Joe Starkey: Despite massive losses, Kevin Colbert has Steelers in good position

[fansince'76]

I understand that you're disappointed in that loss, but the offense put up 42 points on the best defense in football. They had 9 Pro Bowlers, but how many were on the defensive side of the ball? Plus, Shazier went down for the season and possibly his career a couple weeks earlier. That was a huge hit. A hit that they have been feeling since December 4, 2017.

Which was also exacerbated by insisting on continuing to run a defensive scheme that was figured out well over a decade ago that even scrub QBs torch on a routine basis at this point.

Tackle the catch!

[tube517]

High Powered offenses usually make headlines but rarely ever win a championship. The Killer B's / Young Money crew had a lot in common with the Chargers of the 2000's era. Sure they had a lot of shiny toys and lit up the scoreboard, but 0 championships and were usually one and done in the playoffs.

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[El-Gonzo Jackson]

Looking at that article about projected starters, the biggest areas of concern that I have are TE and Safety on the Steelers.

Lets just for a second say that Vance McDonald potentially misses a couple games due to injury, or either Edmunds or Davis struggles at the safety spot. Not a lot of great options at the present time.

[st33lersguy]

Looking at that article about projected starters, the biggest areas of concern that I have are TE and Safety on the Steelers.

Lets just for a second say that Vance McDonald potentially misses a couple games due to injury, or either Edmunds or Davis struggles at the safety spot. Not a lot of great options at the present time.

OLB is piss poor as well outside of TJ Watt (unless of course you are part of the Bud Dupree circle jerk)

[polamalubeast]

[polamalubeast]

Bell is not a loss since he was not with us for the 2018 season and our running backs could be very solid if they are well used.I'm not worried about that.

For Brown, our receivers are young and they have a lot of potential, but they need to prove that on the field, since JuJu can not do everything alone .... If Washington and other WR behind Juju have a good season, the steelers will be fine in offense, but that's the key.

[Born2Steel]

Bell is not a loss since he was not with us for the 2018 season and our running backs could be very solid if they are well used.I'm not worried about that.

For Brown, our receivers are young and they have a lot of potential, but they need to prove that on the field, since JuJu can not do everything alone .... If Washington and other WR behind Juju have a good season, the steelers will be fine in offense, but that's the key.

I think Johnson and Washington will be competing for that outside WR spot. A rookie or 2nd year guy is not going to bring what we lost with AB leaving. Moncrief is no AB but he will better fill that role this season. The question is who’s the depth behind Moncrief? Can Eli or Switzer be reliable outside? I don’t rule out Tevin Jones yet. He had a great pre season last year. There are still some questions and concerns at WR starting out.

I agree the RB stable looks solid today with Conner, Snell, Samuels, and Nix.

[El-Gonzo Jackson]

I think Johnson and Washington will be competing for that outside WR spot. A rookie or 2nd year guy is not going to bring what we lost with AB leaving. Moncrief is no AB but he will better fill that role this season. The question is who’s the depth behind Moncrief? Can Eli or Switzer be reliable outside? I don’t rule out Tevin Jones yet. He had a great pre season last year. There are still some questions and concerns at WR starting out.
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Agree, nobody is going to replace AB individually but all the Steelers need is a group of WR's that can get open and catch the ball. Ben will have to go thru his progressions more than just lock in on AB or JuJu, IMO.

The locks at WR are JuJu, Moncrief, Washington, Johnson. The last 2 WR spots are likely out of Rogers, Switzer, Spencer, Jones, Griffey. I think Switzer makes it and the next question IMO is if the route running of Rogers trumps the speed of Spencer for that #6wr spot. But that really leaves no decent WR with special teams gunner ability.

[86WARD]

Agree, nobody is going to replace AB individually but all the Steelers need is a group

You’re right. Seems like Dionte is taking on the “skipping practice role”. Chickillo is taking over the dopey “social media role”. Devon Bush is handling the “speeding ticket role”. It’s gonna take a full team effort...but it’s really nice to see the young guys stepping up.

[tube517]

You’re right. Seems like Dionte is taking on the “skipping practice role”. Chickillo is taking over the dopey “social media role”. Devon Bush is handling the “speeding ticket role”. It’s gonna take a full team effort...but it’s really nice to see the young guys stepping up.

What's next? Benny Snell dyeing his hair blonde? oh wait...

[pczach]

You’re right. Seems like Dionte is taking on the “skipping practice role”. Chickillo is taking over the dopey “social media role”. Devon Bush is handling the “speeding ticket role”. It’s gonna take a full team effort...but it’s really nice to see the young guys stepping up.

…...but who takes over the "dope smoking role"?

[El-Gonzo Jackson]

What's next? Benny Snell dyeing his hair blonde? oh wait...

Who is gonna wear a badly dyed mustache??

[86WARD]

Who is gonna wear a badly dyed mustache??

I think Ben should grow and dye a mustache for comedic sake...

[86WARD]

…...but who takes over the "dope smoking role"?

Dupree or Artie...it’s all in the name...

[Fire Goodell]

Dupree or Artie...it’s all in the name...