Just read an article that made me shake my head

[KentuckySteeler]

Russini says we are going to re-sign Wilson and another guy said we will draft Jaylen Milroe as the starter-to-be.

No way we draft that guy, but nothing they do in the draft surprises me anymore. I think they will probably re-sign Wilson and the winning seasons will live on in Steeler lore. smfh

 

[Stewey]

The media constantly going with “ a winning record “ sounds like a broken record.
Time to toss it.

 

[Steelr4evr]

The media constantly going with “ a winning record “ sounds like a broken record.
Time to toss it.

How about the playoff record over the last decade?Three wins. Two wins against backup tier quarterbacks and a bungle team who gave us a win through complete bungle stupidity.


It's been 14 YEARS since a Steeler Superbowl appearance and 16 YEARS since they won.


There's a lot of young people who have never seen the Steelers win jack ****.

They're not even knocking on the door.

 

[steelhurt]

I read something the other day that someone said that made so much sense during the Tomlin era.
“The Steelers are never good enough to win anything but just good enough to ruin our position in the draft”.
Man let that resonate for a minute. That’s exactly who they are year in and year out under this regime.
This current version hell any version each year can be categorized as such, What we have here is “fools gold” every year. We”re all lead to believe each year that this year will be different but it’s always the same.
What I do know is that Tomlin it appears will leave this organization without a franchise QB when his contract expires in 2027 if he chooses to leave then and that’s a far cry from what he inherited in 2007.
Three years down the road TJ will be at his end, as will Minkah, and Cam will be doing podcasts full time. Idk, like I’ve said before, I think he’s a good coach but he’s not anywhere near being a great coach and I do think this organization needs a major overhaul.
Your not going to win anything with an old Russ or a never ending project like Justin. You’re just not! Are they better than the three headed monster Tomlin previously assembled with Pickett, Trubisky, and Mason? Of course but that’s a low bar to hurdle just like Arthur Smith was with Canada.

The organization is dillusional thinking they had a window to win when all they had were some aging pieces on defense.
Too many bad drafts caught up as well. The Devin Bush move trading up to get him, drafting Najee in the first was a bad move, drafting Kenny in the first was a bad move, drafting Terrell Edmunds in the first and passing over Lamar Jackson was a moronic move, and there are second round picks that were bad. How much influence did Tomlin have on those moves? We’ll never know for sure but it’s said he’s got a lot of stroke in the draft.
Look, it’s just not working and imo the organization needs a hard reset and so does Tomlin.
He’d probably do himself more good going to a team like Washington where he has a young QB and team to work with. This ain’t working!

 

[KentuckySteeler]

I read something the other day that someone said that made so much sense during the Tomlin era.
“The Steelers are never good enough to win anything but just good enough to ruin our position in the draft”.
Man let that resonate for a minute. That’s exactly who they are year in and year out under this regime.
This current version hell any version each year can be categorized as such, What we have here is “fools gold” every year. We”re all lead to believe each year that this year will be different but it’s always the same.
What I do know is that Tomlin it appears will leave this organization without a franchise QB when his contract expires in 2027 if he chooses to leave then and that’s a far cry from what he inherited in 2007.
Three years down the road TJ will be at his end, as will Minkah, and Cam will be doing podcasts full time. Idk, like I’ve said before, I think he’s a good coach but he’s not anywhere near being a great coach and I do think this organization needs a major overhaul.
Your not going to win anything with an old Russ or a never ending project like Justin. You’re just not! Are they better than the three headed monster Tomlin previously assembled with Pickett, Trubisky, and Mason? Of course but that’s a low bar to hurdle just like Arthur Smith was with Canada.

The organization is dillusional thinking they had a window to win when all they had were some aging pieces on defense.
Too many bad drafts caught up as well. The Devin Bush move trading up to get him, drafting Najee in the first was a bad move, drafting Kenny in the first was a bad move, drafting Terrell Edmunds in the first and passing over Lamar Jackson was a moronic move, and there are second round picks that were bad. How much influence did Tomlin have on those moves? We’ll never know for sure but it’s said he’s got a lot of stroke in the draft.
Look, it’s just not working and imo the organization needs a hard reset and so does Tomlin.
He’d probably do himself more good going to a team like Washington where he has a young QB and team to work with. This ain’t working!

Top notch post and sums it all up perfectly. Tomlick will "ride' with Russ a few more years, they will both pad their bank accounts and then Tomlick will exit. We've been in purgatory for a long while and it will continue.

 

[Stewey]

I read something the other day that someone said that made so much sense during the Tomlin era.
“The Steelers are never good enough to win anything but just good enough to ruin our position in the draft”.
Man let that resonate for a minute. That’s exactly who they are year in and year out under this regime.
This current version hell any version each year can be categorized as such, What we have here is “fools gold” every year. We”re all lead to believe each year that this year will be different but it’s always the same.
What I do know is that Tomlin it appears will leave this organization without a franchise QB when his contract expires in 2027 if he chooses to leave then and that’s a far cry from what he inherited in 2007.
Three years down the road TJ will be at his end, as will Minkah, and Cam will be doing podcasts full time. Idk, like I’ve said before, I think he’s a good coach but he’s not anywhere near being a great coach and I do think this organization needs a major overhaul.
Your not going to win anything with an old Russ or a never ending project like Justin. You’re just not! Are they better than the three headed monster Tomlin previously assembled with Pickett, Trubisky, and Mason? Of course but that’s a low bar to hurdle just like Arthur Smith was with Canada.

The organization is dillusional thinking they had a window to win when all they had were some aging pieces on defense.
Too many bad drafts caught up as well. The Devin Bush move trading up to get him, drafting Najee in the first was a bad move, drafting Kenny in the first was a bad move, drafting Terrell Edmunds in the first and passing over Lamar Jackson was a moronic move, and there are second round picks that were bad. How much influence did Tomlin have on those moves? We’ll never know for sure but it’s said he’s got a lot of stroke in the draft.
Look, it’s just not working and imo the organization needs a hard reset and so does Tomlin.
He’d probably do himself more good going to a team like Washington where he has a young QB and team to work with. This ain’t working!

That’s been mentioned here before.
That under Tomlin we’ve always been made up of average/below average players that overachieve, always placing us towards the bottom of the draft order rather than near the top.

So then you have to ask yourself…. is that a credit to Tomlin and his ability to get the most out of his players????

 

[Stewey]

How about the playoff record over the last decade?Three wins. Two wins against backup tier quarterbacks and a bungle team who gave us a win through complete bungle stupidity.


It's been 14 YEARS since a Steeler Superbowl appearance and 16 YEARS since they won.


There's a lot of young people who have never seen the Steelers win jack ****.

They're not even knocking on the door.

Imagine generations of Stain fans who have seen squat.
You would have to be around 70 or over to have remembered 1964 when the Stains won an NFL championship.

That said, f***k Stain fans. Don’t feel a sliver of pity.
We’re not the Stains, we are the Pittsburgh Steelers.

 

[diver]

If I was in a coma, woke up and read this, I'd think the Steelers were 3-8 instead of 8-3.

Look, he and the staff were not good the other night. But they are still 8-3. Let's see what happens.

 

[Steelr4evr]

Imagine generations of Stain fans who have seen squat.
You would have to be around 70 or over to have remembered 1964 when the Stains won an NFL championship.

That said, f***k Stain fans. Don’t feel a sliver of pity.
We’re not the Stains, we are the Pittsburgh Steelers.

That's what I say when other people tell me I should feel lucky the Steelers have won superbowls while other team haven't.

I don't care about other teams. Screw them.

The only other team I could pull for winning the superbowl this year other than the Steelers is Detriot.

And that's mainly because of Dick LeBeau and Barry Sanders.

 

[KentuckySteeler]

If I was in a coma, woke up and read this, I'd think the Steelers were 3-8 instead of 8-3.

Look, he and the staff were not good the other night. But they are still 8-3. Let's see what happens.

Go into a food coma over the holidays. When you wake up, we'll have squeaked into the playoffs and you can watch us lose in the first round after a putrid performance.

The record skips the record skips the record skips the re............

 

[BLITZ]

How about the playoff record over the last decade?Three wins. Two wins against backup tier quarterbacks and a bungle team who gave us a win through complete bungle stupidity.


It's been 14 YEARS since a Steeler Superbowl appearance and 16 YEARS since they won.


There's a lot of young people who have never seen the Steelers win jack ****.

They're not even knocking on the door.

Noll and Cowher went 25 or 26 years before winning in 2005. It sucks to have not won since 2008. But not crazy.
He'll some teams have never even been to a SB let alone win.
I get we are not used to n it. But it does happen. Even to us

 

[madinsomniac]

Noll and Cowher went 25 or 26 years before winning in 2005. It sucks to have not won since 2008. But not crazy.
He'll some teams have never even been to a SB let alone win.
I get we are not used to n it. But it does happen. Even to us

32 teams in the nfl... a team should reach the superbowl on average of once every 16 years and win it every 32 years.

We are spoiled. The recent lack of playoff success isnt great, but its not like we didnt have a ton of success in the 2001-2010 decade so a decade and a half of lessened results isnt as outrageous as people say.. especially since we went to an Afc CG in that downtime...

 

[xjx]

Yea, we might have non- satisfactory results but we have Mike Tomlin. We have jabberwocky talk. We have tough guy. We have red flag whisperer.

 

[steelhurt]

All we seem to do is chase our tails,that’s it. The team is mired in mediocrity but some are ok with that because at least we aren’t the Browns.
Sorry, I want more than the same ole same ole every year. I hold the organization to higher standards but I suppose some you don’t. That’s my feelings on it and it’s not just one game either. Stay tuned the next six weeks.

 

[MT~Forged]

If I was in a coma, woke up and read this, I'd think the Steelers were 3-8 instead of 8-3.

Look, he and the staff were not good the other night. But they are still 8-3. Let's see what happens.

I agree, let’s see what happens.

The thing is, we have all seen this show a number of times already, we know how it goes:

They will win one more game and preserve the “no losing record”.
They will back into the playoffs, and the “Vaunted” Defense will give up 40 points in the wild card round loss

 

[Stewey]

That's what I say when other people tell me I should feel lucky the Steelers have won superbowls while other team haven't.

I don't care about other teams. Screw them.

The only other team I could pull for winning the superbowl this year other than the Steelers is Detriot.

And that's mainly because of Dick LeBeau and Barry Sanders.

Me too.
LeBeau, Sanders, and to sort of appreciate Detroit giving us The Bus.

But most of all for me as a Browns hater, Detroit going to a Super Bowl would leave the Clowns as the sole remaining old school NFL team to have never made an appearance.

Much newer franchises Jax and Houston are the only other teams never to have made a SB appearance.

 

[diver]

Go into a food coma over the holidays. When you wake up, we'll have squeaked into the playoffs and you can watch us lose in the first round after a putrid performance.

The record skips the record skips the record skips the re............

I agree, let’s see what happens.

The thing is, we have all seen this show a number of times already, we know how it goes:

They will win one more game and preserve the “no losing record”.
They will back into the playoffs, and the “Vaunted” Defense will give up 40 points in the wild card round loss

I don't worry about that. If it happens again, oh well. It will suck. But there I will be again next year thinking they can go all the way. It's more fun that way.

 

[Steeltime]

If I was in a coma, woke up and read this, I'd think the Steelers were 3-8 instead of 8-3.

If the coma started in 2014 or later, you would think the Steelers were underperforming against really crappy opponents and failing to get to the postseason or getting blown out if they manage to sneak in.

And you'd be right.

 

[Troglodyte]

I read something the other day that someone said that made so much sense during the Tomlin era.
“The Steelers are never good enough to win anything but just good enough to ruin our position in the draft”.

Given the recent disappointing players the Steelers have traded up to get, I’m fine with them “ruining their position in the draft”.

 

[steelhurt]

Given the recent disappointing players the Steelers have traded up to get, I’m fine with them “ruining their position in the draft”.

What’s that tell you Throggy? Maybe time for a complete reset perhaps?

 

[Troglodyte]

What’s that tell you Throggy? Maybe time for a complete reset perhaps?

No. It tells me that drafting high is way over-rated.

Cam Heyward and TJ Watt were drafted late in the 1st round. Zach Frazier, Jaylen Warren, George Pickens, JPJ, Pat Friermuth, Alex Highsmith, Keeanu Benton, Nick Herbig, Calvin Austin, Darnell Washington, and Peyton Wilson were drafted after the first round.

 

[keslerclan]

Really guys? C'mon, did anyone on this board believe we were gonna win it ALL this year? When the season began, we were pegged at finishing LAST in our own division.

We should be pleasantly surprised to be LEADING our division, as long as that lasts this year.

We are missing some pieces before we can compete with the likes of KC and Buf, IMO. Sure, we could win with Russ...but win it all, no way with the lack of dependable offense.

We NEED a dependable running game and don't have it. Need a new OL coach with the ability to make our OL players better, not worse. We need a dependable #2 WR that is NOT on our roster at present and a "solid" #2 CB and an interior DL that can generate pass-rush from inside while not getting bowled over by the run game (like Tuitt, who complimented Heyward). We will need to replace Heyward too in a year or two. By then, the window is closing fast on Watt and Minkah...

Steeler football is at best, entertaining. We really cannot be thinking of winning it all without some key ingredients we don't presently have...realistically.

 

[steelhurt]

No. It tells me that drafting high is way over-rated.

Cam Heyward and TJ Watt were drafted late in the 1st round. Zach Frazier, Jaylen Warren, George Pickens, JPJ, Pat Friermuth, Alex Highsmith, Keeanu Benton, Nick Herbig, Calvin Austin, Darnell Washington, and Peyton Wilson were drafted after the first round.

Depends on who is responsible when you draft.
Ben was drafted high, Plex was drafted high, both Santonio Holmes and Troy P. Were drafted after considerable move up in the draft.
Also, since we’ve been on this non losing streak we’re never positioned high enough to draft a blue chip and franchise QB. We have to settle for guys like Picket at 20 or Najee at 22.
That’s how Chargers got Herbert, Bengals got Burrow and Chase, Chiefs got Mahomes.
And again, also matters who has strong input in your draft too.

 

[Gildong Sack]

If I was in a coma, woke up and read this, I'd think the Steelers were 3-8 instead of 8-3.

Look, he and the staff were not good the other night. But they are still 8-3. Let's see what happens.

LOL...You almost wrote my thoughts. Russ is doing great and now the rumor is we are going to resign him, THE SKY IS FALLING! We will make the playoffs and this team now has an ability it hasn't had in years. And that is to come back from a deficit and win. We have the possibility to get beyond the first round and maybe to the AFCCG...once there anything can happen.

I am not a Tomlin fan by any stretch, but I'll praise him for bringing Russ and Fields here. That gives us something we haven't had in years...since Ben maybe 10 years back, and that's hope of achieving something worthwhile this year and something to keep building on. Once Highsmith comes back the defense will look different. Hopefully someone steps up from the WR room to be the bookend to Pickens.

We beat the Ravens...basically shut down their offense which some were calling the best in the NFL and then we had a short week loss to a team who treated this game as their Super Bowl..in a snowstorm...and we act like Bungles fans. We will be fine.

I believe. **** I have to, I'm getting old and can't wait much longer.

 

[Gildong Sack]

Really guys? C'mon, did anyone on this board believe we were gonna win it ALL this year? When the season began, we were pegged at finishing LAST in our own division.

We should be pleasantly surprised to be LEADING our division, as long as that lasts this year.

We are missing some pieces before we can compete with the likes of KC and Buf, IMO. Sure, we could win with Russ...but win it all, no way with the lack of dependable offense.

We NEED a dependable running game and don't have it. Need a new OL coach with the ability to make our OL players better, not worse. We need a dependable #2 WR that is NOT on our roster at present and a "solid" #2 CB and an interior DL that can generate pass-rush from inside while not getting bowled over by the run game (like Tuitt, who complimented Heyward). We will need to replace Heyward too in a year or two. By then, the window is closing fast on Watt and Minkah...

Steeler football is at best, entertaining. We really cannot be thinking of winning it all without some key ingredients we don't presently have...realistically.

KC and Buffalo are not what is being hyped. We can beat anyone...well the Lions would be a reach.