Do Non-Steeler Fans Know Tomlin Sucks?

Adam Thielen picked up on waivers today.

Rodgers and Thielen are the oldest active quarterback and receiver in the NFL, respectively.
 
I honestly think Tomlin is solid. He's going to have a solid squad, but the QB is 40 years old. How about you bring him a QB that is decent?
 
He said something in his presser that was very poignant. At least to me.

“That’s why you go do BUSINESS with a guy like Aaron for thick days like this.”


Praise loudly and blame softly
 
One thing that's changed under Tomlin is the Steelers have become a team of mercenaries, especially at the offensive skill positions.

Rodgers
Metcalf, Thielen, Valdez-Scantling
Gainwell
Jonnu Smith

Meanwhile, this year's 3rd round RB is in the doghouse. Last year's 3rd round WR is in the doghouse. They gave up on their 2022 2nd round WR. Their 2022 4th round WR gets about two targets a game. Their 2021 2nd round TE has been passed on the depth chart by a 311-pound TE that Rodgers prefers. And their 2022 1st round QB is trying to latch onto his fourth team.

Also throw in that most of their secondary was not home grown: Clark, Dugger, Echols, Peppers, Ramsey and Samuels are all from other teams. Castro and Pierre were UDFAs. Only Porter Jr. was a Steelers draft pick. That's weird because Tomlin made his first real impression in coaching as a DB coach. One would think he would be good at coaching up that position instead of relying on so many established veterans.

They have plenty of drafted offensive linemen but that unit is leading the team to a 29th ranking in rushing.

They have for the most part good players at DL and Edge/LB, but their best defensive lineman was drafted 14 years ago.

For decades the Steelers prided themselves on the drafting ability and developing talent from within. For many positions those days appear to be gone.
 
I firmly believe that holding on to Ben for at least two years too long has trickled down into this. It doesn't seem like they have any real clear path to restocking the cabinet and and long as they continue to finish at the back end of the playoffs and draft 16-20ish I don't know how they improve that.
 
Gandolf said:
One thing that's changed under Tomlin is the Steelers have become a team of mercenaries, especially at the offensive skill positions.

Rodgers
Metcalf, Thielen, Valdez-Scantling
Gainwell
Jonnu Smith

Meanwhile, this year's 3rd round RB is in the doghouse. Last year's 3rd round WR is in the doghouse. They gave up on their 2022 2nd round WR. Their 2022 4th round WR gets about two targets a game. Their 2021 2nd round TE has been passed on the depth chart by a 311-pound TE that Rodgers prefers. And their 2022 1st round QB is trying to latch onto his fourth team.

Also throw in that most of their secondary was not home grown: Clark, Dugger, Echols, Peppers, Ramsey and Samuels are all from other teams. Castro and Pierre were UDFAs. Only Porter Jr. was a Steelers draft pick. That's weird because Tomlin made his first real impression in coaching as a DB coach. One would think he would be good at coaching up that position instead of relying on so many established veterans.

They have plenty of drafted offensive linemen but that unit is leading the team to a 29th ranking in rushing.

They have for the most part good players at DL and Edge/LB, but their best defensive lineman was drafted 14 years ago.

For decades the Steelers prided themselves on the drafting ability and developing talent from within. For many positions those days appear to be gone.
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Kevin Colbert was generally good for a really long time...but his last few years with the team were a train wreck
 
I still don't think much of Tomlin as a coach but I probably shouldn't comment as a fan of a team coached by the biggest moron in the history of not just football but all sports.
 
Brewers888 said:
I still don't think much of Tomlin as a coach but I probably shouldn't comment as a fan of a team coached by the biggest moron in the history of not just football but all sports.
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It’ll be another first round exit. Rinse and repeat. They are getting hot at the end of the season which is different for a Tomlin team. They’ve also gotten some fortunate referee decisions go their way but that’s just the way it goes sometimes
 
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