Official Pittsburgh Steelers Thread

[Daniel]

Yikes, this boy has no filter and by boy I mean a male person with the temperament of a 13 year old. I said it earlier, between him and Jones it looks like Georgia never tried molding these boys into men. They both do selfish and stupid things without considering the ramifications to the team. I don’t follow college football because I thinks it’s stupid (and has nothing to do with me going to Delaware just before Flacco was there and they were kind of good for a while), is this just two guys who went to the same school being clowns, are there more UGA players out there that have similar attitudes or is this just how almost all young players are now?

I also don't think Tomlin molds these young men the way Cowher used to. I get the social media and things are different, but there doesn't seem to be much accountability and leadership.

[Daniel]

These dudes are hilarious. Give them a podcast.

[Sigwolf]

I also don't think Tomlin molds these young men the way Cowher used to. I get the social media and things are different, but there doesn't seem to be much accountability and leadership.

Much? I don't think there has been any since Tomlin took over. He came in as all the players best friend, nothing has changed, and the snowball rolling downhill has become a boulder of enormous proportions. The evidence has been there for many years, yet ownership and local media treat it like a complete surprise. The failures of this team are on Tomlin, and those that continue to employ him.

[Daniel]

No matter what Alex Highsmith is earning isn’t enough. This defense is terrible without him.

[Admin]

That opening Raiders drive was way too easy.

[DelPen]

Fields I guess is done being a starter and wants to be the backup after those last three throws.

[Daniel]

Fields I guess is done being a starter and wants to be the backup after those last three throws.

Fields hasn’t been great but how many holding penalties? I think those penalties domino into him having to do more than the offense allows.

[Daniel]

I don’t even know what to say about that stupidity. With a suspect offensive line why on earth would you call whatever that play was called.

[Daniel]

At least they have a better punter than the last few years (decade maybe?).

[DelPen]

That INT had nothing to do with the guy pancaking Fields to give us the ball back.

[DelPen]

As soon as I start ripping into he Fields he starts playing better.

[Daniel]

That INT had nothing to do with the guy pancaking Fields to give us the ball back.

No, that might have been the worse decision of the year for Fields. Lucky the NFL is so soft.

[Daniel]

As soon as I start ripping into he Fields he starts playing better.

Do it during the pregame warmups next time.

But seriously, when was the last Tomlin led Steelers team that started the game quickly? For years they tend to start in the 2nd quarter. Yes, part of that is Fields, but it’s also the team culture.

[DelPen]

At this point I think Pickens doesn’t even want to score a TD. He played that pass like a DB.

[Daniel]

Man after watching Daniel Jones I think we might have to stop complaining about Pickett and Fields and Duck Hodges for that matter. Jones doesn’t just suck but is actually a liability to the Giants.

If the Giants had Matt Canada as OC they might put the NFL back 100 years. The Steelers offense was just bad.

[pfim]

Is the bloom wearing off Fields' rose?

He is who we thought he was.

[Daniel]

Is the bloom wearing off Fields' rose?

He is who we thought he was.

I think not having a good OL and 2nd receiver doesn’t help and I think judgement on Fields should be at the end of the season really. He’s always been streaky from what I’ve read and it’s hard to see him as a QB of the future overall, but this offseason and the draft position should give us a better view. Either way, I think he does better than Wilson with the OL/WR situation.

[pfim]

I think not having a good OL and 2nd receiver doesn’t help and I think judgement on Fields should be at the end of the season really. He’s always been streaky from what I’ve read and it’s hard to see him as a QB of the future overall, but this offseason and the draft position should give us a better view. Either way, I think he does better than Wilson with the OL/WR situation.

I think streaky is not what you want your QB1 to be (or any position for that matter, but especially QB).

He's one of the best 32 QBs in the league, but he's near the bottom of the list.

He's taking sacks and fumbling at the same rates as always. INTs will eventually catch up with him.

I think the team overall, especially the defense, deserves better QB play.

I'm not sure Wilson can do it, but it's worth a shot. The back half of the schedule is brutal, I don't think he survives until the end of the season.

[Daniel]

I think not having a good OL and 2nd receiver doesn’t help and I think judgement on Fields should be at the end of the season really. He’s always been streaky from what I’ve read and it’s hard to see him as a QB of the future overall, but this offseason and the draft position should give us a better view. Either way, I think he does better than Wilson with the OL/WR situation.

I think streaky is not what you want your QB1 to be (or any position for that matter, but especially QB).

He's one of the best 32 QBs in the league, but he's near the bottom of the list.

He's taking sacks and fumbling at the same rates as always. INTs will eventually catch up with him.

I think the team overall, especially the defense, deserves better QB play.

I'm not sure Wilson can do it, but it's worth a shot. The back half of the schedule is brutal, I don't think he survives until the end of the season.

No, but a mismanaged 4th year veteran will be until he can be coached out of it. I think 2 of those fumbles were snap related and one was a sack no QB could have gotten out of. I think he's a work in progress and I think he'll get better as the OL gets better.

I wouldn't move to Wilson at all and here's why. This is Fields team and his time to make or break his career. If the Steelers end up with 10-12 wins and a 1st round win, Fields likely steps up into either a legit franchise QB or a potential franchise QB. If he's not a franchise QB (or potential) by the end of the season the chances are they lose 6-7 of the brutal second half schedule and are in line for a legit franchise QB in next years draft. Either way would be win/win for the Steelers (minus the Tomlin over .500 narrative).

[DelPen]

At some point we need to see if Russell can do anything with these WR’s, if he can’t then they absolutely need to get someone before it’s too late, really need to regardless but the degree of how good can fluctuate.

And if this ruins any confidence Fields built then he’s not the guy moving forward. He’s a professional. He knows this is business. I’m sure he’s looking at this where he showed he’s still good and if it’s not with Pittsburgh someone will pick him up because there are a lot worse starters playing now so he isn’t going to be all butt hurt by this like Pickett was.

[Daniel]

At some point we need to see if Russell can do anything with these WR’s, if he can’t then they absolutely need to get someone before it’s too late, really need to regardless but the degree of how good can fluctuate.

And if this ruins any confidence Fields built then he’s not the guy moving forward. He’s a professional. He knows this is business. I’m sure he’s looking at this where he showed he’s still good and if it’s not with Pittsburgh someone will pick him up because there are a lot worse starters playing now so he isn’t going to be all butt hurt by this like Pickett was.

I don't think it'll hurt Fields at all, but the Steelers can potentially have an unnecessary loss if Wilson plays the entire game.

[DelPen]

Fields when asked his thoughts on not starting, he said if he had been playing better there would never need to be a discussion and that’s on him. Accountability has been a very rare thing for the Steelers for a long time.

[pfim]

Fields when asked his thoughts on not starting, he said if he had been playing better there would never need to be a discussion and that’s on him. Accountability has been a very rare thing for the Steelers for a long time.

I think he's being a bit hard on himself, but at the end of the day, I think what we saw from him is his ceiling and I don't think it's really good enough.

[Daniel]

Fields when asked his thoughts on not starting, he said if he had been playing better there would never need to be a discussion and that’s on him. Accountability has been a very rare thing for the Steelers for a long time.

I think he's being a bit hard on himself, but at the end of the day, I think what we saw from him is his ceiling and I don't think it's really good enough.

Before I will agree it's his ceiling, I'd like to see a few games with an NFL caliber offensive line. Nevermind the lack of a WR2, Freiermuth can do that well enough. I don't know if he's a future franchise QB since I haven't seen him hit his potential.

[Admin]

Wilson to start but sounds like Fields will get some downs as well.