it's not how we do business in FA. Sure, if a gem gets released AFTER the draft, maybe we make a move but we aren't first day players
"Anyone" and "within reason" are mutually exclusive concepts in this context. Without Bell we can sign ANYONE without qualifiers.AND even with Bell on the roster we can structure a contract to get anyone within reason that we really want.
15 million a season that is unavailable to spend elsewhere......that IS hand tying Dizz. You admit it when using the "within reason" (AKA "cheap") as a qualifier.I just don't buy this hand tying some are suggesting if we pay Bell long term.
Nobody is suggesting THAT. A rare dip into the elite FA pool to patch holes is all I suggest.I'm also not a big fan of going all in on FA to build your team.
Only difference is that my suggestion means that "key free agent" need not come from the bargain bin.What are we the Redskins now? No, draft players and keep drafting players and add depth or 1 key FA if it makes sense.
Please see my last comment to see why many of our free agents are garbage.You guys act like all of our FA signings work out and that's not the case.sigpic
In view of the fact that Mike Tomlin has matched Cowhers record I give him the designation:
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The Coach Formerly Considered Less Than CowherComment
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This is why I don't see it happening. I'll use the example of Alan Faneca but the numbers will be off because I'm too lazy to look it up.
Back when Faneca's contract was about to expire, he and Steve Hutchinson were easily considered the best two guards in the game. The Steelers offered him a deal in the $6M per year range. Then, as FA came in his final year, the Bills and Browns signed two lesser guards to $7M per year contracts (I believe it was Steinbach and Dockery). If those two guys were worth $7M per, then Faneca determined that he was now worth much more. The Steelers had already determined what Faneca was worth to them, and it was not based on those two contracts. They would not let the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns determine how much they should pay Alan Faneca. They let Faneca leave.
It has now been two off-seasons for Bell. I believe that the Steelers have determined the value that Bell has for them. I sincerely doubt that at this point they are holding back that number, Bell's side should know how high the Steelers are willing to go. Bell has determined his number at this point as well. The Steelers will not let Leveon Bell decide on his own what the Steelers should pay.
Any option like hiding dummy years etc. have certainly been brought up at this point and one of the two sides has rejected...otherwise it would have been done by now.Comment
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With that said, Colbert and company are trying to determine which college rb to target to be Bell’s replacement. Whoever they choose, I’m on board with.Comment
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I'm curious how accurate this actually is. I watch all the games like you all... Overwhelmingly, his passes come from dump offs and screens; I don't recall too many he catches out of the slot.Not sure if he is more valuable but I think he makes AB’s job A LOT easier when he is on the field.
The ability to split out wide and play 3 downs really creates a mismatch. Jack Ham and Bettis were very candid about how special Bell is to our offense. Ham flat out said there is nothing he could do to stop Bell in the passing game if he played against him.
Bell isn’t just running wheel routes and screens.
They like to say he does that, but the only highlight they show is that slant he caught on (I think) DAL two years ago as an example (of his WR skills).I wasn't hired for my disposition.Comment
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I believe for his TD reception against Jacksonville in the playoffs, he lined up at WR...Actually, my post was NOT about you...but, if the shoe fits, feel free to lace that &!+€# up and wear it.Comment
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