...and it is likely only me. I get why many are frustrated with the offensive line, the playcalling, or whatever. But the self-inflicted dumb from the FO the past several months because they refuse to be honest with themselves about expectations for the 2021 season makes me confused and frustrated.
1. Witherspoon was a moronic trade. As evidenced by last night and the entire season where he can't see the field -- he is awful. This was a total waste of a draft resource on a player that should be cut. And likely would have been by the Seahawks.
2. BJ Finney should have been cut after training camp. I get why he was signed. Prior to the draft it was critical to have credible OL on the roster. But he has now been passed by Hassenhauer and Haeg. That means he SHOULD have been passed by that Coward kid that was cut and picked up by the Jags. If Finney wasn't able to see the field last night...then he isn't a useful NFL player any longer. His roster spot should be given to an unproven player who COULD be a useful NFL player. Keeping Finney around is the kind of move a team that thinks they are in contention and is afraid of trusting young/raw/inexperienced guys in tight spots makes. But the 2021 Steelers should be using those roster spots for developing towards 2022 and beyond. If Finney couldn't get snaps last night...he isn't getting any. He serves no purpose on this team now or in the future. He should be on the street and a player with room to develop with the team should be on the roster in his place.
3. Haeg. See above. It made sense pre-draft. But what purpose does it serve now? Haeg is not good. Couldn't someone with room to develop and grow as a player soak up the "not good lineman" snaps that Haeg is taking up? Also, watch, they are going to dink around with Haeg and lose out on a Mike Hilton comp pick. This is just bad front officing. Again...it is the kind of thing you do if you think you need "steady" to come off the bench and play a quarter and half in the AFC Divisional round or something. But...c'mon -- that isn't this team.
4. Why any of the reserve RBs are still on the roster is beyond me. There are so many players that have had success at the NCAA level that didn't get a look in the NFL. Sign like four of them and see if you can catch lightening in a bottle.
There are a few others...but these stick out. They are making moves like they shouldn't be in a massive player development cycle. But that is where they are. Their insistence on sticking with below average veteran players for the sake of continuity drives me up a wall.