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I guarantee you I am damaged goods and while my injuries are not acute it's highly unlikely I will ever recover.
OT: The Pittsburgher Thread: 5 and 2 Justin who? Hand the Fields to Wilson
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I saw some clips that said Williams was just getting back to his full strength in recent weeks. So I’m cautiously optimistic. As someone that followed most of his career for fantasy purposes, I know the kind of difference maker he can be depending on the game. He also goes insanely quiet sometimes as well.
He and GP could be a fun duo.
He and GP could be a fun duo.
My question there is if it is possible for oppositions to keep a high shell *and* bring a lot of pressure close to the line of scrimmage by selling out on covering the middle of the field. I don't know NFL defences well enough to say. But a WR who's a natural outlet in those situations would seem really useful.
We'll see. The team has done a good job of forcing opposition teams to pick their poison recently.
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Yeah I had hoped for an underneath guy who knows how to get open/create separation in small areas. I was just thinking best-case given Williams does not have that reputation.
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As I said, I'm not declaring he is, but to pretend like it's not a concern is being willfully ignorant.
He's a 30 year old WR which is around the age when WR start to drop off anyway, an ACL tear is more severe than Watt's injuries, he missed basically an entire year, and it hasn't gone well for him in his return. Again, it's not enough to declare anything. Maybe it is just scheme related, but the concern is real.
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Williams has been plagued by back issues more than anything, IIRC. I don't have high expectations for him
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Lol. What? I seriously doubt the players were worried about the trade rumors at all. And they went 6-2 despite being "put through hell."
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Aiyuk ended up being out anyway so f*** the Aiyuk shit. He might not be the same after his injury so that might be a blessing in disguise.
I guess if Williams runs a bunch of deep routes, they can use Pickens in the intermediate more. He's not super consistent there but he can cook guys and it's no bad thing to induce doubt about what he's doing. Probably use Muth a bunch there too. Of course Williams doesn't cure the worry about injury but there we go.
Apparently Kaboly said a big name in the locker room told management that Boyd wouldn't be welcome there last offseason.
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He made a few comments after the Bengals won about the Steelers not being the Steelers he knew growing up or something and how they just would give up.
Apparently Boyd has run his mouth about the Steelers in the media a few more times beyond that too.
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Yea I'd love a more intermediate passing game but that involves passing MOF.
That's a problem bc:
1. Tomlin doesn't like that
2. Neither Wilson or JF like it either
So they got the guy with the best "fit" for the rest of the year.
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Yeah I think they probably should have just picked up Najee’s option. A day 2 pick on a running back seems like a legitimate option in the draft this year.
It feels like that or them assuring us that Warren + Patterson is a legit RB combo.
