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would have liked to see some help with Hairston on Higgins (Bishop coming over). Hariston seemed isolated, and that's a size mismatch.

not sure the need to apologize. He was not great at the beginning of the season. Meanwhile, the last 2 weeks he has been on fire, including against Chase. I wonder if he needs to blitz to get mentally "in" the game, like how JA seems to need to run the ball to get totally "in" the game.

I think as you stated, a number 1 WR. Too often no one is open, even yesterday, JA had to become superman to lead us to TDs because no one could get open for an inordinate amount of time. I also think our 3rd down defense being better would be a massive upgrade.

Both those guys have something McD doesn't. Meanwhile, McD has something both of those guys would have loved to have on their team. Bean should be gone. Bean has spent an inordinate amount of cap space and draft capital on the front 7 with nothing to show for it. Meanwhile, he has totally ignored and/or botched the WR position. Not a huge fan of McD and the way the defense aligns, but it would be nice if someone in the front 4 got pressure. Groot is a total disappointment. AJ is pretty much as advertised.

Agree with the first sentence, not the second. Hoecht had a good game and was average prior to being here. Oliver popped then vanished.

Censere (pronounced Sincere) Lee, from Pitt.

I'd like a new coach, but a new GM may be more of a need. We simply have no talent, but how much of the talent acquisition is Bean acting on behalf of McD? I think a coach like Kubiak or Shula would be great here. The hiring of intro coordinators during Allen's SB window is a bit perplexing.

Number 3 on the list is interesting. Why are Ford and Settle both productive before and after their times here? It's like a mystery of the DL. Secondary players do better (at least for a while) when we bring them in. Overall, I agree. We paid too many of the wrong guys, basically overpaying good but not great players at the expense of nabbing 1-2 more great players. You need more great/elite guys to win a SB with a bunch of above-average guys and some JAGs.

I hope you're right. But I'm not sure drastically changing things up is part of the stubborn process. Ideally we come out with our normal D, and if that does not work, have a plan B like you described to unleash.

dude is killing my fantasy team. Starting Brissett over him this week, which likely ensures Lamar accounts for 4+ TDs.

um, Slay did say no. Retirement is his only leverage.

it does. But it was widely reported in Pittsburgh papers that Slay wanted to start and that was why he was released. Not sure how Bean missed that.

the 2nd guy it sounds like. The highlighted part does not appear to even say what the first poster claims it says.

Roster is horrendous. Hard pass. CB Pierre as depth perhaps. Watt vanishes in playoff games and is always hurt. Hayward is overrated/washed, Metcalf is not great. ok. He’d be a good target.

I moved from get rid of McD and keep Bean to either get rid of whole FO or at least Bean.

Small ball Bean. It was reported in Pittsburgh that Slay wanted to be a starter and asked to be released. Was Bean unaware of what was in the freaking papers here!

I'll take the Steelers or Bengals, I'd rather the Texans over the Ravens. Those guys could turn it on any minute. Lamar is getting heathier, and a healthy Lamar and Henry is big trouble for us.

This is true, but Tomlin, as you have stated, has gone stale. This happens all the time in the NHL, and I think it's happening in NFL locker rooms more where guys just tune-out a HC. Interestingly, Rodgers said that practice was "poor" the week leading up to the Bills game. Whose job is that, the HC. interesting mention with the Eagles. They fired a SB winning coach, then won another SB. With the Steelers (perhaps Bills) mindset, Pederson would still be coaching the Eagles. Actually, Reid would still be coaching (but would he have won there?). This is totally bonkers. Who wanted Pickett. Answer: Tomlin. Who wanted Rodgers: Tomlin. Who loves the overpaid vets on D. Answer again: Tomlin. Who won only 1 SB with Big Ben in his prime with a stud team: answer again.....Tomlin. Tomlin demands total control, which is rediculous. The Steelers need a total reset (Tomlin likely does as well).

If we lose Ingram and Slay just retires that's a hit. Hopefully Slay is saying he wants to play for Philly or Det, and we can get a 5th or something for him and Ingram back. I wonder if Philly grabs Ingram now to see if we trade straight up.

just crazy. They need many other things than Andrews at TE. Likely I'd keep over Andrews. But good for a rival to do this!

nothing wrong with that. Would be odd if no one was. The debate is fun. As you point out, none of us really control it, we may as well have fun debating it between ourselves! On another point, I'm not really sure who Terry could hire outside a few lazy wack jobs (Rex) that would make this team worse. And when Rex was hired, the true extent of his nuttiness (and laziness) was not yet known. this is demonstrably untrue. See Pittsburgh Steelers with Tomlin. One SB win with Big Ben, largely based on Cower's teams, no SBs in over 10+ years. We don't have that time in Allen's prime. See Chargers with Rivers. See Denver with Elway prior to coaching change. Calling those you disagree with "whiners" is also unhelpful. The through process here is that some coaches are better at certain things than others. Need a culture reset and a solid foundation to get to playoffs, Tomlin and McD all day. Need to win a Championship, someone else. I'm also not sure who you think we could hire that could make a team led by Allen and Cook (and no other blue chip talent on O) worse. We'd likely have a better roster, better in-game management. The worst I see it getting is the same (early playoff exit), but at least the exit would be different.

Tomlin is totally stale. He won 1 SB with Big Ben, AB, and L. Bell, along with a great defense. That does not scream "elite" and "untouchable". Only the doofy Rooney's would continue to employ him and treat him like Lombardi or something. Heck, even Bill Bellicheck was shown the door after winning 6 SBs. Tomlin needs to go. And yeah, you can fire a guy like him, and you should. Why can't you. That's what Tomlin and Harbaugh (and perhaps McD) are best at. Culture reset pros. Nothing wrong with that. These guys rarely get the max when they have talented rosters, but they setup a system that another coach could come in and build off of. Wonder what happened of the rumors regarding Brady (OC) to PSU? Perhaps he is one of the next options? If so, and McDaniel got canned, he'd be a good OC here. It's funny. Tomlin has done a lot (or all) of the draft selections, and Pittsburgh's roster is really bad now.

We had KC beat basically 2 times. We failed because, well, McD. This notion that fans wanting a new coach also have to come up with the coaches' name is a total fallacy. That's the GM and owners job (the GM is also a failure here)...but if you want names, Kubiak and Shula are good ones. McD has demonstrated an inability to win in the playoffs and choke at inopportune times, while scapegoating others. Hoping he figures it out because he's a good regular season coach (questionable this year) and finally wins a SB if he misses this year (when KC is likely out of the playoffs) is just that, hope. I'd rather "hope" on another coach . At least the losses would be different. Could McD eventually win, sure, but he's had enough of JAs prime. Time to try another route. Most logical minds that are not living in afear of a new coach would agree.

a run-first team is fine. The issue is that when we need to pass (or even want to) there is likely no WR open. We need a downfield threat to complement the run.

nope. if we can't win our way into the playoffs at this point, we might as well miss the playoffs and clean house. We are in control, let's do it.