OT: The Pittsburgher Thread: They Killed Kenny!

[Empoleon8771]

Pickens has had noted attitude issues since college at Georgia, I don’t know why people need to try to rationalize his tantrums as legitimate.

I’m not calling for him to get benched, traded or released based on it, but I’m also not going to just pretend those issues don’t exist either. There is a wide difference between a fan on a website posting about not targeting Pickens enough and a professional athlete complaining about it on instagram.

Not only that, he’s also literally leading the Steelers in targets and receptions for this year, so him bitching about not getting enough targets is even sillier.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

The Steelers have drafted some really talented WRs over the last dozen years or whatever. Why has every single one been weak mentally and acts immature. All the talent in the world but between the ears it’s not good enough.
I didn’t watch the 2nd half but did Pickens miss any snaps after that laziness in the end zone when he could not get 2 feet down

 

[Factorial]

Smoke weed?

Is that what did him in? Just weed. I don't remember this happening.

 

[bigdaddyk88]

Is that what did him in? Just weed. I don't remember this happening.

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Stay off the weed compilation

 

[Rossi Rat]

Maryland is a joke. I think we can all unite in that. Pitt fans - please come over to our side and accept! It’s your state’s university. Gonna beat Michigan next week. Their first actual legit test, at night, Happy Valley, and Drew has momentum. They’re in trouble.

 

[Rossi Rat]

West by god Virginia up 14-0!

How painful is this if you’re a Pitt fan?

PSU and WVU combined record: 14-4
Pitt record: 2-7.

I ****ing love being a Penn St fan.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

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And always smile while you cheap shot the DB on the ribs.

 

[OnMyOwn]

West by god Virginia up 14-0!

How painful is this if you’re a Pitt fan?

PSU and WVU combined record: 14-4
Pitt record: 2-7.

I ****ing love being a Penn St fan.

You seriously fabricate a pitt and psu rivalry. No one cares, haha. Also, as a resident in PSU land, maybe they should try actually beating good teams for a change. Always 3rd or worse in the Big 10, year in and out.

 

[Rossi Rat]

You seriously fabricate a pitt and psu rivalry. No one cares, haha. Also, as a resident in PSU land, maybe they should try actually beating good teams for a change. Always 3rd or worse in the Big 10, year in and out.

They will next weekend.

 

[JTG]

He didn't play because something he said in Jaguars game

Right, but the difference in quality of play was noticeable with him not playing.

The Steelers have drafted some really talented WRs over the last dozen years or whatever. Why has every single one been weak mentally and acts immature. All the talent in the world but between the ears it’s not good enough.
I didn’t watch the 2nd half but did Pickens miss any snaps after that laziness in the end zone when he could not get 2 feet down

People like to sit and wonder how these guys drop to them. They drop to them because they have warts. Ben used to be able to get the most out of these guys - Kenny is not that dude.

 

[TimmyD]

They will next weekend.

Just like they were going to beat OSU right? Pitt sucks, WVU sucks and Penn State sucks… none of them are any kind of elite college powerhouse and none of them will sniff a national title

 

[Power Surge]

Penn St will forever be remembered for the Sandusky scandal. Who as a college athlete wants to be associated with and around that when there are so many other good schools to choose with a clean history.

I mean I guess if they are your only scholarship offer, you have to take it :/

 

[Peat]

I think this is a perfect draft for us to find a stud tackle. This draft is super deep. Joe Alt would be my ultimate pick...we then play Jones on the right. How much fun would it be for this dude to be on the right side and Jones on the left? Big, long, physical RT who seeks and destroys in the run game.

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I think DT is a bigger need…likely Heyward is cut, injured and slipped and will be 35..

I can buy a need to use the 1st on a DT but Heyward isn't getting cut this summer you maniac.

Not to mention that we do also need that OT and right now the draft does indeed look super deep.

The team could also spent its 1st on a CB very profitably too.

 

[JTG]

I can buy a need to use the 1st on a DT but Heyward isn't getting cut this summer you maniac.

Not to mention that we do also need that OT and right now the draft does indeed look super deep.

The team could also spent its 1st on a CB very profitably too.

We have linemen. Benton could take over for Cam. Keep Adams at DT and we have Larry O with Loudermilk behind him. Could use depth, but we have starting quality along the line.

The difference in play on that right side of the line with Jones v. Chuks was very evident.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Right, but the difference in quality of play was noticeable with him not playing.



People like to sit and wonder how these guys drop to them. They drop to them because they have warts. Ben used to be able to get the most out of these guys - Kenny is not that dude.

Not many guys could get the most out of them. Ben is going to the PFHOF. What other QB they have had since the 80s could have? The answer is zero.

 

[pistolpete11]

Just like they were going to beat OSU right? Pitt sucks, WVU sucks and Penn State sucks… none of them are any kind of elite college powerhouse and none of them will sniff a national title

The problem with saying Penn State, Pitt, and WVU all suck is that it implies they are on the same level which is just as wrong as saying Penn State is on Ohio State's level.

 

[pistolpete11]

I can buy a need to use the 1st on a DT but Heyward isn't getting cut this summer you maniac.

Not to mention that we do also need that OT and right now the draft does indeed look super deep.

The team could also spent its 1st on a CB very profitably too.

It's amazing that they appear to have hit HR's with OT and CB in last year's draft and that those will probably still be big needs going into next year's draft

C is also a very big need in my book.

 

[JTG]

It's amazing that they appear to have hit HR's with OT and CB in last year's draft and that those will probably still be big needs going into next year's draft

C is also a very big need in my book.

It's not a great C class. Bryce Foster is intriguing from Texas A&M, but he's not without warts. Zach Frazier from WVU would also be an interesting guy, but he's not very big and could run the same risk we had with Kendrick Green.

 

[pistolpete11]

It's not a great C class. Bryce Foster is intriguing from Texas A&M, but he's not without warts. Zach Frazier from WVU would also be an interesting guy, but he's not very big and could run the same risk we had with Kendrick Green.

It's still a big need.

 

[Rossi Rat]

Just like they were going to beat OSU right? Pitt sucks, WVU sucks and Penn State sucks… none of them are any kind of elite college powerhouse and none of them will sniff a national title

Penn St 8-1
WVU 6-3
Pitt 2-7

That looks like one really good team, one good team, and one team that, well… sucks. Sorry.

Shifting to NFL - not shocked at all it’s looking like every other team in the division is going to win again today. Baltimore gets dragged in the mud when they play the Steelers, but outside of those games, they do a hell of a job putting up points and blowing teams out, something the Steelers are incapable of doing. They have a +95 point differential. The Steelers? -30.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

I can buy a need to use the 1st on a DT but Heyward isn't getting cut this summer you maniac.

Not to mention that we do also need that OT and right now the draft does indeed look super deep.

The team could also spent its 1st on a CB very profitably too.

Khan seems to have put them in a situation that they do not have to draft any position and could go several ways, depending on how the first round plays out. If OT is so deep picking one up in the second round could make sense.

The only possible real need might be quarterback.

I am not writing KP off yet. But even his strongest supporters have to have some worries right now.

And the Tomlin designed win every game 6 to 3 while being outgained and lucky makes filling that need impossible.

 

[TimmyD]

Penn St 8-1
WVU 6-3
Pitt 2-7

That looks like one really good team, one good team, and one team that, well… sucks. Sorry.

Shifting to NFL - not shocked at all it’s looking like every other team in the division is going to win again today. Baltimore gets dragged in the mud when they play the Steelers, but outside of those games, they do a hell of a job putting up points and blowing teams out, something the Steelers are incapable of doing. They have a +95 point differential. The Steelers? -30.

It looks like 3 teams who will never win a national championship to me. But hey keep bragging about being better then a team that’s 2-7… that’s such a high bar to have

 

[metalan2]

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[Peat]

Khan seems to have put them in a situation that they do not have to draft any position and could go several ways, depending on how the first round plays out. If OT is so deep picking one up in the second round could make sense.

The only possible real need might be quarterback.

I am not writing KP off yet. But even his strongest supporters have to have some worries right now.

And the Tomlin designed win every game 6 to 3 while being outgained and lucky makes filling that need impossible.

To me, it looks like the opposite. There's several positions that seem fatally flawed and while, yes, that does mean you can fill any of them with high picks, that's because you wish you had the capital to fill all of them,

And the one place I'd be opposed to picking a guy is QB. Not because I firmly believe in Pickett, but because I firmly believe the team's talent holes make this a developmental nightmare, and I don't see the point of proving that with another guy considering the talent that will be available where the team is picking.

We have linemen. Benton could take over for Cam. Keep Adams at DT and we have Larry O with Loudermilk behind him. Could use depth, but we have starting quality along the line.

The difference in play on that right side of the line with Jones v. Chuks was very evident.

Just in a vacuum -

Yeah, we have DTs. Not a big fan of them. The best without Cam are Benton - who may or may not be a future piece, lil early to say - and Ogunjobi, whose injury history and age worries me. Given how long DTs often take to come online, I would - again, in a vacuum - be very happy to see them take a guy who can substantially upgrade the depth while offering a better succession plan to Heyward and Ogunjobi.

Outside of a vacuum... OT seems screamingly obvious given how the OL has struggled and brought everyone down. Hell, I'd do C too if there was one worth it there. And given how I want a better environment for the QB, I guess I'd mark it as more important than CB or DT. But boy could we use all of them.