OT: The Pittsburgher Thread: Congrats to KC, but Kelce was the real winner winning Swift

[T1K]

https://x.com/adamschefter/status/1767031634728034531?s=46&t=YE2NPYWvXyArt8F6TGk8yA

We got him

 

[End of Line]

Conflicted on the signing

 

[Mr Jeff Jimerson]

Russell Wilson WILL BE the Pittsburgh Steelers 2024-2025 starting quarterback and it will be the best Steelers acquisition in years. Pickett fanboys need to just accept that an old washed up Wilson is still ten times better than Kenny. The Kenny Pickett Experiment was a huge disaster and set the Steelers back multiple years.

I tried to inform yinz what was coming but Pickett fanboys didn't want to hear it.

 

[OnMyOwn]

I’m pumped, haha.

 

[wheelz87]

Ugh. Time to put this thread on ignore while all the Kenny haters have a field day

 

[OnMyOwn]

 

[Colonel Mustard]

1.2 mil

1.2 mil

Ocho cinco the real insider

 

[Empoleon8771]

I'm happy Mason Rudolph won't be back for the Steelers next year

But seriously, even with his flaws Wilson is still a legitimate QB1 talent. If Pickett plays well, I think he beats out Wilson and shows he can be a QB1. If he stinks, the Steelers can fall back on a guy who has legit QB1 talent.

I feel substantially better going into next year with Pickett and Wilson battling it out for the QB1 spot than basically any other alternative. I just hope that there isn't a ton of drama around it.

 

[Mr Jeff Jimerson]

I'm happy Mason Rudolph won't be back for the Steelers next year

But seriously, even with his flaws Wilson is still a legitimate QB1 talent. If Pickett plays well, I think he beats out Wilson and shows he can be a QB1. If he stinks, the Steelers can fall back on a guy who has legit QB1 talent.

I feel substantially better going into next year with Pickett and Wilson battling it out for the QB1 spot than basically any other alternative. I just hope that there isn't a ton of drama around it.

9 time pro bowler Wilson isn't coming here to be a backup to Kenny Pickit.

 

[OnMyOwn]

I'm happy Mason Rudolph won't be back for the Steelers next year

But seriously, even with his flaws Wilson is still a legitimate QB1 talent. If Pickett plays well, I think he beats out Wilson and shows he can be a QB1. If he stinks, the Steelers can fall back on a guy who has legit QB1 talent.

I feel substantially better going into next year with Pickett and Wilson battling it out for the QB1 spot than basically any other alternative. I just hope that there isn't a ton of drama around it.

I think Russ beats him out easily, TBH. And KP could use a year to sit. He was rushed behind a shit line with a shit OC.

 

[Empoleon8771]

9 time pro bowler Wilson isn't coming here to be a backup to Kenny Pickit.

You can't even spell his name right, so I don't particularly give a shit about your opinion of him.

I think Russ beats him out easily, TBH. And KP could use a year to sit. He was rushed behind a shit line with a shit OC.

I'd like to see him in training camp before I'd make that claim.

Just like with Fields, I wanted to bring in a guy like that to compete with Pickett for the QB1 spot, not just take it from him. I think Pickett should be given every chance to take the role, but if he gets outplayed by Wilson, you obviously go with Wilson.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

free agency just got way more exciting.

 

[T1K]

I love how this signing carries no risk whatsoever. If this QB room fails they’re positioned well to be in the QB market next offseason whether that’s via the draft or by other means.

 

[Factorial]

Conflicted on the signing

Could be a win or a fail but we'll see.

The drama will be interesting either way.

 

[Flying Dego]

You can't even spell his name right, so I don't particularly give a shit about your opinion of him.



I'd like to see him in training camp before I'd make that claim.

Just like with Fields, I wanted to bring in a guy like that to compete with Pickett for the QB1 spot, not just take it from him. I think Pickett should be given every chance to take the role, but if he gets outplayed by Wilson, you obviously go with Wilson.

It seems a load of you all have feelings attached due to college allegiance. I get it. I hope they have a "competition" for starting QB.

This is a much better scenario than a Tannehill or Rudolph battle with KP. Wilson has his warts as an aging dude but he also knows how to put the ball in the end zone...something KP has never done...

No need to dive into the why KP has been so averse from scoring. I understand the team flaws. Just saying in the grand scheme KP isn't a franchise caliber guy. His ceiling has always been Alex Smith and I question that.

Let's see how he responds not being gifted the job. Now he has a decorated pro bowler to compete against.

I do love that Wilson costs nothing as well. I wish KP nothing but the best...he's just shown me nothing to warrant excitement.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

I love how this signing carries no risk whatsoever. If this QB room fails they’re positioned well to be in the QB market next offseason whether that’s via the draft or by other means.

Aside that they have two bad QBs now lol

 

[Empoleon8771]

Looking up Wilson's stats, I knew he was a pro-bowler for a lot of his career but I didn't realize how downright dominant he was.

With Seattle, he averaged about 4000 passing yards per year with a 31-9 TD-INT ratio and a passer rating of 102, while also being a legitimate running threat (~500 yards per season). That's honestly better than Ben was in a lot of years, not just at the end of his career but just a lot of years in general.

 

[Peat]

We'll see if I recant of these words later but right now I think that's the end of any enthusiasm I have for the Steelers for the foreseeable.

Heads, he's decent and makes the Steelers a respectable 10-7 team (rather than an unrespectable 10-7 team), the team maybe wins a playoff game, and in 2-3 years we're back at the drafting table, the team's done nothing, and Tomlin's burnished his reputation and looks bulletproof again despite having done a really, really bad job with developmental QBs in the wake of Ben.

Tails, he is in fact the cooked drama llama some believe him to be, and there's going to some embarrassing wreckage, and we'll just have to hope it drags some people down.

I'd like to see him in training camp before I'd make that claim.

Just like with Fields, I wanted to bring in a guy like that to compete with Pickett for the QB1 spot, not just take it from him. I think Pickett should be given every chance to take the role, but if he gets outplayed by Wilson, you obviously go with Wilson.

The betting likelihood is that both guys will perform roughly in line with each other and the winner is whoever Tomlin wants to be the winner.

Would be mildly funny if Pickett turns out another perfect pre-season friendly performance though.

 

[Andy99]

Idk about Wilson…it’s one thing to look semi decent with Sean Payton as your head coach…but Tomlin doesn’t know anything about quarterbacking and neither does Smith…I can see Wilson looking as washed here as he did his first year in Denver

 

[Gurglesons]

We'll see if I recant of these words later but right now I think that's the end of any enthusiasm I have for the Steelers for the foreseeable.

Heads, he's decent and makes the Steelers a respectable 10-7 team (rather than an unrespectable 10-7 team), the team maybe wins a playoff game, and in 2-3 years we're back at the drafting table, the team's done nothing, and Tomlin's burnished his reputation and looks bulletproof again despite having done a really, really bad job with developmental QBs in the wake of Ben.

Tails, he is in fact the cooked drama llama some believe him to be, and there's going to some embarrassing wreckage, and we'll just have to hope it drags some people down.



The betting likelihood is that both guys will perform roughly in line with each other and the winner is whoever Tomlin wants to be the winner.

Would be mildly funny if Pickett turns out another perfect pre-season friendly performance though.

At least you have the Penguins!

 

[Peat]

At least you have the Penguins!

At least I can commit to getting up early and watching Eurotrash sports.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Looking up Wilson's stats, I knew he was a pro-bowler for a lot of his career but I didn't realize how downright dominant he was.

With Seattle, he averaged about 4000 passing yards per year with a 31-9 TD-INT ratio and a passer rating of 102, while also being a legitimate running threat (~500 yards per season). That's honestly better than Ben was in a lot of years, not just at the end of his career but just a lot of years in general.

That was 3+ years ago when he was good

 

[SomeDude]

Welcome to the Wilson Pickett era

 

[bambamcam4ever]

I'm happy Mason Rudolph won't be back for the Steelers next year

But seriously, even with his flaws Wilson is still a legitimate QB1 talent. If Pickett plays well, I think he beats out Wilson and shows he can be a QB1. If he stinks, the Steelers can fall back on a guy who has legit QB1 talent.

I feel substantially better going into next year with Pickett and Wilson battling it out for the QB1 spot than basically any other alternative. I just hope that there isn't a ton of drama around it.

So you're happy they don't have the guy who played the best, by far, last year? Great analysis as always man.

 

[Captain Hook]

I'm not surprised by the signing. Russ struck me as the kind of guy that would jump at the chance to play for Mike Tomlin.

I think it's worth a shot given our QB situation. I preferred Fields since he provided more upside and more of a long-term answer at the position if things worked out here but Russ comes with way less risk. We lose no draft capital by signing him unlike trading for Fields and there's no significant salary cap ramifications if he stinks and we have to cut him.

It'll be interesting to see how Russ does here. Maybe he's washed up or maybe Denver was just a bad fit. It's happened before. Kurt Warner looked washed as a New York Giant, Carson Palmer looked done as an Oakland Raider but both bounced back in their mid-30s with Arizona at different points.

I guess this spells the end of Mason Rudolph in Pittsburgh. Hopefully he gets a chance somewhere else. He should have had more opportunity here in hindsight. Trubisky should have never been signed looking back on it.

I like that it's real competition for Pickett. I didn't want some career backup, journeyman QB to be his competition. He needs pushed. I mean Pickett is going to have to play unbelievable to overtake Russ for this job. I also don't think it's bad for Pickett to sit and learn for a while. He clearly wasn't as ready for the NFL as we thought. He could follow a similar career trajectory to Mason Rudolph where Rudolph stunk when he started in his second year for an injured Big Ben but then Rudolph sat on the bench for a while and played much better in his most recent opportunity.