OT: The Pittsburgher Thread: No 3peat for the Swifts

[Buddy Bizarre]

IMO if you're not willing to trade a 1st for Stafford, you might as well just blow up this team and trade Watt and Heyward.

On it's face, Stafford is worth a 1st.
But for the Steelers, that's a dumb move for a couple of reasons:

1. They need their 1st pick to be a homerun so they can build a strong team around a QB, who will surely be neutered by Tomlin
2. Having Stafford will ensure another NHALS for the short term. But it's a myopic move. This team doesn't let it's QB play ball so paying a 1st for any QB on this team is silly. They essentially want a handoff monkey. Gonna pay a premium pick for Stafford to hand the ball off 30 times?

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Khan is building the team. He is going to have 60 million dollars in free agency to spend this offseason minimum and more money next offseason. They have drafted 5 o lineman in 2 years. This draft should be minimum 2 DL if they get more picks could see 3 drafted. Khan will be able to get any wr he wants to sign and he can sign a cb2 and NB.

So years ago it was Colbert's fault.
Now it's Khan's fault.

Yet literally 1 man remains from 18 years ago.

I'm sensing a pattern here....

 

[MrBrightside]

Quite the WR room that Colbert/Khan/Tomlin have assembled.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Quite the WR room that Colbert/Khan/Tomlin have assembled.

That surprises me about Pickens (bad vertical/good horizontal). Figured it'd be the other way around for him.

 

[Andy99]

 

[bigdaddyk88]

So years ago it was Colbert's fault.
Now it's Khan's fault.

Yet literally 1 man remains from 18 years ago.

I'm sensing a pattern here....

No i am counting khan to continue rebuilding the roster. He has 60 million in cap space. He spent 2 years investing on the o line this year should be dl in the draft. Wr and cb in free agency

 

[Andy99]

Report: Steelers Have Expressed Interest in Matthew Stafford

The Steelers have reportedly expressed interest in trading for Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, according to Albert Breer.

steelersnow.com

 

[bigdaddyk88]

This is weird cause most of the other beat writers believe they are done with Rw and ny Friday they should have a better idea of fields market after the combine

 

[T1K]

Stafford is 37 and Kupp is 32. Giving up the necessary draft capitol to have maybe 1 swing at it with them is foolish.

Disagree. Go all in on the Watt era and then tear it down to the studs and do a proper rebuild.

 

[WickedWrister]

DJ’s top 50 v2.0

Some good positional needs around our draft slot

Daniel Jeremiah's top 50: 2025 NFL Draft prospect rankings 2.0

 

[JTG]

DJ’s top 50 v2.0

Some good positional needs around our draft slot

Daniel Jeremiah's top 50: 2025 NFL Draft prospect rankings 2.0

I'd drop back and get more picks. Aside from McMillan I don't think there is a guarantee any of the other WRs stick in the first round. If we can get to the top of the 2nd round and get another 2, that'd be ideal.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Disagree. Go all in on the Watt era and then tear it down to the studs and do a proper rebuild.

You do realize that as long as Tomlin is the HC, they'll never do anything that threatens NHALS, right?

 

[T1K]

You do realize that as long as Tomlin is the HC, they'll never do anything that threatens NHALS, right?

Once Watt and hypothetical Stafford+Kupp are gone it wouldn’t be a choice. The Steelers are going to be projected as the 3rd best team in the division going forward. I wouldn’t be shocked if he willingly left if the only option was a rebuild.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Everything I’ve read said Tomlin is a huge fan of RW, so him coming back and Fields being smart enough to move on seems most likely.

AR2 apparently prefers RW, which makes sense because he’s a man desperate for a playoff win so he stops looking like a total asshole every January.

Fields and Jets rumors seem to be hearing up now.

I’d be surprised if Fields comes back to play for a guy that benched him.

Then he watched his replacement totally shit the bed down the stretch.

Fields said all the right stuff in person, but I can only imagine what he was saying to those he was closest to.

 

[Empoleon8771]

DJ’s top 50 v2.0

Some good positional needs around our draft slot

Daniel Jeremiah's top 50: 2025 NFL Draft prospect rankings 2.0

If Sanders and Ward are falling to the 10th range or later, I want this team to be trading up to get one of them.

 

[Peat]

If Sanders and Ward are falling to the 10th range or later, I want this team to be trading up to get one of them.

Do you think they'd go in about that range if it was 2021 or 2024 or another QB heavy draft?

 

[WickedWrister]

If Sanders and Ward are falling to the 10th range or later, I want this team to be trading up to get one of them.

I like them, not sure I love them yet as prospects. I feel like they both should go in the 10-20 range of the draft, but position and team need will bump them up into the top 10. Just too many QB needy teams in the top 10. I can't imagine the Titans, Browns, Giants, Raiders, and Jets all passing on QB.