Aaron Rodgers signs with Steelers

[Beck Water]

8 hours ago, boco357 said:

 

 

 

 

I had no idea what the Steelers plan at QB was.

 I respect Mike Tomlin, but this seems like "A plan where you lose your hat.  And a plan where you lose your hat is...a Bad Plan"

 

A good friend is a Steelers fan.  We could be proven wrong, but we're both predicting a rough year for her fandom.

 

 

5 hours ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

I don't see Rodgers and Tomlin working out. They're in a tough spot this season and so they've turned to him. But Rodgers is a control freak with a Coach that has total control and won't take sh-t from anyone. This looks like something that has a 1 year life expectancy rate and i'd be really surprised if the two don't butt heads by the end of the season.

 

I'd be really surprised if they don't butt heads by week 4

 

8 hours ago, eball said:

Waiting for all of the high and mighty Squealer fans who said “I want nothing to do with Rodgers” to start buying his jersey. 😂🤣

 

Time will Tell.

Edited 17 hours ago by Beck Water

[Doc Brown]

6 hours ago, Malazan said:

Rodgers is going to have his best game of his career week 1 against the Jets then be trash after that.

It is kind of coincidental that Fields started for the Steelers and Rodgers started for the Jets week 1 last year.  Now they swapped teams and will play each other week 1 this year as starters.  I wonder if that's ever happened before.

[Richard Noggin]

16 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

I had no idea what the Steelers plan at QB was.

 I respect Mike Tomlin, but this seems like "A plan where you lose your hat.  And a plan where you lose your hat is...a Bad Plan"

 

A good friend is a Steelers fan.  We could be proven wrong, but we're both predicting a rough year for her fandom.

 

 

 

I'd be really surprised if they don't butt heads by week 4

 

 

Time will Tell.

 

Tomlin might be too legit to be predictably, subversively undermined by some washed up coach killer. Or so I assume.

[Beck Water]

8 hours ago, Taro Nimbus said:

He’ll be better off on the Steelers than that dysfunctional jets team.    He just has to play average at best and the Steelers will be in the playoffs.   From there anything can happen. 

 

So this is an interesting point.  

 

The Steelers had a top-10 defense last season.  4 pro-bowl players and an all-pro in Cam Hayward, Watt, Queen, and Fitzpatrick, and they're all back.  But what about the other 7 defenders?  On the front 7, they still have their NT but Ogunjobi signed with the Bills.  Still have Highsmith but Elandon Roberts signed with the Raiders.  Both Ogunjobi and Roberts were north of 30 yrs, so it remains to be seen how much of a loss they are.  On the back, Donte Jackson is now playing for the Chargers.  Still have Joey Porter Jr.  Still have Elliot.  I'd say assuming their talent development is on track, their defensive personnel are pretty much on track for another good year.

The Steelers, last year and this upcoming season, appear to be playing the Broncos "all we need is a QB" game which the Broncos won by signing Peyton Manning.  Well, Russ Wilson is no Sheriff, so the Steelers said "Next!" and brought in a QB who legit was great, Manning level great, in his time.

 

Frankly, I thought the Steelers OL stunk last season.  I'm sure formerly DangeRuss didn't help it.  They also had a very young OL except for Seamalo with rookie C and RG and a 2nd year RT, so I'm sure they hope for improvement.  But Rodgers has all the mobility of a sloth on Sominex, so they'll need all the improvement they can get.

 

IMHO, it's kind of a re-run of 2023 Jets with a chance for a different outcome.  In 2022, the Jets had a great D and returned most of the pieces in 2023.  Their idea was "all we need is a QB" so they signed Rodgers.  And as we know, that lasted a whole 4 snaps into the 1st game.  In 2024, Rodgers played but the wheels seemed to come off all around and Rodgers exceeded his age in sacks.

It'll be interesting to see how it shakes out.  

[ganesh]

10 hours ago, L Ron Burgundy said:

Steelers go 9-8.  Cool.

Yet another Winning Season for Coach !!!!

[machine gun kelly]

He’s washed up.  He’s not doing anything for the Steelers.

[Mr. WEO]

Tomlin don't even care anymore---just cashing checks, daring poor old man Rooney to fire him.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

13 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

I remember when the Bills used to make moves like this

 

Loving every minute of being in the prime Josh Allen era right now

Advice to Steelers: Deploy the slippery rubber mats.

[Beck Water]

6 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:

Tomlin might be too legit to be predictably, subversively undermined by some washed up coach killer. Or so I assume.

 

One can only hope

59 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

Tomlin don't even care anymore---just cashing checks, daring poor old man Rooney to fire him.

 

I think that's far from true.  

But he knows he isn't going deep in the playoffs without a QB

[aristocrat]

7 hours ago, Beck Water said:

 

So this is an interesting point.  

 

The Steelers had a top-10 defense last season.  4 pro-bowl players and an all-pro in Cam Hayward, Watt, Queen, and Fitzpatrick, and they're all back.  But what about the other 7 defenders?  On the front 7, they still have their NT but Ogunjobi signed with the Bills.  Still have Highsmith but Elandon Roberts signed with the Raiders.  Both Ogunjobi and Roberts were north of 30 yrs, so it remains to be seen how much of a loss they are.  On the back, Donte Jackson is now playing for the Chargers.  Still have Joey Porter Jr.  Still have Elliot.  I'd say assuming their talent development is on track, their defensive personnel are pretty much on track for another good year.

The Steelers, last year and this upcoming season, appear to be playing the Broncos "all we need is a QB" game which the Broncos won by signing Peyton Manning.  Well, Russ Wilson is no Sheriff, so the Steelers said "Next!" and brought in a QB who legit was great, Manning level great, in his time.

 

Frankly, I thought the Steelers OL stunk last season.  I'm sure formerly DangeRuss didn't help it.  They also had a very young OL except for Seamalo with rookie C and RG and a 2nd year RT, so I'm sure they hope for improvement.  But Rodgers has all the mobility of a sloth on Sominex, so they'll need all the improvement they can get.

 

IMHO, it's kind of a re-run of 2023 Jets with a chance for a different outcome.  In 2022, the Jets had a great D and returned most of the pieces in 2023.  Their idea was "all we need is a QB" so they signed Rodgers.  And as we know, that lasted a whole 4 snaps into the 1st game.  In 2024, Rodgers played but the wheels seemed to come off all around and Rodgers exceeded his age in sacks.

It'll be interesting to see how it shakes out.  

they added Harmon from Oregon on the d line and sawyer from Ohio state at end. 
 

they have a great run game but outside of metcalf their wide receivers are meh. Mind boggling they didn’t keep Pickens 

[SoCal Deek]

Thank goodness we’re no longer in the revolving door QB sweepstakes. That period is nothing short of brutal in the modern NFL. 

[That's No Moon]

13 minutes ago, aristocrat said:

they have a great run game but outside of metcalf their wide receivers are meh. Mind boggling they didn’t keep Pickens 

Their run game is mid at best and the Pickens trade should tell you everything about Pickens that you need to know.

[The Firebaugh Kid]

15 hours ago, RyanC883 said:

Surprised he signed before minicamp.  Thought he usually skipped those. 

He received a transmission in the dark room instructing him to. 

[Gugny]

Tomlin weighs in …

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16W8UtboFd/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

[SoMAn]

17 hours ago, boco357 said:

I don't get it. What's the point? I much prefer the Bills model of building a team that can be competitive on a yearly basis rather than pinning their hopes on an aging has-been for a single season, then having to start all over again within a year or two. 

 

 

 

[Paup 1995MVP]

17 hours ago, TheWeatherMan said:

Well at least for the first 3 minutes of the season it did.  

Are the Steelers just going to hand Rodgers the starting job?

 

Shouldn’t there be a QB competition between him and Rudolph?

[nuklz2594]

tbh...fields left steelers for a worse team in nyj. they sign rodgers for one year to be a bridge qb.  who will take reins next?  think this ends badly. tomlin gets fired.he will be...get ready next fish coach.

[Beck Water]

6 hours ago, aristocrat said:

they added Harmon from Oregon on the d line and sawyer from Ohio state at end. 
 

they have a great run game but outside of metcalf their wide receivers are meh. Mind boggling they didn’t keep Pickens 

 

Do you count Metcalf in that "meh"?