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I'll say it,

Coryea said:
Not even close, he's 20th in the NFL is rushing, 31st in rushing TD's
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Because other teams know he's our legit weapon. The real problem is that He fights like two dogs, in a scheme that has no hope. In a good to great scheme, he is amazing. This would be true because we have a good enough qb, receivers, etc. In this scheme, we have trash. He tries hard. The odds are against him.
 
Djfan said:
Because other teams know he's our legit weapon. The real problem is that He fights like two dogs, in a scheme that has no hope. In a good to great scheme, he is amazing. This would be true because we have a good enough qb, receivers, etc. In this scheme, we have trash. He tries hard. The odds are against him.
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Not disagreeing there, there's a few players on this team you could say that about. Watt has lost a step maybe, but put him with a legit DC and his numbers are alot better, look at Pickens not so good here, but then look at Smith, 88 catches last year in Miami, now look here. Just another bad look for the head coach.
 
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Cam is like a kid on the playground telling the principal he just got roughed up by a kid who weighs 50 lbs less.
20 Years from now when people look at the Legendary players of the past, Cam will not be brought into conversation.
TJ yes
Cam is a whiney ***** with more bark than bite.

Nothing but trash in EVERY big game of his career.
Guy is opposite of The Steeler way in every single aspect of his play and personality.
 
Coryea said:
Not disagreeing there, there's a few players on this team you could say that about. Watt has lost a step maybe, but put him with a legit DC and his numbers are alot better, look at Pickens not so good hear, but then look at Smith, 88 catches last year in Miami, now look here. Just another bad look for the head coach.
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I agree
 
Coryea said:
Not disagreeing there, there's a few players on this team you could say that about. Watt has lost a step maybe, but put him with a legit DC and his numbers are alot better, look at Pickens not so good here, but then look at Smith, 88 catches last year in Miami, now look here. Just another bad look for the head coach.
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Agreed TJ cannot be as shot as he looks but it was startling when he passed JJ for career sacks. I thought to myself "JJ fell of the cliff pretty fast and was likely shot long before his final sack."
I bet TJ could be a pro bowler on the right Defense.
Instead of the laughing stock 20 year old system Tomlin trots out. The system Edelman and others have publicly mocked for being old and easy to beat on his podcast.
With little pushback from players fans or media.
 
bigben said:
Agreed TJ cannot be as shot as he looks but it was startling when he passed JJ for career sacks. I thought to myself "JJ fell of the cliff pretty fast and was likely shot long before his final sack."
I bet TJ could be a pro bowler on the right Defense.
Instead of the laughing stock 20 year old system Tomlin trots out. The system Edelman and others have publicly mocked for being old and easy to beat on his podcast.
With little pushback from players fans or media.
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People keep saying he's paid 40 million he should beat double teams, like he's been beating double teams his entire career, that's not true, teams really started dedicating two guys to him about midway through last year, you watch his highlights from 2024 and the first half of the season he was rarely doubled, he was beating 1 guy. Teams have been putting 2 guys on him almost every play since then, sometimes a 3rd and they can do that because we do nothing to force teams out of that, blitz from the other side were there's an obvious numbers advantage. Harrison was rarely doubled because teams had no clue when and where the blitz was coming from so they couldn't just assign two guys to him. I watched the game where Garrett had 4 sacks, not one of those sacks was he doubled.
 
JJ had a couple of serious injuries that started his downward spiral. He was still not bad in the end. He just wasn't one of the best to ever play anymore. Hopefully, TJ figures things out. He said he was open to moving around on the line, but that really hasn't happened. Whether he isn't very good when moving around, or Tomlin won't let him move around. I definitely saw the Jills have 2 OL hitting Watt on multiple plays. He almost always has at least 2 guys touching him on every play. When he is 1-on-1, he needs to win the majority of the time.
 
I sincerely cannot think of one player that deserves a pro bowl this year. Zach Frazier maybe but it’s hard to gauge how he compares against other centers in the AFC.

here is how dire our situation is, the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns have more legit pro bowlers this season than we do
 
steel dino said:
I sincerely cannot think of one player that deserves a pro bowl this year. Zach Frazier maybe but it’s hard to gauge how he compares against other centers in the AFC.

here is how dire our situation is, the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns have more legit pro bowlers this season than we do
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They both also have won a playoff game more recently than we have.
 
Coryea said:
Cam Heyward is coming across as a little b!tch, whining to the media and taking personal fouls in game about a QB doing something to him. That's where we are now, our leader on defense is whining about a QB being to rough, come on. Imagine Lambert, Mean Joe, Porter, Harrison, etc. whining to the media about a QB
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Company man Cam. Yet another case of him being a Tomlin flunky.

I appreciate what he's done here, but he is just impossible to listen to. Not Just Football is one of the worst Steeler podcasts that is out there.
Hope, Change, Obviously.
 
TDX27 said:
JJ had a couple of serious injuries that started his downward spiral. He was still not bad in the end. He just wasn't one of the best to ever play anymore. Hopefully, TJ figures things out. He said he was open to moving around on the line, but that really hasn't happened. Whether he isn't very good when moving around, or Tomlin won't let him move around. I definitely saw the Jills have 2 OL hitting Watt on multiple plays. He almost always has at least 2 guys touching him on every play. When he is 1-on-1, he needs to win the majority of the time.
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They move him once or twice every other week. But there are other ways they could help him out, and one of those ways is NOT having only 2 DL on the field. Tony Romo brought it up several times during the Bills game, they had 4 and sometimes 6 hands make sure they made contact with Watt to ensure he was not going to wreck the game. And they could easily do that AND chip Herbig and Highsmith on the other side because they only have to worry about TWO ******* DEFENSIVE LINEMEN...

[deep breath]

But seriously, we can look at Watts production and say it's down but who on this team can say their production ISN'T down? It's like Tomlin saw the scheme and doubled down and decided to run 2 DL even more. How can they go into any film study and see the opposing teams OL EASILY double Benton and Heyward and STILL chip the ends and think that it is the way forward? We will continue to be one of the worst run defenses in the league as long as we continue to run this. And it's not like having that extra DB on the field has helped the pass defense either.

As for Cam, he's soft, been soft... Cries and whines about the dumbest things. You can't be considered a leader when you won't back your teammates either. Think back to Najeh questioning the practices and how the team prepared, and it was obvious to every fan sitting in the stands, and Cam basically told him to shut up. He verbally attacked fans who thought he should take a paycut before they extended him, and his pathetic comments while holding out after signing said extension the year before was ridiculous. I was hoping he'd get LESS playing time this year, with the drafting of Black and Harmon, but injuries have ruined that hope, that and not playing Black at NT and moving Benton to DT...
 
steel dino said:
Understood.
However, if that is truly the case, why would the organization pony up and meet his demands for a new contract?
If I was an owner and a veteran player well passed his prime wanted to renegotiate the millions I’ve already paid him that he’s under contract for, I would certainly take excellent leadership on the field and in the locker room under consideration before I wrote a check.
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perhaps the check writers were swayed by the coaching staff......it feels like if this had happened under Cowher, there would have been no negotiation.

Boz must be thinking that he is one year closer to a new team now also.
 
speedicut said:
Yeah, lately Watt is rarely mentioned on the broadcast except for the occasional tackle.
His output has seriously declined when the defense need it most.
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Back up tackles are negating him. There was a time he was clearly out numbered, but that is much less lately.

I watched and 1/2 the plays were just 1 on 1.

Sorry TJ, love you a lot, but $$$ is business as you held out and now can’t live up to the contract.



Salute the nation
 
TJ hasn’t been the same since he switched up his routine.Exactly when he took a step back.
 
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