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(LINK) RB Najee Harris 'tired' of Steelers' struggles on offense
Your best play of the day Najee...Love this
Your best play of the day Najee...Love this
RB Najee Harris 'tired' of Steelers' struggles on offense
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******* tired of it too.
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Saw the article, definitely grumbling and frustration and I'd guess it's the entire team especially the offense.
I was taking a leap of faith that Art Rooney has heard and seen enough but I guess it was too much to ask that the owner realizes many young offensive players are embarrassed to be part of this. It's like the old mill owners who put complete faith in management and screw the workers. Until it blows up in their face.
I was taking a leap of faith that Art Rooney has heard and seen enough but I guess it was too much to ask that the owner realizes many young offensive players are embarrassed to be part of this. It's like the old mill owners who put complete faith in management and screw the workers. Until it blows up in their face.
Najee Harris, a guy who has toed the company line even when it's obvious he hasn't been "used correctly", had a lot to say after the game. Some of those things included:
• On the Steelers being 6-4: "You can do one of two things. You can look at the record and say, Ok we’re still good right now or you can look at the record and say if we keep playing this football how long is that **** going to last. … I look at it like how long is that **** going to last."
• On the state of the team: “There is a lot of stuff that goes around that you guys don’t see. I'm just at a point where I'm tired of the ****."
• On whether he was surprised the Steelers didn't run on the final drive, an all-pass three-and-out: “That’s a good question. Next question.”
https://www.dkpittsburghsports.com/team/steelers/feed/page/1
Hold onto your seatbelts, I think the ride is going to get bumpier. For those wanting to see lots more Warren, Najee's outspokenness pretty much guarantees him a seat in Tomlin's doghouse, which means of course that he'll hardly see the field for the rest of the year.
• On the Steelers being 6-4: "You can do one of two things. You can look at the record and say, Ok we’re still good right now or you can look at the record and say if we keep playing this football how long is that **** going to last. … I look at it like how long is that **** going to last."
• On the state of the team: “There is a lot of stuff that goes around that you guys don’t see. I'm just at a point where I'm tired of the ****."
• On whether he was surprised the Steelers didn't run on the final drive, an all-pass three-and-out: “That’s a good question. Next question.”
https://www.dkpittsburghsports.com/team/steelers/feed/page/1
Hold onto your seatbelts, I think the ride is going to get bumpier. For those wanting to see lots more Warren, Najee's outspokenness pretty much guarantees him a seat in Tomlin's doghouse, which means of course that he'll hardly see the field for the rest of the year.
It shouldn't take Najee getting into Tomlin's doghouse for Warren to be the main guy and get the majority of carries. It's clear as day that he is the better back and it's not even close. He's literally better in every aspect, better in pass pro, way faster, better breaking tackles, better balance, better pass catcher.
Possibly. And also, I may have not been clear in my intent with this post. What I was getting at was that the players are starting to openly question the playcalling. That hasn't happened before. Those guys are as frustrated as we are with the Canada experiment. They just don't usually let it show.
I have never seen a winning team need a reboot more than this one. There isn't a retainable coach on this roster.
Maybe somewhere on the D, maybe.
Until this team reboots the head coach they will not be significant.
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I'm glad Najee is saying something. That's leadership. And he's absolutely right.
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Tomlin’s post game comments about a good defense in a hostile environment seem to suggest that the standard isn’t necessarily the standard.
Najee getting less carries could be bad for Warren, especially as the game wears on.
Najee getting less carries could be bad for Warren, especially as the game wears on.
Grady Brown is retainable…well probably… He will one day be a DC somewhere…
I could see that as a possibility. I was searching on the top of my head I was initially drawing blanks. So many attractive options on our team I just can't stand it.
Maybe Aaron Curry?
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My thoughts as well SteelBuckeye, Najee’s right you know. This isn’t just some player blowing off steam after a loss, his answers go way deeper than that.
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While I pray you are right, I'm not holding my breath.
Najee is Tomlin's dog.
I'll believe it when I see it.
And then even if Warren does start and get the bell cow work he deserves, he will still have Canada calling the plays and Tomlin signing off on it.
Warren will make chicken salad outta chickenpoop, but he'll be handcuffed by this inept coaching staff at every turn.
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Or maybe he was calling out the poor QB play. Or maybe he was calling out having to split carries. Hard to say when he is being pretty non-specific.
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Players are seeing what fans are seeing, this team plays like the stats show. The excuse not apologizing for a win has lost it oomph. Najee is on the field he sees what the big picture is, his way of calling out what is not being addressed by the coaches and ownership.
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And we just pass three times to 18 on the final drive, and THEN coach numbnuts says he wouldn't do anything differently? **** him and every ******* coach on the staff, fire every last ******* one of them, today. I'm ******* done with this staff, I've given them the benefit of the doubt for years, but yesterday was the most pathetic coaching I've ever seen in my 30 plus years of watching every ******* steeler game (since 1989) and that's saying something. I mean, that's even worse then Kevin Gilbride and his idiotc schemes. **** me.
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Najee is a bust. There's that. Of course, it doesn't make any of what he said untrue.
A bust as a first round pick, yes, a bust as a RB, no. RB's have short shelf lives and few if any are worth a first round pick.
I think we're headed for an implosion.
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Less than two games and the opposing defenses will know the "Warren" plays and defend appropriately.
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Oh, you don't trust Canada and Tomlin to make the bottle caps and twigs in the dirt do different things?
while Warren is having success in this offense, is anyone else?