Steelers vs Chiefs 11/12/12 Game Day

[meow]

Are we forgetting Charlie Batch?

[KennyTheKangaroo]

after watching a few quarters of that bum that backs up michael vick, heftwhich should be considered a luxury. at least he can throw the ball downfield.

[Godric]

I think its pretty pathetic that in the 9 years Ben has been in the league the Steelers couldn't draft and develope a decent backup QB

Tebow sucks BTW.

But i'll do you one better Godric, its truly pathetic that before Ben came around the Steelers went 21 years without a true successor to Terry Bradshaw. They went over two decades without drafting a franchise QB unless you think David Woodley, Cliff Stoudt, Todd Blackledge, Mark Malone, Bubby Brister, Neil O' Donnell, Kordell Stewart, Kent Graham and Tommy Maddox were franchise QB's. I don't. They could of drafted a franchise QB in Dan Marino but passed on him because they wanted to rebuild the team through defense despite the fact that Bradshaw was 35 in 1983 and no real successor in the waiting to replace him.

To me that's pathetic, but what you saying is bad as well.

Yeah, I know Tebow sucks but I'd still rather have him than Leftwich

and yes, I know about the steelers QB history and its depressing as hell

[steelhammer]

Perhaps we can finally get past this forward pass hype and go back to STEELER FOOTBALL!

[viva la ben]

It smells like SDG in here

[Godric]

its silly to draft a QB to be the back up when you have a franchise QB. you cannot devote the resources in terms of time and dollars to it. a qb coming out of college will need to learn the play book, the speed of the nfl, etc etc and that cant be done on the bench.

I think the idea of young guys needing playing time to fully develop is so overrated. I mean, Aaron Rodgers rode the bench for three years and did pretty well for himself the first year he was called on to lead the team. You don't need to be the starter to learn the playbook and the Xs&Os behind football. The three hour window a QB has on Sunday is small compared to the amount of preparation done 50+ hours a week throughout the rest of the year.

Rodgers was brought in when they knew the Favre clock was running out. If they draft a guy to groom into a starting QB, that means they expect the clock to be up on Ben soon.

Rodgers sat for a few years and that turned out well. Would have have been as effective his rookie year as guys like Ben, Rivers, Matt Ryan, etc? Probably, but maybe not.

I don't think it would have hurt Luck to sit behind Manning this season and next, but he's showing right now he didn't need that. Hopefully he progresses some more next year.

Ben is 30, he probably has another 5-6 seasons... maybe less

[canaan]

The steelers draft for needs to win now with ben at the helm. they arent going to waste a draft pick to prepare for 5 years down the road. the notion is just silly. when you have a franchise QB, you backfill with experienced veteran qb's that already know the system, the nfl, and can work as a temporary backstop.

[Froggy]

I don't think that we even need to think about drafting a qb for AT LEAST 4 more years. Too many holes on both sides of the ball to waste a premium pick on a guy who will probably be a free agent before he plays for us.

[Godric]

The steelers draft for needs to win now with ben at the helm. they arent going to waste a draft pick to prepare for 5 years down the road. the notion is just silly. when you have a franchise QB, you backfill with experienced veteran qb's that already know the system, the nfl, and can work as a temporary backstop.

We drafted Dixon?

There is no reason why we can't draft a very Athletically versatile QB

and use him as a TE/Back

[TheHammer24]

[DudeMan2766]

I'm proud to say that outside of someone who wears a Flyers jersey, I dont think theres anyone in sports I dislike more than Ben

the trend seems to be that you dislike really, really talented athletes

What?? Because I don't like this guy in particular I hate all talented athletes? How does that even relate? There were a few posts saying "Everyone hates Ben/I love Ben" so I just threw in my 2cents.

[Godric]

:face:

what did I say?

[canaan]

The steelers draft for needs to win now with ben at the helm. they arent going to waste a draft pick to prepare for 5 years down the road. the notion is just silly. when you have a franchise QB, you backfill with experienced veteran qb's that already know the system, the nfl, and can work as a temporary backstop.

We drafted Dixon?

There is no reason why we can't draft a very Athletically versatile QB

and use him as a TE/Back

what?

[Troy Loney]

Is your basic premise that you wish Tebow was the backup QB?

[Godric]

The steelers draft for needs to win now with ben at the helm. they arent going to waste a draft pick to prepare for 5 years down the road. the notion is just silly. when you have a franchise QB, you backfill with experienced veteran qb's that already know the system, the nfl, and can work as a temporary backstop.

We drafted Dixon?

There is no reason why we can't draft a very Athletically versatile QB

and use him as a TE/Back

what?

I'm pretty sure, its happened before...

A team drafts a QB and uses him at a different position

[Godric]

Is your basic premise that you wish Tebow was the backup QB?

Not really. Because I don't think Tebow is good but in a similar vain

more like Randel El


okay maybe this is a bad idea

[Froggy]

Nobody you pick up in a late round is going to be any better than batch or leftwich. and it's not worth using an early round pick on something that isn't an immediate need.

Also, anyone who is still unsigned at week 12 is any better than leftwich

[Letang Is The Truth]

The steelers draft for needs to win now with ben at the helm. they arent going to waste a draft pick to prepare for 5 years down the road. the notion is just silly. when you have a franchise QB, you backfill with experienced veteran qb's that already know the system, the nfl, and can work as a temporary backstop.

We drafted Dixon?

There is no reason why we can't draft a very Athletically versatile QB

and use him as a TE/Back

wait what? a QB that can either play QB TE or RB? is this madden?

[Godric]

wait what? a QB that can either play QB TE or RB? is this madden?

Matt Jones, Joshua Cribbs....

I bet you those guys would be a better QB than Leftwich

[Letang Is The Truth]

Josh cribbs at TE. Sign me up

[Godric]

Josh cribbs at TE. Sign me up

lol

[TheHammer24]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/rave ... 7645.story

Ravens sign Dixon to practice squad. Hmmm.

[Rylan]

Leftwich will do fine if he takes 75-85% of reps this week in practice. Get a feel for the timing better and all that. No worries.

[canaan]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/ravens-insider/bal-ravens-resign-former-steelers-backup-dennis-dixon-to-practice-squad-20121113,0,3457645.story

Ravens sign Dixon to practice squad. Hmmm.

haha. i love it. solely for acquiring intel

[TheHammer24]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/ravens-insider/bal-ravens-resign-former-steelers-backup-dennis-dixon-to-practice-squad-20121113,0,3457645.story

Ravens sign Dixon to practice squad. Hmmm.

haha. i love it. solely for acquiring intel

He was with them up until last week. If anything, I think they were trying to protect intel.