Legendarily Bad Steelers team (Goats vs. Eagles)

[polamalubeast]

The Eagles game reminds me of two things:

1. Tomlin was linked heavily to Jalen Hurts (during that draft). The Steelers drafted Chase Claypool instead.

2. AJ Brown all but begged to be a Steeler. Alas, we traded up for The Car Killer and by the time our next pick came around, Brown was long gone.

I don't think Hurts would be good in the Matt Canada offense

[Mojouw]

The Eagles game reminds me of two things:

1. Tomlin was linked heavily to Jalen Hurts (during that draft). The Steelers drafted Chase Claypool instead.

2. AJ Brown all but begged to be a Steeler. Alas, we traded up for The Car Killer and by the time our next pick came around, Brown was long gone.

I remember well how much people here disliked (bordered hated) Hurts ..... but here we are

Be interesting to see how those types of picks are navigated on a rebuilding team instead of a team that is targeting specific roster holes to band-aid a borderline playoff contender.

I'm sure I was one. And I suspect he does not have this success almost anywhere else. Hurts is lucky the Eagles drafted him. Few organizations would have totally adapted their entire philosophy to help a guy develop. And the Eagles were even mostly "out" on Hurts until this season's run of success. But one more playoff stomping and I suspect they still bail out on him.

[86WARD]

I remember well how much people here disliked (bordered hated) Hurts ..... but here we are

I was one that didn’t like Hurts. Even at what he is now, he wouldn’t be a 1/3 of that player had he landed with the Steelers.

[teegre]

I remember well how much people here disliked (bordered hated) Hurts ..... but here we are

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Be interesting to see how those types of picks are navigated on a rebuilding team instead of a team that is targeting specific roster holes to band-aid a borderline playoff contender.

I'm sure I was one. And I suspect he does not have this success almost anywhere else. Hurts is lucky the Eagles drafted him. Few organizations would have totally adapted their entire philosophy to help a guy develop. And the Eagles were even mostly "out" on Hurts until this season's run of success. But one more playoff stomping and I suspect they still bail out on him.

It is much like Josh Allen: a good QB coach turned him from a dud into a stud.

[Rotorhead]

I was one that didn’t like Hurts. Even at what he is now, he wouldn’t be a 1/3 of that player had he landed with the Steelers.

Hell, if you molded the top 5 QBs of all time into one, they would fail with this offense!

[Mojouw]

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It is much like Josh Allen: a good QB coach turned him from a dud into a stud.

No doubt. Coaching has been super important. Hurts has also worked hard. But the Eagles, from top to bottom, have shifted their entire roster construction to helping Hurts be successful.

They didn't just get AJ Brown because AJ Brown is awesome. That certainly didn't harm anything. But Hurts was seriously struggling to complete passes over the middle (sound familiar?) and the rest of the Eagles offense got bogged down as a result. There was a point where they couldn't run the ball out of Hurts scampers. So....what do they do? They go get one of, if not the single, burliest ball winning physical over the middle WR in the entire league. Then they re-jigger their offense to feature Brown running routes ON THE MOVE over the middle and what do you know? Hurts is now dicing teams up over the middle of the field.

Obviously, it isn't that simple. I realize that Hurts did several other things to improve his game and the Eagles made a variety of other tweaks/improvements besides just getting AJ Brown.

I just wanted to highlight that when you have a good plan and a coherent overall system....this crap all gets easier. In contrast....the Steelers are just trying to do this all on legendary mode.