GDT: The Pittsburgher Thread: Football

[Andy99]

Thanks Minnesota for choking against the Ravens…

 

[Common Sense]

Crazy Vikings INT wasted.

 

[Night Shift]

Conner is trash, he is where he should be, not on this team.

454 yards and 10 TDs with the Cards. Hey, At least he plays for a coach that knows how to use him

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

454 yards and 10 TDs with the Cards. Hey, At least he plays for a coach that knows how to use him

He was always a good player, he just couldn’t stay healthy.

 

[bigdaddyk88]

454 yards and 10 TDs with the Cards. Hey, At least he plays for a coach that knows how to use him

He did make a pro bowl in 2018 while he was here

 

[VanIsle]

454 yards and 10 TDs with the Cards. Hey, At least he plays for a coach that knows how to use him

That didn't age well. Hahah

 

[Colonel Mustard]

He was always a good player, he just couldn’t stay healthy.

Yeah he would always start to pick up momentum then get hurt

 

[K Fleur]

I remember somebody here going on and on about how we should have been all over a Sam Darnold trade.

Yeah…

 

[Goalie_Bob]

He was always a good player, he just couldn’t stay healthy.

Who?

 

[Empoleon8771]

Conner's stat line in Arizona is worse than what it was last year for the Steelers. He's just getting more touchdowns with Arizona.

Conner is averaging 3.9 yards per carry with Arizona and 63 total yards per game from rushing and receiving. Last year, Conner was at 4.3 yards per carry and 72 total yards per game from rushing and receiving.

 

[xlm34]

Conner's stat line in Arizona is worse than what it was last year for the Steelers. He's just getting more touchdowns with Arizona.

Conner is averaging 3.9 yards per carry with Arizona and 63 total yards per game from rushing and receiving. Last year, Conner was at 4.3 yards per carry and 72 total yards per game from rushing and receiving.

He’s playing a different role than he did here though. For the most part, he’s their short yardage and goal line back. So I think his yards per carry is kind of skewed by the situations he’s put in.

 

[pistolpete11]

454 yards and 10 TDs with the Cards. Hey, At least he plays for a coach that knows how to use him

Holy shit, he does have 10 TDs. I figured he had 5 or 6 and was trying to figure out how you made such a bad typo.

 

[Night Shift]

Holy shit, he does have 10 TDs. I figured he had 5 or 6 and was trying to figure out how you made such a bad typo.

It feels like he has more. Every time I see anything Cards related he's always in the endzone. Lol

 

[Night Shift]

Conner's stat line in Arizona is worse than what it was last year for the Steelers. He's just getting more touchdowns with Arizona.

Conner is averaging 3.9 yards per carry with Arizona and 63 total yards per game from rushing and receiving. Last year, Conner was at 4.3 yards per carry and 72 total yards per game from rushing and receiving.

Still.. I think 454 are still solid numbers a little past the halfway point for a guy who is a career complementary back and slotted as #2.

 

[ChaosAgent]

I thought Ballage would be a suitable replacement for Conner but he has been a ghost.

McFarland runs like a moron. Never hits the right hole. Snell runs like a moron and is slow.

 

[Smoke]

It is color rush night so the Steelers can't lose.

Right?

 

[WheresRamziAbid]

It is color rush night so the Steelers can't lose.

Right?

Tonight is the one they win handily. Detroit is the one they blow next week.

I dont know if facts will back this up in any way but we always (last 5 years or so) seem to be 5-3 or 6-2 coming of a big win in primetime before we muck up and finish 9-7 or 10-6

 

[JTG]

Conner had the Willie Parker stat line. Many runs under 3 yards, many runs that lost yardage, a big smack to bring the stat back up. I don't hate James Conner like a lot of people did, but I do believe he tried to get too cute of a runner and he couldn't stay healthy. He needed to run like he did at Pitt, and he was doing a lot of dancing around in the backfield. His offensive line also had cracks in the foundation. Conner also wasn't a great pass catcher, which also kind of killed his effectiveness because we were super pass heavy. It was just a bad fit.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Conner had the Willie Parker stat line. Many runs under 3 yards, many runs that lost yardage, a big smack to bring the stat back up. I don't hate James Conner like a lot of people did, but I do believe he tried to get too cute of a runner and he couldn't stay healthy. He needed to run like he did at Pitt, and he was doing a lot of dancing around in the backfield. His offensive line also had cracks in the foundation. Conner also wasn't a great pass catcher, which also kind of killed his effectiveness because we were super pass heavy. It was just a bad fit.

Yes all of that made him just an average to below-average RB (edit: like the 20th best) in this league. I agree - too much dancing and not hitting holes hard enough. I think he was a better pass catcher than you describe though.

Still, we currently have 3 absolute non-entities at the position and he would have been better. He probably knew that he wasn't going to be Tomlin's bell cow, and maybe that motivated him to leave. But for $1.75M...you'd think we coulda added $.15 or $.2M and made him stay.

 

[Andy99]

So far so good for the Steelers but I’m sure Minn thought it looked good for them too up two TDs on the Ravens…however the Bears look like they suck

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Heyward having 2 career interceptions as a dt is pretty wild.

 

[OnMyOwn]

Ben is throwing a pretty nice ball tonight. A couple behind guys but most are on target and tight.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Minkah laying some wood that drive

 

[OnMyOwn]

Fields should have just run out of bounds. He’s gonna get killed if he keeps doing that, haha.

 

[Harvey Birdman]

Harris is just a super likable player.

It’s very refreshing to have a Steeler you can like as a player and a person. Rather than just as a player like 90% of this roster.