2025 NFL offseason thread

[outofplace]

Gotta love Rapoport reporting that Aaron Rodgers is likely to play for the Steelers unless he retires. Given that he only had two teams pursuing him and the other one just signed two veteran quarterbacks, how exactly does this qualify as news? lol

 

[jr/shotglass]

 

[da man]

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Well, they at least know enough about quarterbacks to know when they don't have one.

A lot of teams waste a lot of time before figuring that out.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

JJ Watt is going to team with Ian Eagle to make up the No. 2 CBS NFL team.

 

[Craig Sagers Tailor]

Would the Browns trade the No. 2 pick or other assets for Dak? Then they would have two massive contracts for oft-injured QBs on the payroll.


Only sense this would make would be for a last-ditch effort for Andrew Barry to save his job. I don't know if he can survive another 5 or 6 win season. The Browns should have entered rebuild mode the minute the 2024 season ended, but they're trying to salvage another playoff appearance out of an average roster with an unstable QB situation.

 

[outofplace]

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The easy answer is this is what happens when you choose a quarterback in the first round and miss, but it is deeper than that. Tomlin refused to trust Pickett. He wanted to replace Roethlisberger with a veteran. They should have re-signed Rudolph and let him compete with Pickett for the job last year. I don't think Pickett would have been a long-term answer, but he could have been their bridge guy. Tomlin wanted a veteran and the only way to get Wilson to sign was to promise him the job. Pickett got pissed about not even being allowed to compete for his job. Remember, late in the previous season, Pickett underwent a surgical procedure to try to get his sprained ankle to recover more quickly and they never let him play again, so Pickett wasn't being entirely unreasonable.

The smart thing to do then would have been to talk Pickett down. Even if he won't listen at first, let it sit for a week. The Steelers traded him for peanuts and replaced him with Fields, another failed project. That led to a wasted year of Wilson and Fields and a quarterback cabinet that was completely bare. They could have addressed that more aggressively. They had more money and a better supporting cast than the Seahawks and Darnold took a deal with an easy out after one season. Instead, they decided to wait on Rodgers, which has been an embarrassing shirt show.

This is becoming a trend with Tomlin, becoming enamored with washed-up quarterbacks. He did it with Michael Vick, then Wilson. Now it is Rodgers. Hopefully, someone in that organization learns their lesson and they make better decisions next offseason.

 

[justgladtobehere]

Would the Browns trade the No. 2 pick or other assets for Dak? Then they would have two massive contracts for oft-injured QBs on the payroll.


Only sense this would make would be for a last-ditch effort for Andrew Barry to save his job. I don't know if he can survive another 5 or 6 win season. The Browns should have entered rebuild mode the minute the 2024 season ended, but they're trying to salvage another playoff appearance out of an average roster with an unstable QB situation.

A former sports talk host and felon speaking from his basement to an audience in the thousands.

 

[jr/shotglass]

The easy answer is this is what happens when you choose a quarterback in the first round and miss, but it is deeper than that. Tomlin refused to trust Pickett. He wanted to replace Roethlisberger with a veteran. They should have re-signed Rudolph and let him compete with Pickett for the job last year. I don't think Pickett would have been a long-term answer, but he could have been their bridge guy. Tomlin wanted a veteran and the only way to get Wilson to sign was to promise him the job. Pickett got pissed about not even being allowed to compete for his job. Remember, late in the previous season, Pickett underwent a surgical procedure to try to get his sprained ankle to recover more quickly and they never let him play again, so Pickett wasn't being entirely unreasonable.

The smart thing to do then would have been to talk Pickett down. Even if he won't listen at first, let it sit for a week. The Steelers traded him for peanuts and replaced him with Fields, another failed project. That led to a wasted year of Wilson and Fields and a quarterback cabinet that was completely bare. They could have addressed that more aggressively. They had more money and a better supporting cast than the Seahawks and Darnold took a deal with an easy out after one season. Instead, they decided to wait on Rodgers, which has been an embarrassing shirt show.

This is becoming a trend with Tomlin, becoming enamored with washed-up quarterbacks. He did it with Michael Vick, then Wilson. Now it is Rodgers. Hopefully, someone in that organization learns their lesson and they make better decisions next offseason.

I honestly believe I didn't see enough Pickett during his highly successful final season at Pitt. Because when he was handed the keys to the Steelers' car, all I could think was, what had he done to deserve this?

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

The easy answer is this is what happens when you choose a quarterback in the first round and miss, but it is deeper than that. Tomlin refused to trust Pickett. He wanted to replace Roethlisberger with a veteran. They should have re-signed Rudolph and let him compete with Pickett for the job last year. I don't think Pickett would have been a long-term answer, but he could have been their bridge guy. Tomlin wanted a veteran and the only way to get Wilson to sign was to promise him the job. Pickett got pissed about not even being allowed to compete for his job. Remember, late in the previous season, Pickett underwent a surgical procedure to try to get his sprained ankle to recover more quickly and they never let him play again, so Pickett wasn't being entirely unreasonable.

The smart thing to do then would have been to talk Pickett down. Even if he won't listen at first, let it sit for a week. The Steelers traded him for peanuts and replaced him with Fields, another failed project. That led to a wasted year of Wilson and Fields and a quarterback cabinet that was completely bare. They could have addressed that more aggressively. They had more money and a better supporting cast than the Seahawks and Darnold took a deal with an easy out after one season. Instead, they decided to wait on Rodgers, which has been an embarrassing shirt show.

This is becoming a trend with Tomlin, becoming enamored with washed-up quarterbacks. He did it with Michael Vick, then Wilson. Now it is Rodgers. Hopefully, someone in that organization learns their lesson and they make better decisions next offseason.

I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to the possibility of the "maybe the Steelers should part ways with Tomlin" discourse starting eight months earlier this year.

 

[Webster]

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JJ Watt is going to team with Ian Eagle to make up the No. 2 CBS NFL team.

I liked Davis, even if he wasn't flashy. He always had good insight. I also miss the Bird and the Beard.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

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I liked Davis, even if he wasn't flashy. He always had good insight. I also miss the Bird and the Beard.

Davis should be pretty good on CFB games. At least, I hope so.

 

[MileHigh]

Davis did a pretty good job. They need to figure out what he's going to do this season since Danielson is working one more year. But anyone who works with Ian Eagle tends to be pretty good.