zn wrote:

It can be managed to an extent.

yeah. i think they could get 2 more good years out of him. not great like he had been. but i’m thinking 1500-1600 total yards. 15 tds.

i think at the end of 2018 the total carries just took their toll. he needs to be paced like a pitcher. keep him fresh at the end.

goff has to step up. but is he capable of that?

we’ll see.

zn wrote:

They lost Ndamukong Suh, but I would take what Eric Weddle and Clay Matthews bring to that field and locker room over what Suh brought 24/7/365. Not close.

ehhh…

we’ll see.

depends on who they draft. if they can draft a defensive lineman in the first round, i think they’re in good shape.

and center. they need a center.

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i’m not sure how i feel about this yet.

i’m wondering if matthews or ebukam could play inside. i’m hoping it’s actually kiser, but that might be wishful thinking.

there’s also okoronkwo.

i’m almost sure they go dline now.

well…

it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world…

it’s just too bad that all the non-humans would have to suffer too.

zn wrote:

.@RobertKlemko talked to two ex-Steelers as to what they see as a big problem remaining in Pittsburgh: Ben Roethlisberger

yeah. not surprising. i mean this guy seems to be as big a scumbag as they come.

never actually convicted but wasn’t this guy arrested twice on rape charges?

yet bell and brown are the bad guys?

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zn wrote:

“[W]e’ve talked a little bit about the flexibility that Michael Brockers does give you to play nose and five,” Snead said. “Then it gets into, do we add anybody else during free agency or the draft? And what his flexibility allows you to do is to pick the best player and not necessarily, ‘We’ve got to have a nose tackle,’ because, hey, maybe the best five technique will move down. So it does give you some flexibility and that’s what we are going to do there.”

that settles it.

it’s either lawrence or tillery with the first pick.

Agamemnon wrote:

Ebukam could even play ILB. imo

not a bad idea.

Zooey wrote:

Just another way for privileged kids to enhance their privilege, then later blame poor people for not working hard for their privilege the way they did.

seriously though right?

Agamemnon wrote:

Good luck, Roger.

yes. i wish him well. wish he coulda stayed.

i am excited about noteboom, however. he should be fine. but i am worried about center. don’t know if allen is ready or not.

one other thought on weddle. he’ll be good for goff. not only competing against him, but goff can pick his brain on all things coverage related. understand what secondaries are thinking and trying to do to him. maybe even work on weaknesses that weddle sees in his game.

that could be a heckuvan offense.

see now i woulda rather spent the money on barr. he signed for about 5 years at less than 16 per?

i woulda offered him that. then put him at edge rusher, and i think he blossoms.

on a more serious note. that video of him punching a woman in the streets does trouble me.

Agamemnon wrote:

I was disappointed in Suh.

i woulda rather kept suh for one more year than fowler.

but it all depends on the draft. maybe they figure they can get a blue chip dl prospect in the first round and then an edge rusher later. then you got a bunch of edge rushers you can rotate and a dlineman you can plug in right away with donald and brockers.

basically i’m guessing they think their chances of getting a top notch dlineman with the first pick is much higher than getting a top notch edge rusher with the same pick.

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Agamemnon wrote:

I do kind of lean toward Dline.

yeah i’m pretty much focusing in on dline. whoever that is.

i haven’t read as much on simmons.

i’m nervous about the knee. and i don’t really know anything about his athleticism and length. i just know he’s projected as a first round pick by most.

i still think brockers has value on this team.

i don’t like this fowler signing though. not even at one year. either they didn’t like anyone in free agency or there wasn’t enough interest on the other end. or the numbers were too high for their liking. maybe they see something in fowler, but i wasn’t impressed with what i saw on the field.