2019 Steelers by position: WR. Are we better off?

[Captain Lemming]

how quickly things change, JuJu Smith-Schuster is the only Steelers WR who was in the roster in 2017.

And before that? Nobody.

So easily REPLACEABLE.

[Eddie Spaghetti]

looks like all the talk of how deep and valuable the steelers WR group are was a tad overblown

they may cycle back and add a 6th but the quality depth was never as good as some made out

you can add guys like Spencer and Holton every year and Ben will make them look good

[Ernie]

looks like all the talk of how deep and valuable the steelers WR group are was a tad overblown

they may cycle back and add a 6th but the quality depth was never as good as some made out

you can add guys like Spencer and Holton every year and Ben will make them look good

may consider waiting until we get into the regular season before we make that call for certain

[Captain Lemming]

Their coach is 10x better than ours.

......Said the fans of EVERY OTHER TEAM IN THE NFL about Bill Belichick.

[Steel Maniac]

looks like all the talk of how deep and valuable the steelers WR group are was a tad overblown

they may cycle back and add a 6th but the quality depth was never as good as some made out

you can add guys like Spencer and Holton every year and Ben will make them look good

Let's wait and see.

[Eddie Spaghetti]

wait and see for what? they only kept 5 guys which tells me all I need to know. people here were claiming eli Rogers was some kind of trade bait when there are eli Rogers in every camp around the league

keeping only 5 is proof that the WR corp was overvalued here. it's a good group but hardly a great one with all this quality depth talk that got thrown around

[raycafan]

Could also mean that Samuels may have a bigger part, as I just said in another thread.

[Oh wow]

I think we had too many guys with the same skill set at the WR position.

No need to keep 3 of the same thing although I truly believe Eli Rogers is a better WR than Switzer.

[Captain Lemming]

I think we had too many guys with the same skill set at the WR position.

No need to keep 3 of the same thing although I truly believe Eli Rogers is a better WR than Switzer.

I agree. Rogers has a little AB in him. I don’t get the love for Switzer as a returner, which is his edge over Rogers.

I’d go with Spencer as a returner as priority over either of the other 2. Once the rookie gets going you think we see Switzer or Rogers as a receiver?

I’d keep 6 (rumor is Holton comes back anyway soon as we put someone on ir )

If we kept Spencer and Holton:

We’d still be 4 deep in pure receivers, have a legit return specialist, and a great gunner with size and speed as a deep threat.

Blew it with Spencer, but I do hope we are planning to bring Holton up as rumored.

[RuthlessBurgher]

keeping only 5 is proof that the WR corp was overvalued here. it's a good group but hardly a great one with all this quality depth talk that got thrown around

Perhaps keeping just 5 is proof that they believe they have 5 legit NFL wideouts and can afford to not keep a 6th WR on the 53 man roster, which thereby allows us to keep 10 LB and 10 DB.

[Captain Lemming]

Perhaps keeping just 5 is proof that they believe they have 5 legit NFL wideouts and can afford to not keep a 6th WR on the 53 man roster, which thereby allows us to keep 10 LB and 10 DB.

If we had Swann, Stallworth, Hines, Brown, and Juju.....only 5 receivers.....I’d say it was deep.

[Eddie Spaghetti]

they have 1 legit WR and 4 question marks

it isn't hard to figure out

actually they know what switzer is and if you consider him a legit NFL WR then I have some beachfront property outside Phoenix I can let go cheap

[Northern_Blitz]

I think we had too many guys with the same skill set at the WR position.

No need to keep 3 of the same thing although I truly believe Eli Rogers is a better WR than Switzer.

I think keeping 5 might be a sign that we thought our depth was good. If we would have been comfortable putting WRs 6 - 8/9 on the field if someone got hurt, then we can cut them all knowing that at least a few of them are going to make it to the practice squad.

If we felt we only had one more viable option, maybe we would have felt compelled to keep him on the 53 so he didn't get snatched up.

[Steel Maniac]

they have 1 legit WR and 4 question marks

it isn't hard to figure out

actually they know what switzer is and if you consider him a legit NFL WR then I have some beachfront property outside Phoenix I can let go cheap

Wow eddie. Your really down on the WR corps. Hopefully they'll make you change your mind soon.

[Eddie Spaghetti]

never said I was down on them but you always seem to read things funny

I said they are question marks and that I thought the gushing over them on this site was a little over the top and perhaps premature. the eli Rogers as trade bait was especially so

I think it will be a successful group because #7 is throwing them the football just like it's always been

if Washington and Johnson re the real thing we will be set going forward, but right now they are unproven