If the Steelers don't trade for Minkah Fitzpatrick in 2019, Justin Herbert could be their franchise quarterback right now. Then they would be on easy street. A serious Super Bowl contender.
No matter how this season ends up going for the Steelers we need to appreciate the season Cam Heyward is having. His best season yet. Somehow even with a depleted DL he’s still a game wrecker. He’s been unbelievable all year.
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“I take full responsibility and blame for that. … I’m frustrated with myself.”
Heyward: “There’s a level of respect and tradition when you put on a Steelers uniform. That means playing downhill and getting off blocks. That means stopping the damn run.”
Haskins: "I think that coach Tomlin does a great job as far as giving you a scouting report of who you're playing that week. I've never really had that before."
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Steelers Twitter is in hell right now. Pining for Dwayne Haskins special packages. Theorizing if Aaron Rodgers is coming to PIT.
Man, let's take one step back 🤣
The Browns came into this game averaging 170.4 yards per game and 5.3 yards per carry, both the best in the NFL.
The Steelers held them to just 96 yards rushing and 4.2 yards per carry. What a performance by the defense.
Pat Freiermuth is 2nd in the NFL in catch percentage among TEs with more than 15 targets with a 90% catch percentage. The dude just catches everything.
T.J. Watt says Minkah Fitzpatrick came to him and said “we have it on the backend keep integrity up front.”
Watt notes how the Steelers committed to bull rushing all game to keep Lamar in the pocket. Stay disciplined in pass rush lanes.
Please, please, please never ever drink and drive. Always have someone who is sober drive you. A friend. An uber. Don't care who it is.
Don't get behind the wheel if you've been drinking. You can get tragic situations like the Henry Ruggs situation. It sadly took someone's life
On Get Up just now Ryan Clark said the Steelers are a ‘soft’ football team and no one is scared to face the Steelers because they play with no physicality.
AB on reaching 900 catches: "That's something I'm really grateful for, but I couldn't do it by myself. Being able to play with great QBs, Ben Roethlisberger and Tom Brady, it's a blessing to play with guys like that."
This year at Steelers Minicamp, when the media was watching practice, Tunch Ilkin came up to every member and gave everyone a hug, including me. I never had met Tunch before that, but that left a mark on me on the type of person he was.
RIP Tunch. Gone far too soon.
What's your goofiest sports take that you actually kind of believe? Mine is: If the Bills want to truly get the most out of Josh Allen, they gotta build a dome.
A lot of uncertainty for the Steelers coming up, but there’s a very real possibility they could be missing all of:
- Ben Roethlisberger
- Chase Claypool
- Kevin Dotson
- Trai Turner
- T.J. Watt
- Joe Haden
- Stephon Tuitt
- Tyson Alualu
- JuJu Smith-Schuster
The Steelers set this up well all game. Slot CB sitting on the stop route. Great route by JuJu and good job setting this up by Canada. This miss by Ben hurt. Should've been an easy 6.
Even if the Steelers don’t have a guy like Highsmith, the return of Devin Bush + Joe Haden are so important. Two absolutely vital members of the defense.
There’s really no getting around the fact that the Steelers have to get this T.J. Watt deal done. He’s done everything to earn a massive pay day. They have the cap space. He plays a premium position. This has to get done.
I'm not gonna lie, seeing the NFL happen next year in 2022 without Tom Brady and Big Ben is going to be so strange and weird. It was weird enough with no Drew Brees this year.
Football really is changing. The guys I grew up watching at QB are retiring. It's surreal.
I can't believe the strides Zach Gentry has taken since his rookie year. Went from a dude who was straight unrosterable to a guy who looked like a TE2 yesterday.
T.J. Watt said that you should expect to continue to see himself, Ingram, and Highsmith in the off-ball spinner role that the Steelers have created. Said that they can craft so many looks off of it just with 4-men rushing, that it's highly effective. And it sure was on Sunday.
Tre Norwood has exceeded all of my expectations. I knew he looked good early in the process, but this a 7th round ROOKIE doing this right now. He's been a big piece of this team.
So, the secret weapon was Tre Norwood, who unlocked the real weapon in Minkah Fitzpatrick. Man, if Norwood plays like he did TODAY, Minkah isn't gonna be easily avoided by QBs.
I think Kenny’s fake slide was:
1. A terrific heads up play by him in the heat of the moment
2. A tremendously athletic play that showcases the type of player he is
3. Absolutely awesome
4. Also something that probably shouldn’t be allowed moving forward
Lol this exchange between Najee and reporters:
Reporter: "You know, I think lead the league in routes run by a RB"
Najee: "I do?"
Reporter: "Yeah, you're first or second"
Najee: "There's a stat for that? Why is that a stat? And was it PFF?"
Reporter: "Yes"
Najee: *laughs*
Steelers and Schobert deal is essentially a 1-year contract deal the Steelers can easily get out of if they want to do so following this season. Only give up a 6th as compensation.
Low-risk, high-reward type of move for Pittsburgh.
Najee Harris said he didn’t even know the game could end in a tie until the end. He was prepared to play another quarter. Then someone said to him “it’s over”.
The current version of Big Ben is very obviously not a good QB but I think it's pretty obvious they're winning this game with some ease with Ben playing today.
Chuks Okorafor and Dan Moore only allowed one total pressure among each other today. When you're going up against Von Miller and run as well as they did today, that's a good game for the tackles
Cam Heyward said the Steelers openly compare Boz to Justin Tucker. Says they joke that they are '1A and 1B' and Boz has to continue to prove each week he is that '1B'.
The biggest thing and hope for the Steelers tomorrow, especially considering the history of this field at Canton, is to come out of it without any significant injuries.
Melvin Ingram's trade request feels a lot like James Washington's. Yeah, he might want out, but I'm not sure the Steelers will honor it because they need him for depth pretty badly at this juncture.
Steelers need Devin Bush, Joe Schobert, and Rob Spillane to come out today and play their collective tails off. Everyone knows the Browns are going to run wide zone all day, it's not a question. But the ILBs need to play at a really high level to slow down this attack.