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IMO, yes. Trubisky has more talent and a closer skillset to Josh. He's "seeing ghosts", as they say. Beane took a gamble that he'd get back to Buffalo Mitch, but that Steeler experience is sticking with him it seems. This season goes down the toilet without Josh anyhow. Kyle Allen was garbage last preseason as well. Hopefully this time off the field can help Mitch get his mental down pat.

Steelers kept 3 QBs last year all season. I could see them doing the same, given their OL isn't exactly a strength right now (injuries/young players) to protect either Russ or Fields, and Kyle is likely to get signed elsewhere if cut.

Didn't know about Morris. Mitch with a knee, and Solomon with a calf.

Steelers made a questionable decision bringing in Arthur Smith, I just don't see them running the ball well enough - a must in his offense. Their defense will carry/keep them in games. I liked what I saw from our defense all night. Dline looked much better, and we saw players flash some potential. This rookie class looks very solid (Carter, Solomon, Hardy, and Andreeson UDFA). This is with a much aligned safety group. Like some posters said in April, it was a meat and potatoes draft. As of now, Beane appears to have filled some needs.

Hardy due for a pick, 3rd time a charm, if he's still on the field.

This is the run game we saw LY, once Joe Brady took over. Might be seeing alot of it again next week, depending how bad Trubisky knee injury is.

He has a bit of Milano quickness/instincts to always be in position to make a play. He's shown enough in this half to be in the top 5 at LB

We are approaching a dangerous territory of needing to make a trade for another QB to compete with Mitch. I was not expecting him to have regressed so much. He was bad in Pittsburgh, but so was the entire offense.

Thought Spector was hurt/out this game. Andreeson holding his own, think he will fight off Deion Jones

No Allen or Bernard, smart

Won't be shocked if they delay start by 30 minutes, most of the strong storms seem to right in the 6:45-7:30 range

I acknowledged above, but yes I was wrong and admit it. Terrible for Milano. Hope he can get back later in year

ugh. Admittedly wrong, sounds like another season ending injury

Difficult for Buffalo to invest anything significant at DE, until Von is off the books and we first take care of Groot long term.

Sorry not to get too into the weeds, my main point is that trained sports medicine physicians have a variety of "tests" that can be done to rule out OR suspect a more serious injury. But none of those tests would have Matt Milano doing push-ups OR moving/picking up a Jugs machine, as part of the initial assessment.

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or serious. But any sports medicine physician, even with minimal training, will do a hook test (likely follow with imaging if concerned). By no means is an NFL training staff uneducated enough to not know if it's showing signs of a torn bicep. Which is what ThighDoc is speculating. Milano wouldn't have been trying push-ups or any other physical activity involving that arm, if initial prognosis was serious. This is a joke by you hopefully...again ThighDoc randomly puts out worse case diagnoses, with very limited info, and ppl run with it without even thinking themselves.

Like everything else, ppl form an opinion and have problems letting it go. First year, it was Cook tripping overhimself/not gaining yards after comtact/outside runner only. So on and so forth... 6th best yards from scrimmage, and ppl think a rookie 4th rounder should have his job. This place is comical, with a few logical posters. Cook looked great in person at camp LY, he's looked even better (stronger/more aggressive in between tackles) this camp. I could careless about clout/cred, w/e ppl call it nowadays, but I mentioned last offseason that Cook was poised for a huge year. I won't be shocked if he gets into Top 5 in total scrimmage yards this year.

Exactly. Especially ThighDoc, who has been known to jump to worse case almost automatically (for clicks or w/e reason)

Ha good try...not even worth responding to

Your sharing of wild speculation, is not using "logic". If he tore a bicep, you think he'd be trying push-ups and staying pads all practice...sound "logical"? Again common sense applies here, not shoot the messenger as you say

That's a ridiculous take by ThighDoc It was later reported that Milano remained in pads, tested his arm with push-ups and moving/pickup a Jugs machine. Trainers wouldn't allow him to do any physical strain, if they feared the worst

No source on Milano injury status, but common sense says he wouldn't be trying push ups OR picking up a Jugs machine if trainers thought he tore/seriously injured his arm. I've had multiple stingers, and that pain/tingling can linger. Either way, hope he's OK and coaches keep him out of action until 9/8

I don't tend to think of position groups, rather overall offense and defense- which some groups are of higher importance due to scheme. Offense: 1. Overall: this will always be QB dependent, and everything from training camp play to leadership, points to an improved Josh. On top of that, offensive coordinator has a strong likelihood of being better than LY (Dorsey scheme). 2. Improvement: Qb play, coaching, short to intermediate passing game, RB play, TE usage/play 3. Same/not sure yet: a. OL play. I lean toward improvement, mainly if Torrence and Brown continue to ascend. I like more physical Edwards vs Morse. Doubt is if Edwards stays healthy, and if McGovern is better suited for LG vs C. b. Deep passing game: Gabe was not great LY, Diggs became a #2/slot guy mostly too. Keon and MVS, rook and an inconsistent player are pur best bets. I'd lean toward early growing pains, and possible trade later in year Defense: 1. Overall: this is so dependent on Milano and Von getting back to or very close to prior form. This defense is predicated on strong LB play, and front 4 being able to control the line. If someone said we'd have Milano/Bernard/Jones for 90% of games...that's enough to say they improved IMO - then a healthy Von would put us Top 5 IMO. Safety play concerns me in pass defense, but haven't seen Edwards or Bishop yet. Hamlin/Rapp combo, good against rub but not trusting in pass def. 2. Improvement: DT depth, I'm more hopeful about this group. CB play looks very solid, Elam is more consistent and Ingram rounds out as a solid #4. 3. Same: LB depth, still a concern. Unless Dorian steps up. 4. Worse: Safety play. Athleticism improved, but getting in the right position/reading plays/etc was the Hyde and Poyer strength (instincts). Safety can be hidden to some extent, but I'm concerned with lack of turnovers from this group-also think Rapp/Edwards/Hamlin are all stop gap types. Bishop needs to get healthy and get into a more signicant role by early-mid season to have a chance to be the same as LY.

It's preseason, simple as that. Scheming/gameplanning each week is obviously super important, and not happening right now. All teams are keeping things very simple in preseason. But some might be mixing in more "looks"/etc. For example, Bears mixed in quite a few stunts with their DL, also some "A gap" pressure looks. Josh seemed to stick with the playcall, rather than audible, highly likely due to Brady wanting to see specific run game execution. Not an excuse, we were outplayed and way too many penalties. I'd like to see more energy and far less penalties next week. Win or lose doesn't matter, but we got very little evaluation of our depth WRs. We know our likely top 4. Be good to see more consistency with Trubisky. And getting a look at key depth roles.

Agree. @Brianmoorman4jesus needs to chill. It's 1 preseason game. Bears already had 1 preseason game under their belt coming in. Bears also looked more versatile on offense,we were super vanilla/not showing anything. By all accounts, we've been running a lot of pre snap motion, various looks in the backfield and playcalls in training camp. This was a "let's just go 1-1" and see what happens. No scheming, no exotic blitz looks (a gap pressure shown in camp, etc) No injuries, is the biggest bonus IMO. 6-3 halftime score, the route began when we were well into our 3rd/4th string guys (80% plus will be cut). Preseason never matters. Go look at Steeler preseason LY, Pickett ate us up as did their defense. But Pickett and the offense was trash, and Dorsey said post-game we were trying more 7 step drops. I'm sure McD wasn't pleased with execution, but who cares right now. Cardinal game is when it matters