Ioane was BPA in my draft so it wasnt a need fill. DeCastro and Pouncey would disagree with your assessment of 1st round OL importance. His tape is great and he would solve a lot of problems and would be sweet leading Warren. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMUfEgcRP9U 2008 IOL might have been the ...

Rutledge seems fine at this point. I might change opinion after the combine, but they’ll be as many guys getting bumped up as bumped down.
1) BPA
2) Probably CB the way things loom like they will break
3) IOL/LB/S
Further: BPA BPA BPA

Yeah, other than the claypool trade our recent trade history has been pretty poor. Dotson for beans. Pickens for a future midrounder. Minkah for ramsey + jonnu looking like we lost as well. Sure could use a good OG, WR, and S right now.

I would not continue to pay Queen his money for being a Meh ILB. This is his last year of contract. $17 million a year at ILB needs to be an impact player. Splash plays, etc. Not happening. $17.19 salary, $3.86 dead if they cut = $13.33 million in savings Replace with a draft pick and FA So you're ...

I'm going to wonder about this one. How many of the younger, more promising candidates interviewed didn't like what they were hearing about their roles from management? The "current state of the roster" was an early question, supposedly, which I assume meant they felt like they were contender-adjac...

Maybe he told the Steelers no thanks I'm going to wonder about this one. How many of the younger, more promising candidates interviewed didn't like what they were hearing about their roles from management? The "current state of the roster" was an early question, supposedly, which I assume meant the...

A few cuts, a few restructure/extensions, and we are over $100M going into FA.

I thought this was pretty nice, maybe already posted. Bye queen/jonnu/how much are we paying Malik to be a bad backup?

Signed wandale (+ devin lloyd travis etienne) and 1st for Kayden McDonald (+ mmalik muhammad, bisontis, skyler bell)

https://sticktothemodel.com/teams/be-a-gm

IMHO, they will draft Lee Hunter if they think they are done with Benson. They are the same type of player. Hunter does not have the sand in his pants to play NT but will be a good 3 tech. for context, Keeanu is the same age as Banks and just a year older than Hunter. Hunter had 2.5 sacks vs. colle...

Two names for McCarthy’s OC position to watch are New Orleans Saints quarterbacks coach Scott Tolzien and Minnesota Vikings tight ends coach Brian Angelichio. Tolzien is out. Which this hiring season has been an indicator that the final decision will be announced (or leaked) within hours. As i woul...

This is entirely false He is absolutely correct From Tomlin’s initial hire through Haley and Dick Butler, his coordinators were chosen by the FO Lebeau to Butler Arians to Haley not until those coordinators were gone, was Tomlin given authority to choose his guys Which we know, sucked i don’t know ...

Getting a good young qb with the first overall pick is the obvious draw for a young offensive mind right and likely allowed to have a clean slate that allows them to fully build their vision that is certainly riskier but maybe more appealing 1st overall pick, $100M cap space, solid D and some good ...

I think it’s just money. Cards and raiders offering ~2X what steelers were willing to pay.

I’m rooting for seahawks and don’t have to think about it.

We do run a base 4-2-5, assuming by ‘base’ you mean plurality of snaps

The next OC, Scott Tolzien? Has Dallas and GB ties, too, with MCarthy coincidentally :roll: https://steelersdepot.com/2026/01/fowler-steelers-to-interview-scott-tolzien-for-offensive-coordinator-role/ Tolzien actually seems like a good, qualified candidate so the cynic in me kind of expects that to...

https://steelersdepot.com/2026/01/report-steelers-hiring-adam-henry-as-new-receivers-coach/ Adam Henry named WR coach Most recently with the Bills (yikes) but yes has worked with McCarthy in Dallas Weird to me to hire a WR coach with no offensive coordinator. I guess the intent is OC will be a fake...

Just need to temper expectations. When was the last time the steelers hired a coach that was in high demand around the league? My memory gets a bit foggy prior to the past 30 years, but far as i’m aware the answer is ‘never’. So real question is what flavor of undesirable guys do we want, young guys...

Udinski, i would bring him in for OC with McCarthy as HC manager Bills are prob gonna snatch him Jaguars OC Grant Udinski withdrew his name from consideration for the Browns’ head-coaching vacancy. Udinski becomes the third coach to remove his name from consideration for the Browns job, joining Mik...

We all know the Steelers LOVE sprinting to the podium during the early rounds of the draft rather than take the allotted time and entertain possible trades. Was rushing to hire McCarthy when he had zero other offers equivalent to this common Steelers practice which I can only imagine is done to mak...

Dan Smith--BYU wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 26, 2026 12:30 am

"Seems like a good t8me to point out you guys are fans of a franchise that graded up to take Broderick Jones with Jaxon Smith Njigba on the board"

Was that Khan's idea or Tomlin's?

looking back, i had njigba 8th on my board, right behind devon witherspoon. Nuts that seattle got both.

One of the biggest mistakes that pro sports franchises make is not understanding where they are on the success cycle. This is the Steelers. They believe that they are championship contenders. Its totally delusional. Thus, they make moves like bringing in DK and Rodgers, patch up holes on the D with...

I suspect that the main factor in having top up-and-coming young coaches is a willingness to pay to have top young up-and-coming coaches.

I don’t think McCarthy helps address that. Although if i’m wrong on this, he could prove it.

The others we interviewed were worse. Reminds me of the arthur smith hire.

Steeldrama wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 24, 2026 3:42 pm

As far as corner, I would argue we're okay there with Pierre, Samuel, and even Echols as the 3rd paired with JPJ

I’d argue differently

pierre and samuel are free agents.

RE: Highsmith...he missed 6 games due to injury, which I know is an issue as well, so his 9.5 sacks were in 11games, with snap counts averaging around 70%. Also, sacks aren't everything. This guy sets the fuckin edge. He may not be "elite" but he's goddamn good!! Besides QB & WR, what are the "obvi...

As negative/pessimistic as i am about how desirable the steeler hc job is at this point, Wow are we more attractive than the browns job. And buffalo should be a zillion times better than pittsburgh, but they are doing a hell of a job scaring people away. So…suddenly maybe we aren’t so bad? After kli...

There’s just almost no names in existence that would make sense for them. Belichick, john harbaugh (oops). Cignetti? Saban?

Maybe they could trade for sirianni?

Need someone that’s at least better in the postseason OR a potential improvement to the defense, preferably both.

Hope they didn't put too much stock in his time at scUM (arguably his most successful 2 years in terms of winning and stats) too highly in the evaluation process, considering the big, fat asterisks involved. I wanted no part of scUMinter. the ravens D was close to the best in the league for the 4 y...

It’s gonna be Shula for HC and Scheelhaase for OC Jizz Only 5 vacancies are left and the two Rams guys and Kubiak are still out there. Steelers should get their top pick. Bills are the only possibly more attractive job and they seem to be after other candidates. Hopefully the new guy comes in, clea...