Top Need Heading into the Offseason

[steeler_george]

Good thing we have cap space...

Go the way of NE, they brought in OL via FA ( smart move if we have a rookie QB or a Tanahill type FA), sign a back up RB on the cheap, and a slot WR who can dominate, bye bye ray ray.
Draft go all defense especially ILB and DL and depth on the D.
I would even entertain trade options for Claypool, if we resign Washington. And I love/loved him.

[Oviedo]

Good thing we have cap space...

Go the way of NE, they brought in OL via FA ( smart move if we have a rookie QB or a Tanahill FA), sign a back up RB on the cheap, and a slot WR who can dominate, bye bye ray ray.
Draft go all defense especially ILB and DL and depth on the D.
I would even entertain trade options for Claypool, if we resign Washington. And I love/loved him.

I'd use the cap dollars to sign Minkah and Edmunds (if we can get reasonably) who has gotten better every year and has a great relationship with Minkah...don't screw up that dynamic

Get at least one if not two OL via Free Agency.

Get best DL in Round 1 and then get best of CB, WR with second pick. Get OL in Round 3

While not a popular option, I'd sign JuJu if we could make it work.

[feltdizz]

Good thing we have cap space...

Go the way of NE, they brought in OL via FA ( smart move if we have a rookie QB or a Tanahill type FA), sign a back up RB on the cheap, and a slot WR who can dominate, bye bye ray ray.
Draft go all defense especially ILB and DL and depth on the D.
I would even entertain trade options for Claypool, if we resign Washington. And I love/loved him.

Washington is not coming back unless Rudolph is the starter and promised him unlimited targets next year.

[WindyCitySteel]

I think the problem is folks really thought we could fix all of our running problems in one draft.

That was never going to happen.

The Steelers have been a bottom five running team for 4-5 years. This wasn't a new problem, and they seem too incompetent to fix it.

[feltdizz]

I meant the teams did a better job filling the position of RB because they didn't spend a first round pick on one.

we will see in a few years if this is true.

Just remember how fans felt about Troy after the first year.

The draft is a marathon not a sprint

[feltdizz]

The Steelers have been a bottom five running team for 4-5 years. This wasn't a new problem, and they seem too incompetent to fix it.

yes.. and now we have Najee and next year we need to improve the OL.

We now have a solid RB and TE and hopefully we will have a younger QB who can move around and make more throws downfield.

We were a pass happy team the last few years with Ben.

[steeler_george]

I'd use the cap dollars to sign Minkah and Edmunds (if we can get reasonably) who has gotten better every year and has a great relationship with Minkah...don't screw up that dynamic

yes! keep the safeties as corner stone with Watt, Highsmith, Cam and Tuit...
juju as a slot... hmmm

[WindyCitySteel]

we will see in a few years if this is true.

Just remember how fans felt about Troy after the first year.

The draft is a marathon not a sprint

It's not about Najee, it's about the opportunity cost. Najee will be a good player, but they can literally be found in any round.

I'd rather have any of those other backs running behind Creed Humphrey. If they don't work out, get more. Heck, I'd draft a RB every year in the middle to late rounds, bring in a ton of FAs, look for DeAngelo Williams types at the ends of their careers, etc.

You can literally turn over the entire RB roster every year with little effort.

[NJ-STEELER]

It's not about Najee, it's about the opportunity cost. Najee will be a good player, but they can literally be found in any round.

I'd rather have any of those other backs running behind Creed Humphrey. If they don't work out, get more. Heck, I'd draft a RB every year in the middle to late rounds, bring in a ton of FAs, look for DeAngelo Williams types at the ends of their careers, etc.

You can literally turn over the entire RB roster every year with little effort.

most teams can find them in other rounds. our staff has problems with it

take a look at the Rbs we've drafted the last 10-15 years not in the first or 2nd rounds.
they've been crap
mcfarlnd, connor (best of the bunch) rainey, archer, batch,dwyer, summers
UDFA russell

[feltdizz]

It's not about Najee, it's about the opportunity cost. Najee will be a good player, but they can literally be found in any round.

I'd rather have any of those other backs running behind Creed Humphrey. If they don't work out, get more. Heck, I'd draft a RB every year in the middle to late rounds, bring in a ton of FAs, look for DeAngelo Williams types at the ends of their careers, etc.

You can literally turn over the entire RB roster every year with little effort.

why spend those late picks on RB’s every year when you can spend them elsewhere?

Everyone screams about Creed Humprey but KC drafted Edwards-Helaire in the first round a year before drafting Humphrey.

There is more than one way to build a team.

and no, you can’t turn over a RB roster every year. People love to talk about plugging anyone in at RB and having success and its simply not true.