Terrace Marshall Jr.

[Nicomo Cosca]

(12-12-2020, 07:39 PM)Whatever Wrote: Tate has shown nothing to indicate that he's capable of being a #3.  This was supposed to be his big breakout year and he got exposed.  He's fine as a backup/STs guy, but he is simply not good enough to be a decent #3 option.  Plus, he's been injured in 2 out of 3 pro training camps and ended the last 2 years on IR.

The Steelers have used their last three 2nd round picks on WR's and have taken at least one in the first three rounds in 7 of the last 8 drafts.  It's an expensive position to fill in FA, so they use the draft capitol required to make sure their top tier QB has the weapons he needs.  They don't whistle past the graveyard and trot out a guy like Tate.  

There are too many holes to fix in one off-season on this team.  We need to worry about putting a line in front of Burrow and giving him the weapons he needs before trying to fix the defense.  The only guy on this team that's shown to make the guys around him better is Burrow. Putting guys around him that he can elevate even further is a better immediate return on investment than spending another off-season dumping most of our draft picks and cap dollars into fixing the defense.

I have to agree with everything you say here. I had high hopes for Tate, but he did not take advantage of the opportunity. I think people are really underestimating how thin we are at WR. If we’re not going to give Burrow a playmaker at TE, then another WR is a huge need. I don’t want to miss out on another DK Metcalf because we have taken WR completely off our board until the later rounds.