Is that a season ending injury ?
Is that a season ending injury ?
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The Steelers are done, it doesn't matter.Originally Posted by JimHarbaugh'ssoakedtissue
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Yes a win against the Raiders next week puts them at 8-4-1. They should clean their lockers out.
They're not beating Oakland.
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and they have the Pats and Saints after that. Yes they should.
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If I thought that I wouldn't bother watching.
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I like to watch the Ringling Bros & Barnum & Bailey Circus.
If that is the case to much talent on this team to be average! Coaches need to go!
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Like I said we will win the division cause it sucks! We are finally enjoying Patriots benefits! Doubt we do much of it unlike them.
The Ravens have a better chance than Pittsburgh does...lol.
They are garbage! So are we, just better garbage that someone wants to go through!
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Anyhow any updates on Conner ?
nope, it's just a contusion. he may or may not play against Oakland depending on the swelling but he'll be okay...
Only positive development from last night.
Alphabet Soup looking like he might be able to get pressure against starting NFL tackles was not a bad thing either.
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Crash Dummy testing went well too!
this. between this and his preseason i might be getting more excited than i should
Olaqwerty certainly stands out. My mother is legallly blind; so, she kind of just sees blobs running around on the screen. Yet, on a few plays, she was like, “Who is THAT???”
yeah, that really sucked. what the hell did we talk about at halftime?
good news , thanks
Kenny Pickett is who I though he was .. Eagles problem now
Yep good news and might not be a bad thing to see a full game of Samuels.
ummmm, please no.
I have James Conner on my fantasy team and have been looking forward to him playing against the Raiders' horrid run defense...
Won't matter and Ben will probably be passing 50 times.
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You apparently like to fantasize.
"With love, with patience, and with Faith
....She'll make her way" ~ Natalie Merchant
Horrid run defense, huh?
That means Ben will be slinging the ball over 50 times Sunday. Give or take 2 picks out of it. It’s just what we should expect at this point.
Come on, Tomlin is still the HC so SB bound is almost a given. Right?
Hater = Realist
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I expect Samuels to be the next great dime-a-dozen-we-don't-need-Bell Running Back for the Steelers.
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The Steelers front office certainly has acted as if backs are interchangeable cogs with their approach to designing Plan B if Bell did not show this season
Bell and the Steelers front office have engaged in the old Cold War doctrine of deterrence through mutually assured destruction except in this case the missiles launched
This from Ed B. of the P-G
Steelers can blame themselves for their RB mess
Mike Tomlin said on Tuesday that halfback-by-committee is possible with Conner out. Better yet, why didn’t the Steelers pursue that way back in the spring, when they pushed all of their chips on the table that Le’Veon Bell would gladly return for another season?
The Steelers had choices back then. They could have washed their hands of Bell and let him go, or even just put the transition tag on him and either match someone else’s offer or let him leave. If he left, they would have had $14.544 million to not only sign a good veteran back to complement Conner, but use some of the money to help their defense, and maybe draft a back higher than the fifth round.
However, once they committed to Bell, they still should have prepared for what might happen if he decided to stay away. They should have gone right to work to find a better veteran back.
Even after they did not do that, they staked everything on Conner. Tomlin has a track record of running the wheels off his No. 1 back, and that did not change because that back was Conner and not Bell or Willie Parker or Rashard Mendenhall.
https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...s/201812040149
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I'm excited to see him play more. I like him and it seems like he can run with power, block and catch with decent speed. What's not to like?
C'mon Ed, did you really believe Bell was going to forfeit an ENTIRE SEASON worth of checks?However, once they committed to Bell, they still should have prepared for what might happen if he decided to stay away. They should have gone right to work to find a better veteran back.
Bell's 2018 has been a case study in how NOT to hold out for more money.
Really? That's funny, because all I've heard lately is a bunch of bitching about "Air Fichtner" abandoning the running game.Tomlin has a track record of running the wheels off his No. 1 back, and that did not change because that back was Conner and not Bell or Willie Parker or Rashard Mendenhall.
Isn't 20/20 hindsight wonderful?
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One definition of irrational behavior is someone doing something you do not expect them to do. Just because something is not probable does not mean you do not plan for it (assuming the plan is more than hope Conner has great year and does not get hurt)C'mon Ed, did you really believe Bell was going to forfeit an ENTIRE SEASON worth of checks?
Because who could have foreseen a running back missing multiple games due to an injury.
I think the Steelers planned for a Bell/Conner 1-2 punch. I don't think that was being unrealistic.
But I thought RBs were a dime-a-dozen and the position was devalued in the modern NFL?
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