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I've not been around much for while; a handful of comments at most over the last few years. Still always liked this message board from when I first came aboard back in early 2006 when I was referred to it, not knowing about it for a long time.
But seeing it in trouble, I set up a payment this evening (hopefully PayPal took it okay, been a while since used it). I remember the great days from the 3 Super Bowl runs; but I will be honest; I left it because of the growing number of whining, crying, complaining spoiled brat fans that seemed to overtake the board; the extraordinary part about it was complaining about Tomlin back in 2009 -- right off a Super Bowl win that none of saw possible starting 2008. The reality is, Tomlin was injuries to Polamalu and Pouncey & and a poorly time fumble away from having 2 Super Bowl wins -- Cowher's players or no Cowher's players (an argument I find totally ridiculous anyway -- Jim Caldwell had Tony Dungy's players and I didn't see another Lombardi in the Colts trophy room).
The decade of the 2000s would be a dynasty for 28 teams in this league. Did you think it would last forever? I'd like to see the team make a permanent comeback, and Steeler Nation along with it.
I get everyone blowing off steam after a loss; but let's be real.
Tomlin and Colbert haven't been the disaster in drafting that people want to make them out to being:
Woodley may have not taken it to the next level like he should have, but for a while he was dominant and key in winning in 2008 no question -- in fact Woodley and Harrison probably make up the best pair of OLBs in the 3-4 Steeler D and that is saying something.
Timmons has done nothing but been good to spectacular and never gets his due.
Heyward is best DE taken in the first round of any Steelers DL since..... EVER?
Mendenhall had a short lived career, but it was productive and he was a difference maker in 2010 -- and really was the key player in the 2010 AFC Championship
Pouncey is a major team leader
DeCastro is becoming dominant
Bell and Brown -- just rewriting Steelers record books
Beachum, Gilbert, Bryant -- like what I see so far
And even guys like Mike Wallace, Kennan Lewis, Emmanuel Sanders were quality even if lost to FA
You know, I want to win too; and yeah I would have loved it if Colbert drafted Richard Sherman in 2011 for example, but this team has drafted better than a lot of other teams in the league, maybe its just not enough to offset the loss/decline of Hall of Fame level talents like Hines Ward, Troy Polamalu and even James Harrison who will never be HoF only due to his short career, but at his peak was as good any player in HoF. Also the loss and decline of Ike Taylor, Ryan Clark, Brett Kiesel, Casey Hampton, James Farrior, Larry Foote.... that's more than a lot to replace and the worst this team did was 8-8? And in one of those 8-8 years they were a blown call and a missed chip shot FG by Kansas City back ups from having only a 1 year playoff absence?
You know, long before Jarvis Jones there was Huey Richardson. Long before there was Ziggy Hood there was Aaron Jones.
If anything, with Colbert if I wanted him to do something more, I'd like to see more of the wheeling and dealing Colbert that moved back 3 spots in 2001 so as to land Big Snack and be in position to take Kendrell Bell. Or how he moved up aggressively in 2003 to draft Troy Polamalu or in 2006 to draft Santonio Holmes so as to really improve the team instead of waiting on picks and hoping their guy drops to them. I get it won't work everytime (wasn't Colcough a trade up in 2nd round in 2004?) But I'd rather take the risk and go for it than play it safe.
So there is 1 of my 2 cents.
Here is the other -- thank you for banning Idiotech. That moron really was one of the biggest issues on this board. So long as we keep getting good football talk on here, despite my life having less time to football talk like it once did, I'll give blood to keep it alive. I get we won't all agree; but dang it, be grown up about it.
But seeing it in trouble, I set up a payment this evening (hopefully PayPal took it okay, been a while since used it). I remember the great days from the 3 Super Bowl runs; but I will be honest; I left it because of the growing number of whining, crying, complaining spoiled brat fans that seemed to overtake the board; the extraordinary part about it was complaining about Tomlin back in 2009 -- right off a Super Bowl win that none of saw possible starting 2008. The reality is, Tomlin was injuries to Polamalu and Pouncey & and a poorly time fumble away from having 2 Super Bowl wins -- Cowher's players or no Cowher's players (an argument I find totally ridiculous anyway -- Jim Caldwell had Tony Dungy's players and I didn't see another Lombardi in the Colts trophy room).
The decade of the 2000s would be a dynasty for 28 teams in this league. Did you think it would last forever? I'd like to see the team make a permanent comeback, and Steeler Nation along with it.
I get everyone blowing off steam after a loss; but let's be real.
Tomlin and Colbert haven't been the disaster in drafting that people want to make them out to being:
Woodley may have not taken it to the next level like he should have, but for a while he was dominant and key in winning in 2008 no question -- in fact Woodley and Harrison probably make up the best pair of OLBs in the 3-4 Steeler D and that is saying something.
Timmons has done nothing but been good to spectacular and never gets his due.
Heyward is best DE taken in the first round of any Steelers DL since..... EVER?
Mendenhall had a short lived career, but it was productive and he was a difference maker in 2010 -- and really was the key player in the 2010 AFC Championship
Pouncey is a major team leader
DeCastro is becoming dominant
Bell and Brown -- just rewriting Steelers record books
Beachum, Gilbert, Bryant -- like what I see so far
And even guys like Mike Wallace, Kennan Lewis, Emmanuel Sanders were quality even if lost to FA
You know, I want to win too; and yeah I would have loved it if Colbert drafted Richard Sherman in 2011 for example, but this team has drafted better than a lot of other teams in the league, maybe its just not enough to offset the loss/decline of Hall of Fame level talents like Hines Ward, Troy Polamalu and even James Harrison who will never be HoF only due to his short career, but at his peak was as good any player in HoF. Also the loss and decline of Ike Taylor, Ryan Clark, Brett Kiesel, Casey Hampton, James Farrior, Larry Foote.... that's more than a lot to replace and the worst this team did was 8-8? And in one of those 8-8 years they were a blown call and a missed chip shot FG by Kansas City back ups from having only a 1 year playoff absence?
You know, long before Jarvis Jones there was Huey Richardson. Long before there was Ziggy Hood there was Aaron Jones.
If anything, with Colbert if I wanted him to do something more, I'd like to see more of the wheeling and dealing Colbert that moved back 3 spots in 2001 so as to land Big Snack and be in position to take Kendrell Bell. Or how he moved up aggressively in 2003 to draft Troy Polamalu or in 2006 to draft Santonio Holmes so as to really improve the team instead of waiting on picks and hoping their guy drops to them. I get it won't work everytime (wasn't Colcough a trade up in 2nd round in 2004?) But I'd rather take the risk and go for it than play it safe.
So there is 1 of my 2 cents.
Here is the other -- thank you for banning Idiotech. That moron really was one of the biggest issues on this board. So long as we keep getting good football talk on here, despite my life having less time to football talk like it once did, I'll give blood to keep it alive. I get we won't all agree; but dang it, be grown up about it.
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