Schefter says it's a done deal.....
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God dammit I have to agree with something Trog says!
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Denver is paying Wilson 38 million dollars to play for the Steelers.
If that aint illegal....I don't know what is!
Rooney knows a sweetheart deal when he sees one lol
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I have heard tads of it beforehand, as in, he had his own "office" in Denver and his own "staff." I'm not sure if that will play in Pgh so much.
Well it drastically changes if he can't get on field.
If Wilson is washed up and Kenny can't get on the field, it says a lot about Kenny.
Wilson is old not washed up. He will get them to playoffs. Wild card round again. I doubt further. The hope would be that Kenny would do same and trend upward. We won't see that and they will need to take first round QB in 2025. Or do another bridge.
Yes, because otherwise it does nothing more than prolong the status quo and sets the team back a few more years. Wilson doesn't make them a title contender, and absent a title it makes zero sense. So what's the benefit of a 1 year contract for a 35 year old QB? To get a playoff win?
This is the type of move you make when all the other pieces are in place and your guy has proven to be incapable, not when you're competing for another winning season and a possible playoff win.
They've pretty much written off another 1st round pick and before his third season. I'm not buying the competition bullshit, you don't sign a QB like this to be a backup. It's Wilson's job to lose or he wouldn't be signing.
Maybe they've written off Kenny because, despite the lip service, they don't think he can hack it. And remember, Kenny was Colbert's pick. Not Omar's. Meaning Omar has nothing invested in Kenny as a first round pick. Moving on from him wouldn't hurt his "ego" or legacy. Tomlin let you know what he thought of Kenny at the end of the season when he went with the "hot hand". And Deuce let you know that he thought Kenny wasn't providing enough "competent QB play" with his little shot across the bow during his end of season presser.
I guess if they felt KP8 was a wasted pick, they could have still went with him as the starter and hoped for a top 10 pick and a chance at a first round QB next year. But, I've been hearing that next year's QB draft is weak.
I guess if they felt KP8 was a wasted pick, they could have still went with him as the starter and hoped for a top 10 pick and a chance at a first round QB next year. But, I've been hearing that next year's QB draft is weak.
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This is the hope I have also. This might allow him to get one more, while not record setting, but decent paycheck in 25.
Sometimes people can be their own worst enemies, hopefully this isn’t one of those times. Maybe he can keep it controlled for one year.
Yeah, since he has never had that QB almost his whole HC career.
I would make him play out his remaining year of his contract. If he doesn’t get to at least to the divisional round of the playoffs, then the next guy can start with HIS guy at QB. Instead of like Tomlin, who had to coach with someone else’s QB.
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Are you talking about Wilson or Tomlin? The last sentence confuses me.
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This is true, the Steelers do not have coaches that are willing/capable of “coaching up” players to their full potential. Shades is only capable of TRYING to use the abilities they bring with them. Sometimes those abilities they do bring, are negated by changing them to new positions.
I think everyone is getting ahead of things. With the way Tomlin operates, Wilson could very well be moved to ILB.
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Just maybe Tomlin was given an ultimatum. Maybe they are going to have him play out his contract, and EARN another one. Maybe by letting him play out his contract, they are giving him a chance to get the most he can somewhere else. We don’t have a clue what is really going on behind the scenes.
From what I am seeing, it looks to me that 24 is being used to evaluate a number of issues with this team. Kahn is now the GM, and NONE of these people are HIS PEOPLE.
1. Is Tomlin the Head Coach that Kahn wants to hitch his wagon to going forward? My thought is that NO he is not, but Rooney is not really one to cut a LONG TERM individual, even though maybe the GM wants to do so. The compromise could be to let Tomlin play out his contract and let Kahn decide for 25 onwards.
2. Is Kenny Pickett the QB going forward? Bringing in Wilson should give Pickett the challenge that he needs to step his game up, if he can. 24 is still a make or break year for Pickett, bringing in Wilson does not change that at all. Pickett this year will get, by all accounts, a good OC. Maybe the change can be positive, and he shows enough to get that 5th year option and holds on to the QB1 position.
3. If Tomlin, for one reason or another is not in Pittsburgh in 2025, is Smith the guy Kahn looks to to take over? If Smith is an option, he has had a year to see what/who needs to be changed going forward.
All of this is conjecture, since I don’t have the slightest idea of what is really going on behind the scenes. These are just a couple of things that I think, that I think. One small change out of Pittsburgh could completely change my opinion.
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Not really, if Pickett can not beat out an over the hill, aged on his way out of the NFL QB, then 24 was a “break” year for KP.
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Not sure how I feel about the Wilson signing. Sure, he's better than Pickett, at least on paper. In that regard the offense and team as a whole should be improved. I just don't think he's the guy that wins the Steelers another championship. I guess looking like a professional football offense would be a step in the right direction. Playoff win would be a nice bonus.
Couldn’t have said it better myself, Sarge. The “looking” like a professional offense made me smile on a really crappy Monday to start the week I needed. Thank you!
The more I think about it, there are only two good possible outcomes here. They win a SB this year or Tomlin's extension is contingent upon a deep run. I'll hope for both, but wouldn't wager a penny on either.
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I look at this as a net positive for the team.
1. They were always going to bring in a vet QB to compete/push KP.
2. Wilson is the CHEAPEST vet QB, to accomplish #1 above.
At THIS POINT Wilson has not been anointed QB1. Could it happen, yes. Hopefully the Wilson signing AND the new OC change are what gets KP back on track with his development. Just maybe he turns out to be the QB they were hoping that they got.
I can't imagine anyone earning the vet minimum is going to be a cancer...this is pretty much his chance to show what he has in hopes of a future deal.
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Lol, if Tomlin said "you can start", I hope Wilson was smart enough to clarify at which position.
He's not playing for vet min, he's getting paid over 30 million not to play in Denver. He is only on a 1 year deal, so maybe that will be enough.
