Professor Half Wit wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:48 am
bradshaw2ben wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:41 am
Jtf wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 1:47 am
Steelers lose Tomlin be prepared for a few years of a rebuild with new players and new coaches new system. Looking at 7-10 for a few years without him.
Houston turned it around from much further down to much further up... in one season. One. Pick the right offensive mind and the right QB... turnaround is possible.
Cool, but I don’t trust Art ii to do it.
Danny Rooney... come on down!
My hopes fo the offseason:
Art 2 retires as owner.
Mike T walks away with a year left (next year he comes back to coach another NFL team and the Steelers get a 1st round pick in 2025.
Steelers hire Bobby Slowik, Ben Johnson, someone from the Shanahan tree of offense, or at bare minimum, a really smart defensive coach whose offensive strategy is to hire an offensive genius and give said OC the full responsibility for that side of the football.
Steelers manage a bridge year in 2024... perhaps re-sign Mason to be the bridge, perhaps trade KP for some kind of compensation, perhaps draft a crapshoot QB late or as UDFA (Mark Gronowski or Jason Bean for example). Worst-case, that guy is a candidate to be an interesting backup going forward.
Build and solidify the team around the future QB. Start by ditching overpaid or low-value players. Keep vets at low price tags and encourage them to teach the young players. Focus on OL and DL.
Focus on reorienting the team's approach to offense and defense. Build towards 2025 and beyond. New OL coach has a year to sort out who stays and who goes + teach new techniques... coach 'em up. DC has a year to teach his style of defense and coverage packages.
2025: use the Pickett and Tomlin compensation to move up and draft one of the top 2-3 QBs (for example: Cam Ward, TJ Finley, Will Howard, Quinn Ewers, Taylen Green, et al). Window still open for TJ Watt & Minkah Fitzpatrick.
Contend for a SB.