Least concern/biggest concern

[SteelerSask2]

For me least concern is front seven. If healthy they should have all bases covered. Roberts can bring it vs. Run game. Wilson can play pass and run. Good D line and best edge group in league. If the back end pulls its weight its a top 5 defense. I also think the kick/ punt game is in good hands.
Biggest concern is the Tackle play. Literally all of them have turnstile moments. Terrible. No one is looking reliable and no well we can always run right or left.
Long term qb play. After a opening game of hope, not much to think they aren't going to have to spend a first and possibly trade up.

 

[Fiji Mariner]

Biggest concern:

A brittle old man throwing the ball on the ground to brace for contact after his turnstile tackles send an edge racing at him untouched.

Least concern:

The salary cap and the Steelers paying everyone more than market value…ain’t my money and the cap is an illusion

 

[gk1951]

Least concern Linebackers.
Biggest concern right side of O line

 

[madinsomniac]

Early on the oline will be an issue until it gels... the secondary should be great but may take time to adjust to the different coverage scheme in real time.

All in all its hard to say, because starters barely played this offseason...

I do think Howard is an NFL grade backup QB, but pretty far behind Rudolph right now...
Allar is still Raw... he is a two or three year project like Rodgers was..

 

[Drink IRON City]

QB is still big concern considering the age / mobility vs the Rudy show.

Least concern is sold out stadium and fans that are illegitimate football nowlwedge, both gimme’s.





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[Djfan]

Least concern - Red flag challenges in games

Biggest concern - Offense. The line is not looking great so far (yeah, I know, preseason) and the mid to lower tier receiver corps.

Biggest hope - Allar starts to shine (not sure how that might happen), and a great draft position this coming Spring.

 

[xjx]

A former nfl offensive linemen said it takes 6 games ( preseason plus 6 games) for the offensive line to " come together ".

 

[steelhurt]

Biggest concern:

A brittle old man throwing the ball on the ground to brace for contact after his turnstile tackles send an edge racing at him untouched.

Least concern:

The salary cap and the Steelers paying everyone more than market value…ain’t my money and the cap is an illusion

Exactly right! I have very little confidence that this OL especially the tackles can keep Father Time from getting mauled.
My biggest fear is Rodgers dumping the ball off to avoid getting hit. He did that a lot last year and it could get worse this year. He has very limited mobility now so this could get ugly.

 

[bigben]

Early on the oline will be an issue until it gels... the secondary should be great but may take time to adjust to the different coverage scheme in real time.

All in all its hard to say, because starters barely played this offseason...

I do think Howard is an NFL grade backup QB, but pretty far behind Rudolph right now...
Allar is still Raw... he is a two or three year project like Rodgers was..

After seeing Allar and Howard in the preseason I would take Allar 8 days a week over Howard. Not saying either guy is this or that, but it looks pretty obvious which guy has natural ability and a higher ceiling.

 

[jitter77]

I think the biggest concern is the oline, especially tackle. Hopefully they just need time to gel. Defensive line / LBs are solid. Secondary is a little concerning, but we didn't have the full set of starters and I'm assuming they were playing vanilla defense and no game planning. Our guys seemed to have footing issues which didn't help. Offense is hard to say since we have since we haven't been playing starters.

 

[diver]

If they have an offense that isn't so predictable, I think that in it's own right will help the OL look a lot better.

 

[SteelerSask2]

A former nfl offensive linemen said it takes 6 games ( preseason plus 6 games) for the offensive line to " come together ".

I think we will learn a lot about the oline coach. I know draft capital isnt everything but its not like he doesn't have any talent to work with.

 

[deljzc]

For me least concern is front seven. If healthy they should have all bases covered. Roberts can bring it vs. Run game. Wilson can play pass and run. Good D line and best edge group in league. If the back end pulls its weight its a top 5 defense. I also think the kick/ punt game is in good hands.
Biggest concern is the Tackle play. Literally all of them have turnstile moments. Terrible. No one is looking reliable and no well we can always run right or left.
Long term qb play. After a opening game of hope, not much to think they aren't going to have to spend a first and possibly trade up.

Hard not to agree with this. The cap money and 2nd/3rd contracts are all on the defensive side of the ball, so those guys better be decent.

But I agree, my big concern right now is the recent offensive line picks. They invested heavily with draft capital to get younger/better on the O-line and I'm not quite sure we're reaping the benefits of that investment. You could argue Jones' injury was a bummer, but it wasn't like he was headed to startdom before the next injury happened.

Maybe finding the best 5 guys and actually having them play together, snap-after-snap-after-snap (not happening in pre-season for sure) will help them develop into an average group and expose who the good guys are, but man does that seem like a long way away right now.

And the QB is the QB. Rodgers is now an average QB running an average offense even on the best days. I know we are hoping for McCarthy magic, but I am still a firm believer that no one on the roster right now is going to get us into a top-10 offense (which I firmly believe is what you need to go deep in the playoffs now).