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

[pistolpete11]

I wonder if heaven got a ghetto.

 

[T1K]

TBH, I'd rather saw off my own dick with a rusty linoleum knife.

That episode would be the Dunning-Krueger singularity ...

I couldn’t get more than 10 mins in. Just 2 out of touch dudes smelling their own farts.

 

[Pens x]

It is crazy that many Steelers fans have convinced themselves Howard and Rudolph are viable options at QB.

 

[cookthebooks]

in 2025s nfl you are better off throwing stuff like randolph / howard at the wall and seeing if it sticks tahn signing washed up vets to big money deal based on their past glories. if it doesnt work you end up in a draft position that affords you a better chance of nabbing an actual difference making qb

 

[T1K]

It is crazy that many Steelers fans have convinced themselves Howard and Rudolph are viable options at QB.

it’s a transition year. Barring Howard showing real promise (Purdy level) they’re going with a QB in round 1 next year.

 

[Pens x]

it’s a transition year. Barring Howard showing real promise (Purdy level) they’re going with a QB in round 1 next year.

Was this supposed to be a transition year before Khan botched the QB position or did it become one after another crappy off season?

 

[T1K]

Was this supposed to be a transition year before Khan botched the QB position or did it become one after another crappy off season?

What are you suggesting they should’ve done?

 

[bigdaddyk88]

Was this supposed to be a transition year before Khan botched the QB position or did it become one after another crappy off season?

It was always a transition year. The only difference is we don’t get to watch DK and GP on offense together

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

What are you suggesting they should’ve done?

You stole my question.
Not many options out there.

1. Trade for Cousins
2. Give up big time draft capital to move up

I would have been furious if they did #2.

 

[Pens1566]

You stole my question.
Not many options out there.

1. Trade for Cousins
2. Give up big time draft capital to move up

I would have been furious if they did #2.

I would have been furious with either of those. Both are the equivalent of putting a band-aid on a gunshot wound to the chest.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

I would have been furious with either of those. Both are the equivalent of putting a band-aid on a gunshot wound to the chest.

I was thinking that Cousins could have/be had for a 4th round pick or something, so I wouldn't have been super mad about it. Anything more than a 4th and I'm at annoyed level.

 

[Pens1566]

I was thinking that Cousins could have/be had for a 4th round pick or something, so I wouldn't have been super mad about it. Anything more than a 4th and I'm at annoyed level.

That and whatever cap hit we'd have to take on. Granted, we're not in a bad spot right now. But that's no reason to make bad decisions just because we have room for the moment.

 

[bigdaddyk88]

I was thinking that Cousins could have/be had for a 4th round pick or something, so I wouldn't have been super mad about it. Anything more than a 4th and I'm at annoyed level.

I would have taken his contract for draft capital like Osweiller but not interested in trading even a 6th for him

 

[Pens x]

What are you suggesting they should’ve done?

-Drafted Sanders in the later rounds
-trade for Cousins (it is probably time to move on from Rodgers)
-outbid the Jets for Fields

Going into the season with Rudolph and a sixth round draft pick as your starting quarterback is beyond incompetent

No teams wanted Rudolph. He signed a cheap deal even for a backup.

 

[bigdaddyk88]

-Drafted Sanders in the later rounds
-trade for Cousins (it is probably time to move on from Rodgers)
-outbid the Jets for Fields

Going into the season with Rudolph and a sixth round draft pick as your starting quarterback is beyond incompetent

No teams wanted Rudolph. He signed a cheap deal even for a backup.

Fields said he chose the jets because he never got over Tomlin benching him and wasn’t coming back
Sanders is a poor mans Pickett
Cousins had 1 td down over 6 games and cost the Falcons a playoff spot

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Has anyone subjected themselves to the entire 3 hr Rogan pod with Rodgers on it?

I think anyone that has, is likely seeking therapy and questioning their life decisions right now.

 

[T1K]

-Drafted Sanders in the later rounds
-trade for Cousins (it is probably time to move on from Rodgers)
-outbid the Jets for Fields

Going into the season with Rudolph and a sixth round draft pick as your starting quarterback is beyond incompetent

No teams wanted Rudolph. He signed a cheap deal even for a backup.

1) clearly they didn’t like/want Sanders. They were far from the only team that felt that way.
2) cousins is terrible and taking on his contract is beyond negligent
3) they made their bed when Tomlin wrongly benched him and never gave him another chance

If you want to blame Tomlin for benching Fields, I’d agree with you. I thought it was stupid and short-sighted at the time, but in the whole scheme of things he probably wasn’t the long-term answer anyways.