OT: The Pittsburgher Thread: Post Draft - Still dont need no QB

[ChaosAgent]

If you could get any one, and had to get one, of Purdy, Lawrence, Tagovailoa or Love, which one would people want?

Probably Love, then Purdy

 

[Pens1566]

If you could get any one, and had to get one, of Purdy, Lawrence, Tagovailoa or Love, which one would people want?

Love? But only because the others have some baggage/warts.

 

[Empoleon8771]

If you could get any one, and had to get one, of Purdy, Lawrence, Tagovailoa or Love, which one would people want?

I'd pick Love there. Purdy has a bit of a noodle arm, Tua has those concussion issues and Lawrence doesn't really seem to be all that good.

 

[bigdaddyk88]

Love? But only because the others have some baggage/warts.

Love even has his own warts.

 

[Peat]

Yeah I'd struggle to see Love as definitely the guy I want when running an equal TD-Int ratio in the playoffs. He's had the most consistently solid supporting cast too, which means his weaknesses haven't been drawn into such fine comparison as the others.

I assume Tua would be last for everyone because of the injury history. Other than that, I'd struggle to pick any of them definitely over the others.

 

[Pens x]

I might take all of those guys over Rudolph

 

[bigdaddyk88]

I might take all of those guys over Rudolph

Mason is paid a backup not top 10 Qb money

 

[Ulf5]

They said we’d sign Rodgers once the Jets released him.

They said the Steelers will sign him by the draft

They said he would sign once we knew their schedule

What is the next fake date that Rodgers will sign?

I keep seeing article after article the Steelers are willing to wait lol. After Fields stiffed them, what choice do they have?

 

[nsvoyageurs]

What was SOS end up being for Pitt last year?

Hidden factor in this schedule is that that rarely play well at the Jets, rarely play well at Chicago, and rarely do well in LA.

For examples, our last game on the road vs each opponent:

2021 37-41 L @ LAC. Chargers put up 41 on Steelers D. Herbert was 30/41 for 382. 3TD. 1 INT. Also, 9 rushes for 90 yds.

2022. 20-27 L @ NYJ. Zach Wilson single-handedly outgained & outscored the Steelers, until garbage time from Pickett after Trubisky was benched.

2021 29-27 W @ Chicago. Needed a late FG for a last-second comeback win vs a Bears team that went 6-11 that year. Before that, I think Steelers had a decades long win drought in the Windy City.

The game vs the Bears was in Pittsburgh. they haven't won in Chicago since 1995.

 

[Booker T]

If you could get any one, and had to get one, of Purdy, Lawrence, Tagovailoa or Love, which one would people want?

If I'm building a team, Lawrence, he has insane raw talent and would flourish in an organization that could get him the tools he needs and properly develop him. If I were in compete now mode, Love, easily.

 

[JTG]

Purdy for me. I honestly do believe Lawrence is average processor of the game. THe better weapons you give Purdy, the better the team is going to be. It's like an engine block...all that matters is the strength and stability of it, and you can build around that to generate more and more power.

Lawrence was so physically gifted he never had to learn the nuances of playing QB...Purdy did. And if you want to talk about career reps of throwing a football, Purdy got Lawrence by thousands. I truly think that matters for a QB.

 

[pistolpete11]

Love and Purdy would be 1A and 1B, Lawrence a distant 3rd, and Tua an even larger distant 4th due to the concussion concern. Without the concussion stuff, I'd probably take him over Lawrence TBH.

Wouldn't feel like "Great. We have our QB for the next decade" with any of them, though.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Have always thought Lawrence doesn’t seem “natural”. All those gifts and it feels very mechanical and robotic for him to play quarterback. Not in a good way.

There’s just like a lack of natural feel for the game or something.

 

[xlm34]

I think for this team, I’d go with Love. It’s tough not putting Purdy ahead of him because he’s been to a Super Bowl and played well. But I think you take him away from Shanahan and the avengers type of supporting cast he had in SF and you wouldn’t be happy with his contract.

Lawrence came into an awful situation and he still could be good but right now he’s living off of his generational prospect label. He may have peaked as a freshman in college.

Tua is just way too injury prone and it’s tough to look past that and some of the other red flags with him.

 

[Pens x]

Sadly, many yinzers would rate Rudolph higher than some of these QBs.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Mason is paid a backup not top 10 Qb money

Yea but if AR doesn't sign, he's the starter

 

[bigdaddyk88]

Yea but if AR doesn't sign, he's the starter

They are pretty much punting on 25 any way. They will go 10-7 regardless of the Qb. Might as well stay cheap

 

[T1K]

If you could get any one, and had to get one, of Purdy, Lawrence, Tagovailoa or Love, which one would people want?

Purdy and I don’t think it’s particularly close. He’s the best processor of the bunch, best leader, and best at extending the play.

 

[WickedWrister]

We knew the Steelers had a difficult schedule of opponents this year, with the #9 toughest schedule based on who they play.

The NFL schedule makers did them no favors with when they play these teams.

After a Week 6 home game against the Browns off a bye post-Ireland, the Steelers face an absolute gauntlet of tough opponents and terrible rest spots.

Pittsburgh’s schedule Week 7 onward ranks:

#1 most difficult based on opponents
#3 most difficult based on rest

It starts with a short week road game on Thursday in Cincinnati Week 7.

Short week road games are brutal, and that is the first of two for the Steelers down the stretch.

They then must play Week 10 across the country in Los Angeles on SNF, meaning a game with bad body clock for the East Coast Steelers.

In Week 11, they play the Bengals, who are off a bye, thus a seven-day rest disadvantage for Pittsburgh.

Two weeks later, in Week 13, they play the Bills, who are off a mini-bye having played the prior Thursday, thus a three-day rest disadvantage for Pittsburgh.

The very next week, Week 14, the Steelers play the Ravens, who likewise are off a mini-bye, having played the prior Thursday, thus another three-day rest disadvantage for Pittsburgh.

And then in Week 16, they play in Detroit on a short week road game with a one-day rest disadvantage, as Pittsburgh is off a MNF game in Week 15.

That’s a brutal way to run.

 

[WickedWrister]

Also for my fellow 2026 NFL Draft degens...

 

[bigdaddyk88]

Yea but if AR doesn't sign, he's the starter

They are pretty much punting on 25 any way. They will go 10-7 regardless of the Qb

 

[T1K]

Also for my fellow 2026 NFL Draft degens...

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Sellers as QB4 is surprising. Most of the stuff I’ve read so far has him as the consensus QB2 in this class.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I've only read a bit on the QB class for 2026, so a lot can change, but my impression so far is that I really like Klubnik and Nussmeier but am skeptical on Sellers and dislike Allar. A lot can change between now and then though.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I am honestly fine with Rudy and Howard as the Qb's, it would force a dipshit like Smith to actually try something different or he doubles down and goes hard in the paint with his archaic and stupid AF run to set up a pass bullshit against every team even when it makes zero sense to. Also if it fails, you pick higher, it also casts a bigger doubt in Tomlin's abilities to the ones that fail to see the clown for what he is as well.

I really don't care to see a selfish twat like Rodgers as the QB at all. I could barely stand Rapelisberger and somehow I hate this even bigger selfish douchebag Rodgers, more.