SdBacker80 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Just now, The Gipper said: Perhaps. I would have said Dupree was more valuable. Think about it.....it was after Dupree went down that the Steelers went into the tank. Okay but Dupree had nothing to do with the Steelers being one dimensional on offense and Ben showing his age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 29 minutes ago, SdBacker80 said: Okay but Dupree had nothing to do with the Steelers being one dimensional on offense and Ben showing his age. True, but, at the same time that was happening, their defense also started faltering. So what came first, the chicken or the egg. I think the following shows that when Dupree was in, the defense did much better. 1 Mon, Sep 14 @New York W26-16 1-0 Roethlisberger 229 Snell Jr. 113 Smith-Schuster 69 2 Sun, Sep 20 vsDenver W26-21 2-0 Roethlisberger 311 Conner 106 Johnson 92 3 Sun, Sep 27 vsHouston W28-21 3-0 Roethlisberger 237 Conner 109 Ebron 52 5 Sun, Oct 11 vsPhiladelphia W38-29 4-0 Roethlisberger 239 McCloud 63 Claypool 110 6 Sun, Oct 18 vsCleveland W38-7 5-0 Roethlisberger 162 Conner 101 Claypool 74 7 Sun, Oct 25 @Tennessee W27-24 6-0 Roethlisberger 268 Conner 82 Smith-Schuster 85 8 Sun, Nov 1 @Baltimore W28-24 7-0 Roethlisberger 182 Conner 47 Smith-Schuster 67 9 Sun, Nov 8 @Dallas W24-19 8-0 Roethlisberger 306 Conner 22 Smith-Schuster 93 10 Sun, Nov 15 vsCincinnati W36-10 9-0 Roethlisberger 333 Conner 36 Johnson 116 11 Sun, Nov 22 @Jacksonville W27-3 10-0 Roethlisberger 267 Conner 89 Johnson 111 12 Wed, Dec 2 vsBaltimore W19-14 11-0 Roethlisberger 266 Snell Jr. 60 Ebron 54 13 Mon, Dec 7 vsWashington L23-17 11-1 Roethlisberger 305 McFarland Jr. 15 Washington 80 14 Sun, Dec 13 @Buffalo L26-15 11-2 Roethlisberger 187 Conner 18 Smith-Schuster 55 15 Mon, Dec 21 @Cincinnati L27-17 11-3 Roethlisberger 170 Snell Jr. 84 Johnson 59 16 Sun, Dec 27 vsIndianapolis W28-24 12-3 Roethlisberger 341 Conner 21 Smith-Schuster 96 17 Sun, Jan 3 @Cleveland L24-22 12-4 Rudolph 315 Conner 37 Claypool 101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Bottom line: if the Squibs have to lose both Dupree and Alualu, as is speculated, its all good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erie Dawg Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 Looks like a ton of close games that easily could of made them a 8-8 team this year. They got figured out at the end of the year and teams to advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 The Steelers using the Franchise Tag on one of their FAs?? Can they even afford to do so? https://sports.yahoo.com/steeler-most-likely-slapped-franchise-010555566.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tour2ma Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 PTG is drawing a lot of off-season attention... Ben restructure ultimatum... https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/pittsburgh_steelers_president_gives_ben_roethlisberger_contract_ultimatum/s1_12680_34212401 Connor on his way out... https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/03/02/james-conner-unlikely-to-remain-in-pittsburgh/ JuJu imitating Higgins' "I want to stay" FA negotiating... https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/juju_smith_schuster_wants_to_stay_with_steelers/s1_14819_34190984 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBrown Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 New contract for Big Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickers Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 49 minutes ago, LondonBrown said: New contract for Big Ben Fuck Pig Ben... He's washed up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 3 hours ago, LondonBrown said: New contract for Big Ben https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31003873/ben-roethlisberger-signs-pittsburgh-steelers-2021-season This was necessary for them to deal with their cap situation. I am not sure that even with this and with Pouncey's retirement that they are at a break even point, much less being able to resign the likes of Dupree and Shuster. Will have to try to find something that explains it vis a vis the cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Oven Posted March 6, 2021 Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 Rothlisberger' restructured deal saves the Steelers something like $15 mill on their cap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tour2ma Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 Also not going to pursue resigning: Conner JuJu Dupree 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagitron Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 On 3/9/2021 at 10:36 PM, Tour2ma said: Also not going to pursue resigning: Conner JuJu Dupree They were never going to be able to pay Dupree. I think juju will get signed and I don’t think anyone in Pittsburgh expects or expected Connor to be retained with his injury history. Gotta keep one of Hilton or Sutton as well. My guess would be Sutton even tho Hilton is a beast. (He can’t play outside) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 18 minutes ago, Vagitron said: They were never going to be able to pay Dupree. I think juju will get signed and I don’t think anyone in Pittsburgh expects or expected Connor to be retained with his injury history. Gotta keep one of Hilton or Sutton as well. My guess would be Sutton even tho Hilton is a beast. (He can’t play outside) Probably losing Alualu as well, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Another Pittsburgh Cap Casualty: Steven Nelson DB: Michael David Smith Steven Nelson got his wish. Just moments after Nelson tweeted that he wanted the Steelers to stop holding him hostage, Nelson was released. The Steelers will clear $8.25 million off their salary cap by cutting Nelson, and it was unlikely any team wanted to trade for his contract, so his release is no surprise. Last year Nelson started 15 games at cornerback for the Steelers, and he’s likely to have multiple suitors in free agency, as there aren’t a lot of starting-caliber cornerbacks available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tour2ma Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 3/13/2021 at 10:25 PM, Vagitron said: I think juju will get signed... ... and took less to do so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagitron Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 On 3/24/2021 at 1:29 AM, Tour2ma said: ... and took less to do so. And alualu is back. Made my day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Oven Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 58 minutes ago, Vagitron said: And alualu is back. Made my day. That was an interesting twist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagitron Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 17 hours ago, Dutch Oven said: That was an interesting twist... Yea. He had a covid positive test and didn't fly to Florida. Dunbar our line coach convinced him in that time to come back AND he took less money. Dupree was never coming back because of his market driven price so excluding him alualu was far and away our biggest fa loss and was completely unexpected. Getting him back is enormous and opens the draft up more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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