Adam Thielen Available To The Steelers

[CKSteeler]

I've seen some people question why Ben Skowronek doesn't just have a job, but actually sees snaps on the field. Well, the answer is simple, my friends. He brings the cake. Quite literally. During a film session at Rodgers' house for his 42nd birthday, he brought a decorated cake and everyone was forced to sing happy birthday to the geriatric QB who called them out for sucking this past weekend.

Ben had Ryan Switzer bring him ice cream and Ryan Switzer got to have a job. Skowronek is Rodgers' Switzer.

[RealSwiss]

I still want to see Pittsburgh win the AFC North this season. Adding players who are motivated to finish the season strong is a plus.

Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be anything approaching a coherent plan. They spend time, effort, and money chasing many of these people only to have them sit on the practice squad or on the sidelines. They had MVS for a month now and he's done nothing. 10 million pissed away on Slay. Whatever happened to Peppers? It's like a bizarre type of hoarding. Just stash a guy somewhere and forget about him while continuing to chase new players.

Motivated to stand on the sidelines or run pointless sideline routes and never catch a pass? I feel bad for the guy.

[Deebo]

How is he ever going to get on this moving train?

[955876]

I still want to see Pittsburgh win the AFC North this season. Adding players who are motivated to finish the season strong is a plus.

Why aren’t the players here motivated to do the same?

Why does Capt. Scam keep getting on the podium saying their effort and focus needs to be better.

Why does the highest paid non-QB in the league keep getting stoned by back-ups?

Ya, new players are what’s needed….

This coach cannot lead this team. Period. Brining in a “motivated” player isn’t doing shit.

Wake up.

[PennyBacker]

I still want to see Pittsburgh win the AFC North this season. Adding players who are motivated to finish the season strong is a plus.

Why aren’t the players here motivated to do the same?

Why does Capt. Scam keep getting on the podium saying their effort and focus needs to be better.

Why does the highest paid non-QB in the league keep getting stoned by back-ups?

Ya, new players are what’s needed….

This coach cannot lead this team. Period. Brining in a “motivated” player isn’t doing shit.

Wake up.

The superstars have not played well enough to win the past two games.

And yet the team is still one win away from being in first place in the AFC North in December. In a business where parity rules more often than not, the Steelers are right in the thick of things.

I understand that for you, and many others, it would be very convenient for Pittsburgh to finally have a losing season since 2003. I'll believe that reality only when it finally happens. The truth is that this franchise has been a middle-of-the-road NFL team for years, though an argument could be made that the 2020 team was a contender before Bud Dupree got injured in the COVID game against Baltimore. 11-0 with Bud, 1-5 without his physicality along the front 7.

The Steelers have largely been an average to above-average team for the past six seasons that has overachieved by most standards. 2019 (early-years Mason and Duck), 2021 (weak O-line and limited receiving options), 2022 (rookie QB), 2024 (multiple new QBs and a superstar WR who sometimes played to his potential but quit on his team Christmas Day). It's praiseworthy that the Steelers won at least as many games as they lost despite all that adversity.

This version of the Steelers defense has as many pieces as it has had in years, but they have not played to their potential on a consistent basis this season. The Steelers have responded well with their backs against the wall for years now. I'm not giving up hope that - whenever that time comes this year - they will respond well again.

[CKSteeler]

The Steelers have responded when their backs are against the wall? In what sense? They've been able to eek out enough wins to be a 7th seed which didn't even exist before too long ago? It's a league where nearly half the teams make the playoffs. The Steelers are the only team in the league that refuses to admit they need a rebuild. You can say he's somehow overachieved, but he's achieved the exact results to be expected given the talent level of the team which is a direct result of his own approach to roster construction and success in the NFL.

Tomlin is no victim of circumstances. He's suffering the consequences of his own flawed philosophy. Every other team in the league would have torn things down years ago, but Tomlin has pushed the Steelers into a direction where they've deluded themselves into thinking that with a few more tweaks to a fundamentally flawed roster they can actually be contenders.

He's a coward who refuses to rebuild despite having more job security than any coach in all of sports.

Beyond that, we've seen what Tomlin achieves with a roster filled with top level talent. It underachieves chronically. If Tomlin is a guy who will make your 7-10 team 9-8 or whatever, he's the same guy who will take your 14-3 team and make them 11-5. It goes both ways which is how you earn a moniker like Mediocre Mike. He's always stuck in the murkier middle of the league no matter what.

His mediocre coaching has cost his teams things like seeding and homefield time and time again. We know his ceiling and it simply isn't even remotely high enough to where I'd be happy even if there was some great infusion of talent and he was allowed to stay at the helm.

Tomlin will never win anything of note for the rest of his career. It doesn't matter even if you give him a stacked roster.

[Deebo]

I still want to see Pittsburgh win the AFC North this season. Adding players who are motivated to finish the season strong is a plus.

Why aren’t the players here motivated to do the same?

Why does Capt. Scam keep getting on the podium saying their effort and focus needs to be better.

Why does the highest paid non-QB in the league keep getting stoned by back-ups?

Ya, new players are what’s needed….

This coach cannot lead this team. Period. Brining in a “motivated” player isn’t doing shit.

Wake up.

The superstars have not played well enough to win the past two games.

And yet the team is still one win away from being in first place in the AFC North in December. In a business where parity rules more often than not, the Steelers are right in the thick of things.

I understand that for you, and many others, it would be very convenient for Pittsburgh to finally have a losing season since 2003. I'll believe that reality only when it finally happens. The truth is that this franchise has been a middle-of-the-road NFL team for years, though an argument could be made that the 2020 team was a contender before Bud Dupree got injured in the COVID game against Baltimore. 11-0 with Bud, 1-5 without his physicality along the front 7.

The Steelers have largely been an average to above-average team for the past six seasons that has overachieved by most standards. 2019 (early-years Mason and Duck), 2021 (weak O-line and limited receiving options), 2022 (rookie QB), 2024 (multiple new QBs and a superstar WR who sometimes played to his potential but quit on his team Christmas Day). It's praiseworthy that the Steelers won at least as many games as they lost despite all that adversity.

This version of the Steelers defense has as many pieces as it has had in years, but they have not played to their potential on a consistent basis this season. The Steelers have responded well with their backs against the wall for years now. I'm not giving up hope that - whenever that time comes this year - they will respond well again.

When you have to go back 5 years to think what could have been!! lol
And yes, no other team except the Steelers ever deals with injuries...

[.Kodiak]

Ovreachieved?!? Going on 9 years without a playoff win. NINE!!!!

[.Kodiak]

And yes, no other team except the Steelers ever deals with injuries...

Plus, GB was historically beat-up for that SB. Meanwhile, the Steelers had like 18 starters back from their last SB win. Genius Tomlin has to "ease into the game" - because apparently the moment was too big for the healthier, more experienced team - and the rest is history (and, sadly, an indicator of what was to come).

[anpsteel]

And yes, no other team except the Steelers ever deals with injuries...

Plus, GB was historically beat-up for that SB. Meanwhile, the Steelers had like 18 starters back from their last SB win. Genius Tomlin has to "ease into the game" - because apparently the moment was too big for the healthier, more experienced team - and the rest is history (and, sadly, an indicator of what was to come).

That game was a mismatch on paper

The Steelers Secondary sucked and was destined to get smoked by the Packers

That Green Bay receivers dropped a handful of passes dramatically change the outcome of the game

Minus those drops they would’ve won by three scores


That being said Ben early pick six, the non-block by number 85 (I can’t remember what tight end that was) which was directly responsible for Mendenhall getting crushed in the backfield and fumbling, and ultimately, the lack a viable receivers (namely, San Antonio homes) doomed the outcome

[W&M_Steeler]

And yes, no other team except the Steelers ever deals with injuries...

Plus, GB was historically beat-up for that SB. Meanwhile, the Steelers had like 18 starters back from their last SB win. Genius Tomlin has to "ease into the game" - because apparently the moment was too big for the healthier, more experienced team - and the rest is history (and, sadly, an indicator of what was to come).

That game was a mismatch on paper

The Steelers Secondary sucked and was destined to get smoked by the Packers

That Green Bay receivers dropped a handful of passes dramatically change the outcome of the game

Minus those drops they would’ve won by three scores


That being said Ben early pick six, the non-block by number 85 (I can’t remember what tight end that was) which was directly responsible for Mendenhall getting crushed in the backfield and fumbling, and ultimately, the lack a viable receivers (namely, San Antonio homes) doomed the outcome

David Johnson (85) and The Big Legursky (back-up center) both whiffed their blocks, which lead to Mendy getting destroyed as soon as he received the ball. I used to defend him on that fumble until he said white men weren't allowed to have opinions on football, but now IDGAF about that racist asshole. Fuck him. He should have held onto it.

Plus Tomlin called for an ill-advised 52 yard field goal earlier in that game, which would have been Suisham's career long, and Suisham proved he is no Boz or Reed by shanking it about a half mile wide.

Rodgers was absolutely on fire that game and but for several bad drops would have turned XLV into a blowout reminiscent of more recent Tomlin Steelers outings. Maybe a healthy Pouncey, Sanders, and AB would have lead to a Steelers win in XLV, but Rodgers was at his absolute peak that day.

[.Kodiak]

I always thought the GB drops in that game were grossly overblown. Rodgers was squeezing the ball into impossibly tight windows, often against coverage that was about as good as it gets. Those are not drops, not easy catches by any stretch. Some of those I don't think the receiver even had an completely unobstructed view the whole way.

We still could have won. The Mendenhall play was already brought up. But that was origin of "easing in" where we found ourselves down 21-0 before we even realized the game had started.

Absolutely a winnable game with a good plan. We had a shit plan, and still were a sort of fluke fumble (I realize credit goes to the defense but that's still incredible bad luck) away from winning it.


And let's not forget just how close Tomlin was to losing to ARI. Even with two all-time great plays from Harrison and Ben/Holmes, they still needed a game ending sack to clinch it. And probably LUCKY that, for some reason, Whiz lived in his fears and handcuffed his offense for a half against our D. If he turns Warner and that offense loose from the get go, it would have been another all-too-familiar hole to climb out of (that we wouldn't have).

[W&M_Steeler]

I always thought the GB drops in that game were grossly overblown. Rodgers was squeezing the ball into impossibly tight windows, often against coverage that was about as good as it gets. Those are not drops, not easy catches by any stretch. Some of those I don't think the receiver even had an completely unobstructed view the whole way.

We still could have won. The Mendenhall play was already brought up. But that was origin of "easing in" where we found ourselves down 21-0 before we even realized the game had started.

Absolutely a winnable game with a good plan. We had a shit plan, and still were a sort of fluke fumble (I realize credit goes to the defense but that's still incredible bad luck) away from winning it.


And let's not forget just how close Tomlin was to losing to ARI. Even with two all-time great plays from Harrison and Ben/Holmes, they still needed a game ending sack to clinch it. And probably LUCKY that, for some reason, Whiz lived in his fears and handcuffed his offense for a half against our D. If he turns Warner and that offense loose from the get go, it would have been another all-too-familiar hole to climb out of (that we wouldn't have).

I disagree with you on the drops. They kept the Steelers in the game, and they weren't all super tight coverage. That makes the game look worse for Tomlin, not better IMO. The Steelers had some lucky breaks but still lost.

This site has an interesting recap from a Packers fan perspective:

https://cheeseheadtv.com/blog/Packers%2 ... Bowl%20XLV

[Jizz Mop]

How is he ever going to get on this moving train?

Great question

Can you imagine trying to learn the Arthur Smith playbook on such short notice?

Good luck grasping the intricacies of 1 yard slants and 2 yard outs

[955876]

I’m just impressed as hell with this front office.

Traded a mega-talented WR in the offseason while trading for what they thought was a #1 WR. Turns out despite his size he plays small and can’t beat man coverage.

Then they spend rest of offseason and all of the season trying to replace the WR they traded.

And despite multiple guys being available, they patiently wait till season is almost over before grabbing this 35 year old stud.

Other teams are envious over how good our FO is. We are lucky to have the “Khan artist”.