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I think he is definitely coming back and I'd guess he'll play good for at least two more years but he's had some dings so I imagine he will suffer a few dings over that time.
If Ben comes back and can be effective for 1-2 seasons, they still need a legit #1 WR and a RB with a RB body... go get AJ Green and Kenyan Drake in a "win now" scenario.
Hope not, I was hoping he'd be able to develop this year assuming we can't resign Dupree.
Agree with the needs you identified. I think WR, RB, OL are the biggest. And unless Rudolph shows more in the next 6 weeks I am definitely looking in FA for backup QB. I don't believe in Duck or Paxton.
Cain, Whyte, and Skipper are on the 53. They have to be on the 53 for a minimum of three games because they were signed off other teams practice squads.
There's about zero chance he'd be into it unless Ben announced his retirement, but Teddy Bridgewater would look pretty good in our version of Black and Gold.
I'd be surprised if QB was even addressed this offseason. I think the solution will simply be healthy Roethlisberger. His contract pretty much prevents anything else. Rudolph will likely stick as the #2, as he's cheap, and has some more experience. Hopefully he performs a little better down the stretch.
I agree that they should and probably will strengthen heir WR situation through the draft but Johnson looks like a potenial superstar to me, not a role player. He's so dynamic and skilled. He's already way ahead of schedule in terms of what I thought he'd do in his rookie year, and I think he's the perfect guy to have opposite JuJu. I'd argue he has more #1 potential than JuJu even.
I'll be that guy, I think this week is a gimme. I'd be willing to use the Steelers in a survivor pool. The Bengals have no offense, or defense, and don't want to win. This game could be a shutout. Something like 23-3 is very realistic, possibly/probably with a defensive score.
What? However crappy the ending was, Antonio Brown had a 6 year stretch that was about as good as any WR in NFL history.
I think he will - the Steelers clearly don't trust Samuels much or have confidence in him running the ball. Edmunds is awful and Tomlin couldn't wait to get him in there with Conner out, even on third down at some point (that Tony Brooks-James guy or whoever he is even got a couple of touches). I imagine Snell will be taking a large share of the carries moving forward and Samuels will get maybe a handful (and nothing more unless he breaks one), in addition to a few dump offs.
I have both and I am starting J. Samuels this week. I think they could bring back the wildcat against Cincy (Samuels is the wildcat QB) and Snell coming off the surgery may be given a smaller workload. However, I do see the scenario where Snell could earn the majority of the carries while Conner is out but I don't think that starts this week. The Steelers have a great strength of schedule for RBs from a fantasy POV down the stretch and they might lean on the running game and defense a bit more moving forward, so holding both for this week to see how it plays out makes sense.
You are trolling right? You can't seriously be judging an individual player by SB wins right? Because if you are, you are basically saying the following careers were essentially failures:
It was a tongue in cheek statement, but in hindsight, after all that has happened (or hasn't happened), would you like to have Sanders on this team right now? No drama from Brown the past few years, which who knows how that would have affected the team/plays. I dunno. Makes you wonder. Could be an argument either way. Sanders hasn't been a slouch after he left the Steelers, that's for sure.
You can play the hindsight game all you want but it’s pointless IMO. I prefer the normal, sane AB that we had for several years before any other receiver you listed.
They could have Brown's entire run, and had Sanders this season. He got traded to San Fran for peanuts, a deal Pittsburgh could have absolutely matched/beaten if they had wanted to.
I'm not arguing that, although the Steelers wouldn't have made the trade. They wouldn't have even had a draft next year.
Doubt it. Defense will give Mason a short field. Fantasy question: will Snell see much action?
I'd imagine so. I was debating Snell vs Mostert. Thinking Mostert but I do think Snell gets a good amount of carries.
There is no way he can be worse. This team will NOT win another game this year with the mannequin Rudolph. He is so beyond bad, and I don't know how a coach can look the defense in the face & explain why is in there.
An average QB should be lighting up this Cincy defense that stinks and has quit. Mason isn't even an average QB.
How did we have a 1st round grade on him? He looked great in pre-season, but man I wish we had Dobbs instead right now who can at least move.
Doesn't matter, tomlin doesn't care. He is smarter than everyone else. Rudolph will come out for 2nd half & results will be identical
