2020 Schedule-its out

[Nicomo Cosca]

(05-10-2020, 01:55 AM)samhain Wrote: Ben, objectively speaking looks like a pile of dogshit right now.  I doubt he could run a 400 without getting gassed.  Even by his low standards, he's let himself go big time.  Add that to the wear and tear that his age will bring and the recent injury and you don't have anything to be all that excited about if you're a Steeler fan.  His time is coming.  Other greats that weren't piles of chewed bubble gum hit a wall at some point.  Manning did.  Brady has, IMO. His draft counterparts, Eli and Rivers are either out of the league or in the twilight of a career. I feel pretty confident that we won't see then Ben of old again.  

Also, I think the mental decline and departure of AB had a bigger impact on them than they like to admit.  He was lethal when he was available.  There's still a huge void left by him not being there.  Juju showed that he's not quite able to be that guy, and I doubt Chase Claypool is going to come close to bringing that kind of threat, either.

The Steelers are going to enter a period of painful realizations very soon, and the longer they cling to the idea that Ben is going to be on the team the next time they contend for anything, the more drawn out it will be.  I hope they leave him out there for another two seasons.  

I hope you’re right.