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Rudolph is the best QB on the roster right now but he is never going to be elite. Rudolph should continue to start this year but the Steelers don't need to waste time with non-elite QBs - we saw how that worked out all those years between Bradshaw and Ben. Now, I know getting the next franchise QB isn't straightforward, but Rudolph isn't it. I hope Ben comes back next year healthy and they sign a veteran backup to be #2 in case Ben gets hurt. The defense is good enough to win a super bowl as long as it doesn't have to carry the offense so much. Questions exist now at oline, RB and WR for next year so they need to make sure the QB position is "super bowl" caliber as well.
I think the love is because he just looks like a rookie, as opposed to complete dog doodoo.
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I would quit watching if they signed that clown. They aren't going anywhere so what's the point. He would probably get sh@@ thrown at him if he was on the sidelines. No one wants this jerk.
A better performance than he provided. But it doesn't matter because the Steelers aren't going to sign Kaep after the stunt he pulled and his comments.
No offense but their opinions aren't any more valuable than ours and certainly less than an NFL coaching staff that see these guys in practice every day.
A big hit. And the game @Arizona is no longer an automatic win.So the playoff outlook took a slight hit after this weekend.
No but consider the Steelers might be faced with James Washington, Johnny Holton and Tevin Jones as their starting 3 WRs and likely no running game.
It’s going to be ugly. The only saving grace is that they are facing the Bengals on long rest. Should still have a decent shot at a win (although definitely no guarantee as you stated). Can only hope that some of the key players on offense get a little healthy in a couple weeks.No but consider the Steelers might be faced with James Washington, Johnny Holton and Tevin Jones as their starting 3 WRs and likely no running game.
The defense has a better chance to score than the offense. They should consider punting on 1st down.
To what point?
Agreed. Bloom had Mixon has a top 5 running back and Waldman convinced me to overdraft Darwin Thompson in a couple of leagues. They have opinions, just like the rest of us, but they are no more valid than my own.
And Eli Rogers who seemed to be liked inside and outside the locker room throughout the team and who knows the offense and has made some tough catches for us before. I assume we are missing a piece of information on him or something.
If they don't turn the ball over and play 'safe' on offense the defense can and has won games for them. Add, trading next year's 1st for Minka means their is absolutely no reason to take. Why? For a higher 2nd round pick? Not happening. The FO did something unprecedented in trading a future first, they want and plan to win every game this year.
Even if the Steelers lose the rest of their games this season the Minkah trade was a smashing success for Pittsburgh. There is no guarantee a first round QB would be the next franchise QB for the Steelers, but they have a guaranteed stud at safety for the rest of his career (presumably).
Hmm...Brady is also playing with no running game, weak WRs (Juju is not dissimilar to Edelman except in experience), and a shaky O-line. And both have a stout defense.
He is but what happens going forward at QB? Its not like you've got an older QB coming off injury who has mentioned retirement the past two off seasons.
I think it's patently unfair to compare Rudolph to perhaps the greatest QB of all time.
Sure, I wasn't appealing to authority, just commenting that the 2 of them are Steelers fans and agree that Rudolph is bad.
Agree. Willis McGahee sat out the 2003 NFL season after being drafted 23rd overall by Buffalo. He was injured in the Jan 2003 Fiesta Bowl, his knee was bent backwards tearing ACL and MCL. He was expected to go top 5, a Barkley comp. By entering the draft, he gave up a potential $2.5 million insurance settlement.
Sure Rudolph deserves blame but it you look at the "talent" on the field for the Steelers in the second half of the Browns game it looked like a preseason game roster.
He certainly wasn't helped by the losses of skill position players but do you think he is the long-term answer?
Hip dislocation with blood flow issues are the reason why they had to air lift him to 'limit' long term issues (arthritis which he 'probably suffer at least some as tissue dies when blood flow stops). He was coming off his second surgery for high ankle injuries and wasn't completely healthy for the game where he suffered the hip injury so this will be his third surgery in less than two years.
I don't expect anything, other than a long run of mediocre results.
Week 4 of preseason even.Godsbrother said:
Exactly. Unfortunately there is no Calvary coming in to save them. There is no QB on the roster or an available FA that is going to make this offense any good.
I can't even imagine the most optimistic Steelers fan would think that this team is a playoff contender (let alone a super bowl contender). It's a shame because this is the year where if the Steelers were fully healthy (assuming they still make the Minkah trade with Ben healthy) they could legitimately be the favorites in the AFC. But they have way too many injuries to compete at this point.
Agreed. A lot has happened in the last 2 weeks and I am at the point where I just want the team to stay in the hunt. Aside from Baltimore, their remaining schedule does not look daunting but at the same time none of them are certain wins, starting this week against the Bengals.
Not from what I've seen. I think he could develop into a decent backup but the jury is out even on that.Bracie Smathers said:
I wasn't sold on him when he was drafted and don't have a positive outcome for him.
I am okay with it ticking, I just hope it hasn't stopped. Ben has 40 million reasons to return and play out his contract but you just don't know how that elbow is going to hold up and whether or not he still has the desire after sitting out a year.
