2021 Offseason/Season... Draft, FA & Staff

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

They could have him now if they want.

Is Faneca available to fill-in?

Should be! High school football coach IIRC, and their season should be over by now.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Thank the lord

 

[Superbelt]

Happy Festivus.

17 game season, 3 games left.

Steelers on the outside, on the bubble, at 7-6-1 right now. I think it will take a 10-6-1 record to make playoffs. This is single-elimination territory now.

1st seed Chiefs, then the crumbling Browns, then a bruiser at Baltimore that could determine who is eliminated.

How many more lifelong Pittsburgh fans will this team kill with heart attacks before it's over?

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Not quite as sexy as we thought it was… but they could easily free up $10-15m by cutting some dead weight. I doubt they will let Schobert play on his current contract.

 

[Superbelt]

Ooh there are LOTS of cuts they can make this off-season.

 

[thedddd]

Possible MILB roster filler.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Possible MILB roster filler.

would be nice… wanted to see BJ this weekend in lieu of Bush being inactive but apparently he suffered a setback this week in practice

 

[thedddd]

would be nice… wanted to see BJ this weekend in lieu of Bush being inactive but apparently he suffered a setback this week in practice

Oh that stinks was hoping to see BJ out there.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

 

[Superbelt]

Absolutely..

Get the mustachioed signal caller, Gardner Minschew.

1st and 2nd get ol. Linderbaum and a tackle. Draft Dl after that, and look for FA Dl and OL help as well.

Let most of the fa walk, cut people like Tuitt to spend on 300# plus help.

 

[Superbelt]

Klemm IS leaving early.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Klemm IS leaving early.

“We’ll it’s not as if our OL situation could get any worse. Bye”

 

[Superbelt]

I wonder how this season might have gone without Klemm and with Hassenauer at C from the start.

Aah well, "Ifs and Buts".

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

I wonder how this season might have gone without Klemm and with Hassenauer at C from the start.

Aah well, "Ifs and Buts".

He started the season on IR didn't he? Kind of remember a camp or preseason injury

 

[SteelersPride]

Remember a stretch when we had no pass rush?

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Some early thoughts on their FAs:

CB Ahkello Witherspoon... Dude balled out down the stretch & could be a potential CB1 next season. Career volatility could drive his price down. 2-3 yr deal around $6m per seems reasonable. He was making $4.5m on a 1 yr deal this season.

DT Montravius Adams... This is more about value really. Dude is a true 0 or 1 gap DT/NT. He reminds me a lot of Hargrave in that he's uber-quick off the snap. 5 yr vet so his ceiling isn't great, but he's a perfect insurance piece that should come cheap.

CB/S Arthur Maulet... Another value guy that showed some promise and would be a decent way to shore up the secondary depth while its in transition.

WR Juju Smith-Schuster... I get it, he's drawn a fair amount of disdain from the fans over his last couple years & the WR room could use a "culture shift" but there's no denying that he's a solid WR. He's not a game-changing talent, but very capable & he's a solid team guy. I would hope both he & Claypool can mature without being told to do so. Didn't appear that many teams were interested in Juju last offseason so I doubt many will be this year.

S Terrell Edmunds... Probably not worth whatever he will get offered on the open market in March. I'd hold off on making a run at him until May or June if he's still around. The Safety market always seems to be pretty slow every year so I wouldn't be surprised to see him still available at that point. At any rate I'd like to see them upgrade this position over viewing Edmunds as a starter if they bring him back. But they just have too many holes to fill elsewhere so the priority at SS is low, which makes signing Edmunds more appealing.

T Chuks Okorafor... He has had a very up & down career thus far so I doubt he would be expensive to resign. I hope the Steelers draft for OT or go after a big fish in FA, but bringing Chuks back as a backup swing OT wouldn't be a bad idea. But the fact that Leglue can play OT makes me think they will let Chuks walk.

IOL JC Hassenauer... Even if they draft IOL like we want them to in the 1st or 2nd the IOL needs shored up. Leglue, Haeg & Green aren't bad depth pieces, but none should play Center & not even sure they can be starters. KG should immediately be moved to G this offseason, and that is still a questionable piece.

QB... I'm on the fence about Dobbs or Haskins. Without knowing their draft plans I would think they need to resign at least 1 of the 2. I'd rather see Dobbs return but he has never been given a fair shake at QB2. Dobbs is the only true clipboard QB in that he helps QB1 prepare & analyze the game as it unfolds. Dobbs could make a decent OC some day.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Remember a stretch when we had no pass rush?

Yep. Tuszka & Charlton oh my.

 

[SteelersPride]

Yep. Tuszka & Charlton oh my.

I actually meant previous years but that too!