A Continuous Journey: 2024 NFL Offseason Thread

The Steelers haven't had a losing season since 1872 (approx). I think we can trust them to piece together a playoff contender for next season and figure out the 2025 QB issue when 2025 is here. Would rather be them than the Saints, at the least.

 

Who wrote that the Falcons have a future quarterback and the Steelers don't?

I guess you could argue that because Wilson is only signed ofr one season.

 

They had Pickett before they signed Wilson for the league minimum. They replaced their first-round pick who they said was the future of the franchise just a year ago with a 35-year-old on a one-year deal. Of course that is a win-now move.

 

It was 2003.

That is how they got a high enough pick to take Roethlisberger. Also, Dan Rooney was still running the show back then. He was the constant from the time they hired Chuck Noll until the early 2000s. They haven't won a playoff game since he died in 2017.

If they can find a center and a receiver or two and if Wilson stays healthy, they should at least contend for the playoffs, but there is some serious dysfunction in that franchise lately. I hope Omar Khan is fixing it rather than adding to it, but we shall see.

 

Johnson quit on plays, but I don't remember him asking to go. Those two are not equivalent situations.

 

Pickett showed progress later in his rookie year. It would have been idiotic to bail on him after that. He regressed in 2023, but it still makes little sense. They didn't have to just run it back with him. They could have had him sit behind Wilson for a year, then figure out 2025 with his as an option.

 

I sort of like how they're just treading water. As noted following the Pickett trade, the '22 rookie class is already a complete bust (and Lawrence is the only thing saving the '21 class, and the jury is still out on how good he can really be). Tanking or undergoing at least a semi-teardown isn't any more likely to get you the 15-year QB everyone covets. There's an easier path to contention this way than by punting a couple years and hoping you find the right guy that way. I'd rather hope Russ has a Harbaugh-/Testaverde-esque resurgence this year or next (I don't think he will, but youneverknow) and hope I can get lucky in the middle or late rounds or maybe get a post-hype guy like Fields in '26.

 

Or maybe get a post-hype guy like Fields right now! For a sixth or maybe a fourth. Great move by the Steelers and way to fuck this up, Bears. Caleb Williams should absolutely pull am Eli Manning.

 

Come mierda.

 

This thread at 40 pages in the next couple of hours?

 

It would have been nice if GMs and coaches knew as little about football as the talking heads in the media (and plenty of fans), but they appear to have actually paid attention to the games. Fields was never as good as he was made out to be, and the rest of the NFL knew it. Of course, the same Yahoos pushing the Fields-can-be-a-star narrative will be all over Poles for the return. But his track record the past two offseasons has been pretty damn good.

Speaking of which, exactly what QB-needy team has a better supporting cast than the Bears right now? Williams going to force his way to his hometown franchise, the Commanders, who even their fans will admit have a dreadful roster? Maybe the Patriots and all their offensive firepower? How about the Broncos and whoever plays offense for them? Or maybe the Raiders? Can't forget Eli's Alma mater, the Giants. Another team full of weapons that hasn't fucked everything up for the past decade and did wonders with their last quarterback.

 

Paying one player league minimum is never a sign of a win now philosophy. It can't be simpler than that.