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I think we just saw exhibit A. the team suddenly has direction and purpose again the moment JB steps back out on the field.
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12 minutes ago, aaron11 said:
Jacoby is no rookie its his 4th year in the league
Who's calling Jacoby a rookie? Talk like you're actually reading the responses posted to you please. I mean it's obvious you aren't, but at least APPEAR to be putting in some effort.
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Wouldn't be surprised if that works out for cain. rudolph lives and dies on the deep ball, it will give a guy with no discipline but great speed a chance to go get some footballs.
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This is why I wanted Ballard to invest in a mercenary WR. We are too dependent on TY and have been for the last 2 years or so. as he goes so goes the offense. that's unacceptable if you're trying to contend.
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6 minutes ago, EastStreet said:
LOL... you're another one that needs to look a little deeper at TB's history and context. See above, I'll link a previous post on Brady later.
I know Brady's history, and I also know that many people have said that at the time of the NFL combine Brady probably looked the least like a QB of any QB they'd ever seen.
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5 minutes ago, jvan1973 said:
He was so good in college that he lasted until the 6th round. Get real
He worked hard and made himself better. Had great coaches a long thev as well.
He was so good in college that he got himself upstaged by a shiny freshman too.
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2 hours ago, Chrisaaron1023 said:
Playing down to the competition: Check
Down? We're 5-4, they're 5-5. that's as close to a dead head as you can get when 1 team has a game in hand.
This is going to be a grind.
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15 minutes ago, jvan1973 said:
Brady didn't lead the league in tds until his 3rd year. Also, if reading a defense is natural and not learned, please explain how QBs get better at it over time.
Good news is we don't need Brissett to be Brady. The better news is that Brady himself had a long road of 6 years of steady improvement before he became what we know him as today.
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29 minutes ago, EastStreet said:
You do admit he needs to improve, but you also blame other facets of our O a lot as an excuse for JB's issues. Stats are your friends.
If you're not prepared to admit that this offense is flawed, then a conversation with you on the topic is not one worth having.
you seem to be one of those people who struggles with the concept that two things can both be true at the same time. Brissett needs to improve AND there are issues with the offense that go beyond Brissett's need to improve.
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17 minutes ago, Moosejawcolt said:
There is a thing called reasonable force. Garrett went above that.
I agree. That's why Garrett was penalized within the NFL framework.
17 minutes ago, Moosejawcolt said:Mason was not going at Garrett where it could b assumed that Garrett would have been have been injured by Masons actions. Garrett pushing back Madin would have been seen by most as reasonable . Not launching a football helmet with all his force directed at Masons head.
I agree, and that's why Garrett was penalized within the NFL framework.
17 minutes ago, Moosejawcolt said:Garrett is not a normal human being. He is a freak of nature who could easily injure someone by just using a fraction of his strength.
I agree, and that's why Garrett was penalized within the NFL framework.
Mason Rudolph is also a freak of nature who could easily injure someone. I'd like to know when the moment happened that quarterbacks stopped being NFL football players.
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15 minutes ago, Sumo63 said:
It's pronounced "Mustard" and he was only a Colonel.
Lt. Colonel actually. But LOL at the Clue reference anyway
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4 hours ago, Coffeedrinker said:
General Custard
*MEGACRINGE!*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer
And Custer did, in fact, have a pretty good grasp of situational awareness and was one of the finest Union cavalry commanders in the Civil war. His problem at Wounded Knee was that he got bad intel from his scouts. Bad information always leads to bad plans and bad results.
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people are acting like the NFL hasn't been around for 100 years and that violence on the NFL field has never happened before.
Honestly there is a tidal wave of hype around this incident that isn't in the least bit deserved.
the indefinite suspension is fair. What Garrett did was very wrong and he needs to demonstrate that he learned his lesson before he should be allowed back on an NFL field.
Talk of criminal charges is asinine. It's also probably a violation of agreements signed in order to become an NFL player, which I'm sure includes a waiver of legal indemnity for actions and injuries that take place in the ordinary course of play and practice on the football field.
Ultimately, this debate doesn't need to happen. Justice has already been served, such as it is.
Also as far as criminal or civil claims, Rudolph has practically zero grounds to pursue any further action since Rudolph's own hands are not exactly clean in this whole mess. He was arguably the one that started the fight in the first place after all.
"I have video evidence that the plaintiff was the one to start the fight" has been the death of more than a few claims for civil damage or criminal charges in the courts of this country. A jury isn't likely to favor the guy who started the fracas, even when he comes out worst from it
Because ultimately that's what I see. I see Rudolph starting a fight, losing, then the two get separated, and Rudolph in an inexpicably, indescribably stupid move steps back up to Garrett and that's when the helmet happens. At a certain point you have a responsibility not to put yourself in a position to be hurt.
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17 minutes ago, TrueBlue12 said:
With 8 seconds left in the game and Pitt down 14, beyond hail mary territory, and already in a submission mode, Garrett had already played his full 60 minutes before the play had started. I understand being very physical with a QB in a contested game. Once the game is essentially over, it is uncalled for. I understand Rudolph believing what I just stated.
They were still trying to gain yards, it's still the job of the defense to stop them from doing so.
Again, in a normal situation where nothing else happened in the play we would be PRAISING Garrett for playing buzzer to buzzer. It's part of trying to learn how to be a dominant team, taking no plays off, all those blissful cliches.
If the Steelers wanted to keep Rudolph upright, instead of attacking Miles garrett for playing football, maybe #33 should have blocked Garrett. If you watch the play on the initial tackle #33 plays some weird game of patty-cake with Garrett and lets him run on by. It was #33's pathetic excuse for "block" that gave Garrett a lane in the first place and if this was our team we'd be roasting that guy alive.
What happened was that #33 was the intended receiver on a screen pass. Garrett read it like a book and came right after the RB gambling that he would be trying to get open rather than block, and it worked perfectly. Good read, good speed, great sack. The fact that it happened in the closing seconds just means that Garrett had a great play in the closing seconds, nothing more.
It was only after Rudolph wrapped up his helmet and tried to take his head off that Garrett responded violently. Because what Garrett ultimately wound up doing has no place in the NFL, but neither does retaliating against defensive players for legal plays.
So yes, I would suspend Rudolph. Because defensive players get the fuzzy end of the stick too much as it is when it comes to punishments and quarterbacks shouldn't have the privilege of acting like cowards and hiding behind the zebras when they pick the wrong target.
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11 minutes ago, King Colt said:
Rudolph should go unpunished as he was reacting to a 260 lb. known psycho on top of him with the game all but over. He had to be thinking, "What the %$%^ is going on!?"
Uh no, Garrett's tackle was either legal or at worst questionable. It wasn't all that late, and if that tackle was all that happened and Garrett was our guy we'd be praising him for playing a full 60 minutes.
At the very worst it's a flag for a late hit. These things happen all the time..
Rudolph was the one that took it to new territory by grabbing Garrett's helmet while on the ground. That provoked all the rest of it, even if you consider that Garrett overreacted, he overreated to Rudolph doing his level best to rip his head off.
If a QB can't handle that kind of hit they really shouldn't be in the NFL. This is an immature rookie acting out his frustrations after turning in a terrible performance.
Rudolph was mostly mad at himself but he took it out on another human being by attacking them. That's disgusting no matter how you slice it, regardless of Garrett's overreaction to it. Also stupid considering how much bigger than him Garrett is.
Anyway, that's why Rudolph was fined, but I really wish the NFL had sent a stronger message there. Garrett deserves his suspension, but he didn't start that fight, and he wasn't the first guy to go dirty, Rudolph was by grabbing and tugging at his helmet in the pile.
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Looks like the racist comment was an * tweet from a soon-to-be-fired ESPN reporter. Started with "wouldn't be surprised if."
Nothing to see here. Just east coast media doing east coast media things.
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Just now, Gramz said:
Seconds left in a game that was already decided. smh
Stupidity at its finest.
We were watching it unfold as it happened. I had to rewind live TV twice because I just couldn't believe what I was seeing.
I agree with others that Rudolph could have a brain bleed from that. Hopefully he's been checked out thoroughly.
If what someone said a couple posts up, that Rudolph said a racist comment in the scrum and that's what drove Garrett berzerk, you might want to short sell that sympathy stock, because it's gonna go down like a stone in water.
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Just now, csmopar said:
Um. I'm listening to ESPN right now, live. They just said the league is investigating Rudolph for spouting a racial slur that set Garrett off after he was taken down...
Holy crap I didn't realize that. Even without that component I'm just hoping Rudolph doesn't skate, but at least that means he's more likely to actually face consequences.
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Man, I think you gotta give Rudolph something. He turned that situation into a brawl in the first place.
Deal with Garrett, I think an indefinite is a bit extreme but a 4 game suspension, which IS fair, would be most of the rest of the season so w/e.
But Rudolph was the one who took it there. Garrett's overreaction shouldn't completely negate Rudolph's consequences. you can't protect quarterbacks if they're going to do stupid crap like he did then try to hide behind the NFL when angry football players come after them.
What Rudolph did was absolutely cowardly and it absolutely provoked what Garrett did. I'd give him at least 1 game.
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2 hours ago, CanuckColt said:
We need to fix the D-line first.
Do not agree. The D line is an issue mostly because of the injury to Turay. We might need to upgrade our backups somewhat, but our D-line is something that can be fixed by not getting stupidly unlucky on the injury front.
Also if we get some run stopping meat in the LB corps that would go a long way to stabilizing the front 7.
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20 minutes ago, richard pallo said:
I think the WR situation really needs to be addressed this off season and hopefully with a young vet. It really needs a shot of expresso. Writing here today the guy I think could help us immediately is Amari Cooper. If they pay Dak first then signing Cooper might become difficult. They could franchise him but I wouldn't be afraid to trade our 1st for him. We are still going to have a high 2nd with the Washington pick. Cooper with TY and the rest would be really explosive. We are a long way off to the off season and a lot will change. Maybe Funchess gets going. I hope so. But if he doesn't I like the idea of making a bold move at WR. I'm pretty happy with the development of our young rookies especially on defense. Willis has already supplanted Gaethers and Rock and Tell look promising as well as a few others. Jacoby needs another WR who can get open and that teams have to account for. TY is it right now. We are hoping Campbell will develop but so far we don't know if he will and it could take some time. I'm still hoping we can make a run this year but I think the absence of TY really shows how dependent we are on him. If no one steps up in the second half I can see Ballard making a move for a vet like he tried to do with Funchess. He has the money to acquire Cooper and pay him and he's young. So far he's been pretty frugal. We shall see if this offseason is when he decides to become more aggressive.
My concern right now is that this frugality is what Ballard is, rather than a phase he's taking the team through beause we're rebuilding.
There's a very strong temptation for GMs to fall in love with themselves and assume that the formula that got them to the playoffs the first time is THE formula. I hope Ballard isn't that guy, but we've seen nothing yet to suggest otherwise.
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11 hours ago, EastStreet said:
Actually good is the enemy of great.
OL
Top 5 even with a QB who has a bottom 10 time-to-throw
Top 5 even with Ds selling out to stop the run because they don't respect our passing
Agreed here, the OL is legit
11 hours ago, EastStreet said:Rushing game
Ranked 10th in the league Y/G even though teams are focusing primarily on stopping it
Mack is 8th in the league
So decent, but not exactly setting the world on fire. And disappearing in a few games here and there because even with an elite oline, there are teams that can stop our rushing attack cold.
If you want to talk about "good but not elite," start with the run game. Again, not terrible, will produce most of the time but not exactly a dominant force out there. I'd honestly rather trust Brissett against a good secondary than Mack against a good front 7 right now.
11 hours ago, EastStreet said:Receiving game
Hilton - 4x Pro Bowler, who has led the league in yards
Also playing hurt for most of the last 2 years.
Still good -- great even. And not surprising that JB has a bad habit of staring him down when he's the only receiver we have on the field most games who is actually a household name.
But we've been wearing him out and he's nearing the end of his career. Speedsters don't age well, especially when their wheels start to go bad, and we're beginning to see signs of that with TY. IMHO, TY's career ends in the next 2-3 seasons.
11 hours ago, EastStreet said:Ebron - Also a Pro Bowler who led all TEs in TDs, and 2nd overall (including WRs)
Has the hands of the Michelin Man though, solid rubber. Ebron's gotten his targets this year mostly by default. I wouldn't trust the guy to catch a cold if the chips are down.
11 hours ago, EastStreet said:Doyle - Another TE with a Pro Bowl under his belt
You'll never hear me say a bad word about Doyle, but he's a complimentary piece in a good offense. Great guy to have, not a superstar by any means.
11 hours ago, EastStreet said:Hines - Was close to setting rookie records last year for a receiving RB
Hines impresses me, but he's another guy who can't be a focus of the offense. He's an ambush player, best used as a change of pace if the D get too locked in. Solid complimentary piece in the mold of James White. Not gonna carry a major part of the offensive load on his own. Also I'm not really impressed by how Reich has utilized him
11 hours ago, EastStreet said:The rest - you have a few vets that Luck used efficiently last year. You have a high priced one year rental that got hurt. You have a promising rookie that has been plagued by injury.
In short exactly what i said -- spare parts, complimentary pieces and guys who you have to roll the dice and pray that they have a good game/season. And the only guy in that group who's a lock to be effective has been hurt all year this year and was hurt all year last year.
again these are guys who you can use to compliment a strong receiving corps. If these guys are your "strong" receiving corps you're in for an interesting year, to put it mildly.
We have a stable full of pieces that have the potential to be effective but most of them are either inconsistent, injured, or just good not great. Couple that with a QB who's still learning and it's amazing that we were ever 5-2.
So to sum up. We have a great OL, a pretty good RB unit, and a spit-and-baling-wire WR corps, and we no longer have the elite QB who made it all look like an NFL offense.
Brissett is good, but he's a tactician and team leader out there, not an elite thrower.
Brissett makes his bones by not making mistakes out there and by stringing together enough well-executed drives to keep the team in the fight. You have to get a guy like that actual offensive weapons, they won't elevate scrap heap pieces into being an NFL offense like a guy like Luck or Brady can. You can win with them, but not if Ballard continues to cheap out at WR.
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11 hours ago, Chloe6124 said:
This is really a dumb comment. Imagine how much that effects players not only this year but next year if that is what they thought.
But it is what they thought. Or at least it's how they acted. And after a certain point actions matter more.
I'm sure they'll pay lip service to the idea of continuing to compete, because you're right, blatantly throwing the season would be terrible for morale, but you don't get very far in trying to understand what a team is thinking by paying attention to what they say to the media. Actions speak way, way louder.
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To build a good receiving corps you need a WR4 and WR5 that can each fill in as a WR3. That's when you have the depth you need to take the kind of attrition an NFL season can throw your way and still compete
The original plan had that built in, but in a kind of sketchy way.
It depended on Funchess to play a bigger role in the offense than he had in any year other than 2016.
It relied on a WR who's pushing the wrong side of 30 and had injury issues all last year to stay healthy all this year.
And it relied far too much on young players developing according to a standard logarithm instead of in the way they actually do, in fits and starts and not on your schedule.
I think that's the core of Ballard's issue with his WR. His plan wasn't bad, but it was too optimistic. It was built around a WR corps that Luck had allowed to elevate their game beyond their ability, and was based on that elevated performance rather than a frank assessment of their actual ability. An understandable issue especially with an inexperienced HC and GM in power. I don't think the mistake will be repeated
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Hats off to the running game!
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it always is, but Williams seems to hit the hole quickly while Mack is a more patient running back.
Different looks can be important to make the best use of your talent. A defense ready for Mack will be caught off balance by Williams.