Ep. 106 Steelers Successful Flight Test Over the Titans
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The Steelers pulled the cover off of the Mazerati to see if the engine would start. After a couple of sputtering attempts, it revved up with Ben Roethlisberger and the offensive starters methodically marching 58 yards down the field for the team's first touchdown, a 17 yard pass to JuJu Smith-Schuster. This feels real. Not like 8th grade with Bubba Kowalchik towered over the entire middle school at 5'6", only to stretch out to 5'8" by senior year. NO. This feels like.......destiny.
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Ep. 105 Steelers QB Horse Race
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Lesson learned: Don't watch the local broadcast of the opposing team.
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Ep. 104 Steelers Go To Washington
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Condolences to the family of Steelers wide receiver coach Darryl Drake who passed away on Sunday morning, August 11.
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Ep. 103 Steelers Emerging Players Shuffling the Deck?
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Ola Adeniyi climbs up several rungs in the pecking order during camp.
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Ep. 102 Steelers Training Camp Opens
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Training Camp Entrances
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Ep. 101 Steelers Outpost Mad As Hell About Madden
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The Madden ratings are out. You can imagine the Baby Boomer cannot understand this millennial concern.
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Ep. 100 Steelers Outpost Century Mega Episode!
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Nick is back and PButch join us we cover a lot of ground about the Stillers, and talk about some other NFL goings-on.
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Ep. 099 Steelers: Sacrificing the Terrible Towel
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Bradshaw versus Roethlisberger - although it's ridiculous to compare eras, Elliot Harrison of the NFL Network tried. He has Ben at #19 and Terry at #17.
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Ep. 098 Steelers Outpost at the Beach, ft. PButch
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We get a Jets fan's perspective on Le'Veon arrival in NY. Can the Jets ake full advantage of Le'Veon's capabilities?
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Ep. 097 Steelers Nation: Standing Up to a Ravens Fan
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We talk about Le’Veon continuing, puzzling lack of judgement, this time unrelated to football.
info_outlineSteelers to Trade Up for QB
You heard it here first, the Steelers will give up its first-round choices this year and next to procure the services of Wyoming's vaunted Josh Allen.
Seriously?
We are in the doldrums of the NFL year where the vacuum attracts lunatics, liars and soothsayers. There's no cost to tossing an unsupportable guess and a lot to be gained in the remote chance that things work out.
The only thing we know is that inside linebacker is the #1 priority. Draft, trade, pick up a free agent, but although Ryan Shazier is determined to come back, it won't be in 2018. We need to fill that massive hole he left behind.
Steelers Giving Raw Deal to Le'Veon
Mike Tanier of Bleacher Report recently posted an article: "Le'Veon Bell Is Getting a Raw Deal, from the Steelers and the System", saying "Le'Veon Bell is about to get screwed again, both by the Steelers and the system."
Wrong and wrong.
Tanier argues that the Steelers "work Bell like a rented wood chipper" and that overuse will age him quickly meaning his window for the big payday is closing quickly. Bell "has still never had the chance to freely negotiate the terms of his employment. And Bell may never hit the open marketplace until he has used up nearly all of his market value."
That may be so, but draftology is the NFL's equivalent of a chess match. The rules were agreed to by the NFL owners and the NFLPA. The only big bets are placed on those who produce and can do so reliably for years. That means QBs.
There may be a war on the horizon after 2021, but until then the players agreed to this deal. This is on the union.
NFL Combine
We come out of the doldrums when the combine begins on Tuesday, Feb. 27, running through Monday, March 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium. The physical stuff begins March 2.
We'll be paying particular attention to the Steeler's greatest areas of need: ILB and safety. But we've seen this movie before. We half expect to be surprised. Stay tuned!