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Evilgrin 72 last won the day on May 18 2018
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WR Martavis Bryant, Toronto Argonauts
Evilgrin 72 replied to Faust's topic in The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)
This thread is reminding me why I almost never post in the SP outside of the Steelers thread anymore. -
WR Martavis Bryant, Toronto Argonauts
Evilgrin 72 replied to Faust's topic in The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)
No, he isn't. He'll be deactivated this week and will be back on the field next week. They are not going to give him away. But feel free to die on this hill. -
WR Martavis Bryant, Toronto Argonauts
Evilgrin 72 replied to Faust's topic in The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)
Virtually no chance this happens. No team is going to give up anything the Steelers find more valuable than another year and a half of Martavis at almost no salary cap hit. I'd much rather work with him for the next year and change and see if there's a way to better utilize him/re-integrate him than to dump him for a late round pick. I mean, if someone came out of the clouds and said : "Hey ! We'll give you a 1st and a 3rd for Martavis," he's gone. The odds of any team offering anything even in the same area code is essentially nil. He's worth more to the Steelers even just as a decoy/re -
WR Martavis Bryant, Toronto Argonauts
Evilgrin 72 replied to Faust's topic in The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)
Per ESPN, today is the 4th day he's missed due to illness in the last 4 weeks. "Called out" 2 days in week 4, another in week 5 and now the day after the week 7 game. He must have a really weak immune system. -
WR Martavis Bryant, Toronto Argonauts
Evilgrin 72 replied to Faust's topic in The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)
I'm not going to argue with you. If you think he's a game-breaker right now and that the Steelers have decided to, whether as a punitive measure or a sign of their own ineptitude, put him in moth balls, then that's your take and you're welcome to it. I disagree. I don't believe the team would cut off its nose to spite its face in that fashion. -
WR Martavis Bryant, Toronto Argonauts
Evilgrin 72 replied to Faust's topic in The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)
Agreed. They also mentioned during the telecast yesterday that the Steelers are something like 18-0 when Bell has 25+ carries in his career. Those numbers may be a little off, I don't recall exactly what they said, but it was something absurd like that. The recipe for success for the Steelers is pretty simple, give Bell 25 carries, throw 25-30 times a game. Throw most of those balls to AB, if and when teams roll multiple defenders to him, take what they give you. End of story. That might mean 7-8 targets for Martavis, it might mean 2-3. Them's the breaks. I guarantee you if -
WR Martavis Bryant, Toronto Argonauts
Evilgrin 72 replied to Faust's topic in The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)
Thank you. I'm going to stop responding to each individual post because it's going nowhere, but it's clear Martavis won't be happy unless he's getting 8-10 looks a game, regardless of what he does with those touches. He's the #2 receiver on a team with a target vacuum (rightfully so) as the #1 and an all-world RB that commands a lot of looks. He's also being outplayed by a 20-year old rookie. If he's pissed that JuJu is getting more looks and he is getting less, maybe he should look at what he's doing with the targets he does get. -
WR Martavis Bryant, Toronto Argonauts
Evilgrin 72 replied to Faust's topic in The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)
OK, but if the season ended today, the Steelers would be the #1 seed in the AFC playoffs. So, I guess it isn't costing them too much in terms of wins. And even if you want to say Brown would be unaffected, why would JuJu have (essentially) the same amount of receptions and yards as Bryant (1 rec, 3 yards fewer), with triple the TD total, on 28% fewer targets? By any objective measure, Smith-Schuster has been more effective so far this year than Martavis has. If you want to know why Bryant's usage/numbers are down, you don't have to look a whole lot farther than that. -
WR Martavis Bryant, Toronto Argonauts
Evilgrin 72 replied to Faust's topic in The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)
Bryant - 36 targets Heyward-Bey - 1 target That's through 7 games. I understand the general nature of your point, but the hyperbole in this thread is undermining a lot of legitimate discussion.