Originally Posted by teegre
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Otherwise... Steelers fans will be trapped in a glass case of emotion.
I agree, the homeless Ron Burgandy beard was nasty, but if you look in the pic with Franco, it appears that he groomed it somewhat. Wonder if he is starting to throw yet, as supposedly he wasn't gonna cut it until he was throwing?
Either way, glad he cleaned it up as it was looking very Appalacian hillbilly style.
I think he might be waiting to “shear da beard” along with Keisel.
like this post and agree, the Steelers were caught flat footed this season when Ben went down, Rudolph was probably expected to possibly fill in for a game or two, nothing more. They’ll be better prepared next season with a more experienced Rudolph and a vet backup or maybe better especially if Ben can’t go. And I think they’ll know how good he can throw well before the regular season starts. With a RB another OLineman, we are set with this defense.
This is interesting retrospective. AB and Bell were in the Super Bowl last season, and AB on the winning Bucs squad. At least the poster stayed true to his word.
I liked zulater.
I wish he would post here again.
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yes Zu and a few others. But I sure can understand why they have stopped posting.
Me too! Sadly much of this board’s attitude is, “We suck when we’re good, and really suck when we’re bad”.
For the good insightful posters, (me not one of them), it makes it tough to even bother. I read an article where it was written, “Steelers fans act like they are entitled”. Think about that. It’s hard for me to come around, and I’m just hear for comic relief. But it’s funny how the doom sayers come out of the woodwork when the Steelers aren’t good.
I miss Zu, but he would not be standing for any of the Ben is playing bad conversation!
I think a lot of Steeler fans do act like they are entitled to winning football, AFC North titles and Super Bowl appearances. I think the Steelers are the 2nd most winning team in the NFL in the last 25 years or something like that, so an entire generation of fans is used to being near the top of the league. Lots havent played the game either and it can be easy to forget "the opposing teams are really playing hard too", when you have never had to battle an opposing football player yourself for 60 minutes at any level.
Please keep coming around, even for comic relief, but drop some knowledge here when you can too. I enjoy just filtering thru the noise of this board, whether its extreme fandom and homers, or the sky is falling negativity. I enjoy your contribution to the board.
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Most definitely he would not. He is probably somewhere wearing his Steelers pajamas, with a #7 jersey on and in the fetal position refusing to hear any of that talk and still thinks Ben has another good 10 years left in him.
I think he was the one that wanted to trade Ben for Mark Sanchez.
the attitude of one of the mods here is why I have mostly stopped posting.
and it's not fansince1976, he's awesome.
Seems like a straw man. Aren't there frontrunners like last year at 11-0?
Those of us who are most hated want a return to more balanced offense basically; rather than Ben throwing 50 times every big game as a game plan (especially now).
Steelers haven't had a losing season since 2003- "suck" is too strong a word.
Late season collapses are the norm with the 3 playoff wins since 2011 being over Matt Moore, AJ McCarron and Alex Smith.
Not everyone is cut out to be a cheerleader.
Amazing….Thanks! Out!
me personally ( not that anyone gives a shit ) I struggle to post because of my lack of faith in the NFL in general and the direction said league has lined itself up with ...
its against my general rule of thumb , I have a difficult time helping to fund something that champions damn near everything I am not.......
I used to watch every televised game , every possible hour or pre and post game but no more ...... I turn on the TV 5 mins before the Steelers play and some weeks ( such as last ) when they throw the ball on 4th and 10 to basically the LOS and fail to convert in the last few mins of the game I just turn it off and go on with my life disgusted in how this team curently operates
Kenny Pickett is who I though he was .. Eagles problem now
Is this why Zu isn’t around anymore?
Formerly known as Fire Goodell
look through this thread there are many that are no longer here
Kenny Pickett is who I though he was .. Eagles problem now
I was looking through. That’s why I asked. He has a particular “reason” here…lol
he last posted 2-23-23 a few posts this year after a several year span of none ... I didnt realize he had returned and left again in the same day ...
I've known him (on the internet) since around 1995-96 as he posted on steelers dot com with a bunch of us and moved to my old board from there and then to hear ... he is posting somewhere just dunno where he enjoys it to much not to be
Kenny Pickett is who I though he was .. Eagles problem now
Ahhh. Didn’t realize he posted so recently…
I believe that zulater would have had a chance to be right if Ben would have been healthy and still be good in the 2019 season
I believe the steelers would have had at least 10-11 wins with good QB play, good for the 5th seed and a playoff win would have been possible in Houston...The 2019 team probably had their best defense since at least 2010 and the steelers were 8-5 at one point despite a terrible offense....Of course at the end the offense was at an even worse level and overall it was the worst steelers offense since at least 1998 but if Ben would have been healthy and still decent, a playoff win in Houston would have been possible
We should keep this thread open for the next 18 years as the Kenny Pickett window.
Randy Fichtner was the OC, Ben had been declining in his skills and abilities(Father Time was catching up), the Steelers were rebuilding on Offense with guys like James Washington, James Conner, Dionte Johnson, while plugging holes on defense with older veterans like Mark Barron, Joe Haden, Tyson Alualu.
Even 2007 Ben Roethlisberger doesnt lead that team to anything better than a Wildcard playoff win. But if you put your Black and Gold glasses on, you might believe that Ben could win 2 Lombardi's in that same season.
The rebuild had to happen and at least the Steelers are looking forward now with potential to open the window more each season, rather than watching it close each season.
I said just a playoff win...not a super bowl...in 2019 the steelers were 8-5 at one point and it's not so crazy to think they would have had a chance with competent QB play to win against the bills, jets, which would have been good for the 5th seed and then they would have been in Houston for the first playoff game...Below average team win a playoff game almost every year in the NFL....I mean , if the 2022 giants can win a playoff game, the 2019 steelers with their best defense since 2010 would have had a shot in 2019 with competent QB play.... Not a guarantee of course, which I never said but at least a possibility
I hear ya.
I think Zulater and the whole "window" was more of a window of opportunity to win another championship. Finishing above .500, getting into the playoffs and picking around 20th in the draft seems to have been the standard for the past decade.
I was mostly responding to what zulater was saying to what 86ward had quoted in post 137 of this page
good thinking
Yeah, I did not want to accept that father time had caught up with Ben as well. Being a lifelong Steeler fan and, seeing all the QB's between Terry & Ben it was tough to see the end for Big Ben. After watching Kenny and, I think we have found our next QB at least I hope so. The future is bright!
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