Huge laughs. I'm not excited about Ben playing next year. I don't need to see advanced metrics or pour over volumes of stats to know that what I saw the last six games stunk on ice. An adequate running game will help, but their failures were more than just what the offense was doing. We saw a cross section of what life will be like without DuPree opposite of Watt. I think Alex Highsmith will be a solid pro, but he's not a one for one replacement of Bud. He's small and I don't think he'll hold up to the grind of the NFL. Basically, I don't think their defense is anything special after they lose their FA's which means Ben and the offensive unit will have to win track meets against a loaded schedule and I don't see that ending well.
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Huge laughs. I'm not excited about Ben playing next year. I don't need to see advanced metrics or pour over volumes of stats to know that what I saw the last six games stunk on ice. An adequate running game will help, but their failures were more than just what the offense was doing. We saw a cross section of what life will be like without DuPree opposite of Watt. I think Alex Highsmith will be a solid pro, but he's not a one for one replacement of Bud. He's small and I don't think he'll hold up to the grind of the NFL. Basically, I don't think their defense is anything special after they lose their FA's which means Ben and the offensive unit will have to win track meets against a loaded schedule and I don't see that ending well.
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I mean, it is an extremely stretched comparison obviously. But I have said the same with both Jones and Trask.
Teams are looking at the wrong skills to prioritize and are going to be shocked when one, if not both of these guys, end up among the top tier quarterbacks.
Trask would be in the exact same talk as Jones if he had not had a bad bowl game when half his team sat out and skipped the senior bowl.
Teams are looking at the wrong skills to prioritize and are going to be shocked when one, if not both of these guys, end up among the top tier quarterbacks.
Trask would be in the exact same talk as Jones if he had not had a bad bowl game when half his team sat out and skipped the senior bowl.
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I'm pretty high on Trask. If the Steelers took him in the first, I'd be pretty happy with it
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Still a lot to figure out. DeShaun Watson getting traded would potentially drop out a team, and teams that need a QB could draft him in the first (New England and Chicago are teams I'd look out for in the first). My worry would be Atlanta. I can't see them passing up on him if he's there in the 2nd unless they go QB in the first but all the rumor seem to be them trying to trade down so that doesn't seem likely. I think it'd be better value and safer for the Steelers to just take him in the first then maybe move up a bit in the second to grab a LT
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I’ve seen way more about Atlanta moving up to draft Wilson then I have seen about them moving down
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It is but I'm also just not big on this kind of branding.
The attempt for football players (and baseball players) to basketball-ize themselves is sad and won't work.
The tip top basketball players get recruited to these teams because there are max contracts which are below their actual on-court value. Not so with the NFL.
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Hah. Either way it is kind of silly.
It only makes sense when an athlete is big enough with off the field endorsements to take a huge pay cut. Which maybe is what JJ is at.
Like the players trying to recruit Watson and Wilson as though their teams wont have to gut their rosters to get them.
Tyler Glasnow was part of the contingent recruiting Chris Archer to the Pirates on social media and then was traded for Chris Archer lol. Oh wait I actually need to cry about that one.
The artificial max salary in basketball does create a sort of reality show/soap opera for the top 20-25 players but that just isn't the case in the other sports. In the NHL we have the 20% max but only maybe McDavid and Mackinnon are worth that.
Pittsburgh West obviously needs a Watt brother. Maybe they want Derek too?
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They talked about that on NFL Radio a few days and they all seemed to agree it’s most likely a feint to bait trade offers
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That's a lot of money for Watt. No chance we would have been able to afford him.
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I really don’t see a need to draft defense in the first two days
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I see tons of mocks having us draft a LB early. Even in the 1st. Unless Bush isn't recovered, or they think we're dumping Williams for cap reasons ... I don't get it.
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Even if they cut Williams, they could just re-sign Williamson. I think a lot of them are operating under the assumption that losing Dupree creates a huge hole. I guess they didn't notice how well Highsmith performed after he went down
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