2016 Steelers offseason thread

[basketball reasons]

My biggest thing with James besides dropping the fukn ball is his body type.....he just too tall and narrow and defenders have too easy a time getting under him and pushing him backwards, especially run blocking. I think that's always gonna hold him back from being a true #1 in-line TE in our offense, even if he was more consistent catching the ball.

He's too stiff to ever be a number 1 tight end. Allen would be a perfect fit for us, he's really similar to what Heath was at that age. I just dont want to see them reach on a rookie in the draft and not have him contribute immediately. We need a good tight end to take pressure off and lessen the load of Bell coming out of the backfield. Our offense struggled when it wasn't getting the intermediate to long plays opened up down the field.

 

[smitty22]

Don't know if yall need a outside linebacker but i pray yall get my boy Darron Lee. Want him to play with Shazier

 

[3Rivers]

 

[resurrection]

I have no idea why we're meeting with Carl Nassib. Don't get me wrong, as a PSU fan I love the kid,, but he's very clearly a 4-3 rush end. He doesn't have the bulk to be a DE in our system nor the speed to be an OLB

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

New Mixtape from Le'veon Bell dropped

 

[basketball reasons]

good deals

 

[3Rivers]

Willie Gay back

 

[DonKnock]

Ramon Foster just resigned

 

[3Rivers]

Expected to sign TE Ladarius Green

Skill positions looking

AB
Bryant
Wheaton
Coates
DHB

Bell
Williams

Green
James
Spaeth

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

Expected to sign TE Ladarius Green

Skill positions looking

AB
Bryant
Wheaton
Coates
DHB

Bell
Williams

Green
James
Spaeth

Offense is stacked...get two corners in the draft and this defense will be an even bigger problem. They HAVE to resign Boykin though

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

Wanted to see who was looking at Boykin and this is what I found

As irrational as Steelers fans can be about disliking a particular player – since this is about cornerbacks, Will Gay immediately comes to mind – they showed an irrational love for Boykin, acquired in an Aug. 1 trade with the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick. There was nothing ever about Boykin that made him a bad teammate, but he just never impressed the coaching staff that he was better than the role he ended up filling.

"The Steelers didn’t believe he could be an outside cornerback in their defense, and he wasn’t as good as Will Gay in the slot when it came to the combination of coverage/tackling skills they were looking for in the middle of the field. And exacerbating the issue is that Senquez Golson – the player the Steelers had tabbed for the role of slot cornerback – will be back for 2016, and Boykin can become an unrestricted free agent on March 9."

Also it looks like he's going to sign wit the Falcons

 

[3Rivers]

Doubt it will happen but I'd like Boykin back. Can never have enough able bodies in the secondary

 

[Tommy Sheppard]

the way they did Boykin I can't even blame him for not wanting to come back.

 

[Gravity]

Wanted to see who was looking at Boykin and this is what I found

As irrational as Steelers fans can be about disliking a particular player – since this is about cornerbacks, Will Gay immediately comes to mind – they showed an irrational love for Boykin, acquired in an Aug. 1 trade with the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick. There was nothing ever about Boykin that made him a bad teammate, but he just never impressed the coaching staff that he was better than the role he ended up filling.

"The Steelers didn’t believe he could be an outside cornerback in their defense, and he wasn’t as good as Will Gay in the slot when it came to the combination of coverage/tackling skills they were looking for in the middle of the field. And exacerbating the issue is that Senquez Golson – the player the Steelers had tabbed for the role of slot cornerback – will be back for 2016, and Boykin can become an unrestricted free agent on March 9."

Also it looks like he's going to sign wit the Falcons

At some point you've got to trust the coaches tho. If they saw him on daily basis and didn't think that he was that good then why should we?

What's this about Bell having 2 acl tears tho?

 

[DonKnock]

I doubt we make a run at Weddle. Sounds like he's visiting elsewhere