I don't care what anyone says, Big Ben is a joke. Starting last year and all preseason he has been so indecisive, that it is almost unwatchable. Every time he drops back, he pats the ball 20 times before doing anything. Then he starts to run, stops, taps the ball 10 more times, then runs again.I don't know what happened to the guy, but he now needs to call a timeout before he can decide if he wants to run, or throw that ball. Say he's young and that is fine, that is one of the reasons he will suck this year. Add in that the line will probably play worse then last year, the RB's are banged up and they have no WR over 5'10", and I would not draft him as my 5th QB. I'm glad that even though I live in Pittsburgh, I'm not a huge Steeler fan, because it is going to be a long year.
I'm glad that someone called you on your baiting. Your ignorance of football should really prevent anyone from taking you seriously. You do know that Hines Ward is 6', Lee Mays is 6'2" and Fred Gibson (who most likely won't make the cut) is 6'4". Of course you're also uninformed enough to correlate height with success for receivers. Care to take a guess as to the height of Harrison, Wayne and Stokely? 6', 6', 5'11". Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce? 6', 6'. CJ and Houshmanzadeh? 6'1" and 6'1". If you want to cream your pants over every 6'4" workout wonder, be my guest, but remember Billy McMullen is 6'4". As for your comment on line play, this is another area in which you may wish to obtain a clue. Jags and Bengals are the only teams returning all of their starters from last year. Care to take a guess as to how many ROOKIES the greatest show on Turf are starting? 2 on the OL.
I'll agree that Roethlisberger has looked pretty god awful during the preseason, but hey, it's the preseason, I don't think I'd call him a joke yet. No game planning, no chance to get in rhythm, small sample size. Do you even know what the preseason is for? Coaches typically use it to a) get starting players back to game speed b) evaluate which marginal players to cut to field the starting roster. Of those two functions can you guess which one is more important. I'll give you a hint, it involves shaping the roster. Pre-season isn't for the players (and certainly not the fans) it's for the coaches.
Your are a wize man.Even though the height thing was kind of an exageration, I'm glad you took that to prove a point. So, Lee Mays and Fred Gibson are both tall. Who cares, they both are terrible. I'm not saying if your a tall WR you are good. If Lee Mays was on any other team, as long as he has been with the Steelers, he'd be cut. He has never done anything, and never will. It's time for him to move on. And Gibson, you even state he probably won't make the team. So when he's gone that leaves Hines at 6' (as you say), who is their only good WR. By the way, I saw Hines at a Dave 'n' Busters, and I'm only 5'11", and I was not looking up.
You mention, Harrison, Wayne, Stokely, Torry Holt, Isaac Bruce, CJ and Houshmanzadeh. All that I see you personally measured being you listed their exact height. Why would you bring these guys up? To compare any of these WR's to the likes of Randle-El and C. Wilson is an insult, and shows your are no pro scout. If they had a WR on the roster, outside of Ward, who could hold one of these guys jocks, maybe things would be different. I did not say all WR's under 6'2" sucked, so why you had to post that CJ was 6'1", is beyond me.
Again you wing and miss. I did not bring up any other o-line, or how many lineman were returning for any other team. What does it matter who CIN or JAC has coming back. I am not saying just because a team has a turnover on the o-line they will suck, I'm saying the o-line may take a step back, because Starks is a total unknown, and it is rare that all of your lineman make it through the entire season, wihtout an injury. That was my point. Again if you do not get it, I said it was rare for an entire o-line to go through an entire season w/o any injuries. Meaning that may not happen again this year, and if that is the case, they may have to rely on a rookie. That in my opinion could lead to the line under performing compared to last year.
Why is STL starting two rookies a point for you. Do you know these guys? Can you already tell me how they will perform this season? Are you saying that because 2 rookies are starting on the o-line for STL, that that makes it OK for all teams to do so? Does the structure of the STL o-line set the standards for the entire league? So STL is starting 2 rookies on their o-line this year. That must mean if a starter for the Steelers goes down and a rookie has to fill in, they will be fine. Yes I see your point, that makes total sense. If their doing it in STL, it must work. The Steeler o-line will be fine. Funny, and I need to get a clue.
No I didn't know what the preseason was for, so thank you. No matter what it is for, the guy has looked BAD. Just like he did at the end of last year. I know, they didn't game plan for those games against NYJ and NE either. Oh wait, those defenses were good. Whatever. Remember, the defenses he is facing now are not game planning for him either.
If you can honestly say you have watched each preseason game this year, and some of the late games last year, and don't think he looks VERY indecisive and lost out there, then you are blind. If he was making quick decisions, and getting rid of the ball, even if some of those decisions were wrong, I'd chalk that up to being a young QB. But the problem is he just does not react quick enough, and you can see him thinking way to much. All the tapping, pumping and hesitating makes that very clear.
Lasty if Cowher was "shaping" his roster, Alonzo Jackson would have been sent home already.
Good day.
- one of my good friends he is a huge Steelers fan - he lives, breathes, sleeps the Steelers. He is really concerned about Big Ben's play and what effects it will have on the team.
.Top 15 among 2nd year QBs. I'll give him that.
I havn't followed Fred Gibson progess so far but is he really so bad that he needs to be cut? How many WRs will make the team?
