Quote:There’s trouble brewing in the quarterback room of the Pittsburgh Steelers. That is, if you believe Pittsburgh media personality Mark Madden.

Madden posted on X this afternoon that he “just got told [Kenny] Pickett 100 percent refused to be the backup” to Mason Rudolph in the Steelers’ game against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 17

That makes sense as to why Pickett was inactive, leaving Mitch Trubisky as Mason Rudolph‘s backup in the Steelers’ win over Seattle.

Adding to the intrigue, Madden said the Steelers writers know that Pickett refused but won’t write about it.

In an appearance on The Fan Morning Show today, The Athletic’s Mark Kaboly intimated the same thing.

“I’m very, very highly skeptical that it was 100 percent Mike Tomlin’s decision that Kenny Pickett did not dress yesterday,” Kaboly said.

Kaboly said if he knew without question that Pickett refused to back up Rudolph, it would’ve been “on The Athletic website right now.”

“There are some things you know and some things you can write, and there are some things you know you can’t write,” he said.

If what Madden stated is true, Pickett needs to take a good, hard look at himself. He’s not earned the right to have this entitled stance, nor has he earned the right to step back in as a starter over Rudolph — who’s played the best ball of his career.

Madden just opened a whole can of worms that will certainly cause a distraction as the Steelers prepare for the regular-season finale with a playoff berth at stake.

(01-02-2024, 07:51 PM)6andcounting Wrote: I appreciate your concern over the Steelers, but I wouldn't get too worked up over this nothingburger.

(01-02-2024, 06:36 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: The Steelers are a joke and it's only a matter of time before they implode completely:


In the past, Steelers players were just happy to be on the team and would play their part, but they're becoming a dumpster fire and all the self-entitled little bitсh players are losing faith in the organization.

The NFL is a "what-have-you-done-for-me-lately" league, which is especially true with the Steelers, so are the fans going to abandon them completely if they're one-and-done and don't make the playoffs next year?

They are favored against the Ravens on Saturday, so would winning keep fans content, even if they don't make the playoffs?

(01-03-2024, 01:15 PM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: Mark Madden, the guy who broke this “story”, has all the credibility of pro wrestling, which, for the record, he was once a part of.  Rest assured that he’s in it for the clicks, and little else.  

Also … watch your language, man.  There are kids who visit this site.  

(01-03-2024, 02:54 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Kids can decide their gender in today's world but you don't think they can hear (see) the word *****?



Also, might not want to let the kids know about what your two-time Super Bowl winning quarterback did to multiple women in things like bar room bathrooms.

(01-03-2024, 12:13 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Meh, big deal.  I mean their dysfunctional asses managed to beat us twice this season..

(01-04-2024, 02:01 PM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote:

It was really more of a prank than a joke, but they don’t have a gif for that, so this one will have to do. 

Either way, it’s fun to watch it go over your head.

Honestly, I couldn’t actually care less if you posted the word “bitсh”.  In fact, I’d be kind of impressed if you could …  

(01-04-2024, 02:59 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Sorry, Steelers fans think it's ok to have your franchise QB raping women without thinking he's even a bad guy, so it's hard for people to understand them.

(01-04-2024, 03:19 PM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: Yeah, you don’t get it, and that does make me happy.  

I thought I’d spelled it out for you in my last post, but apparently that wasn’t enough.   

Makes me wonder how long it will take you to figure it out …

(01-04-2024, 04:32 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: You're completely clueless!

I understand the joke you were trying to make but you're a Steelers fan, which means you're horrible at smack talk but you think you're God's gift to message boards and the football world!

(01-03-2024, 07:57 PM)StrictlyBiz Wrote: This is from Mark Madden. He is truly a human piece of sh*t. His schtick is to be rude, crude, offensive, and to stir the pot. He's a Howard Stern wannabe. He LOVES to attack popular Pittsburgh sports figures for attention...except it isn't schtick. He's like this in real life. My wife had the (dis)pleasure of being involved in his care when he had one of his Myocardial Infarcts many many years ago and she came home saying that he truly is an arrogant asshole.  

He's attacked Hines Ward, Jerome Bettis, and TJ Watt among many others. If you're popular in Pittsburgh sports, he will come at you looking for noterietay. He will literally say anything. Two years ago he claimed that TJ Watt skipped out on his exit interview following the season. He didn't. Watt not only confirmed that is was BS, he called Madden out personally. Madden stood by his claims.

https://triblive.com/sports/mark-madden-says-t-j-watt-angrily-refused-his-exit-interview-steelers-linebacker-refutes-story/

Madden is widely disliked and disrespected amongst his peers, especially in Pittsburgh. We have a couple of ex-writers on a Steelers message board and they confirm this. He has zero access to the facilities and locker room, and will not interview a single player...presumably because he'd have to account for the bullshhit he says. He is truly a keyboard warrior, except he hides behind a microphone. 

It is a travesty that this guy has a job, but unfortunately, he's popular amongst a lot of knuckle dragging Yinzers so he gets ratings. The day that this fat piece of sh*t eats himself into the Waffle House in they sky by occluding one of his coronary arteries, will be a GREAT day for Pittsburgh radio. 

(01-04-2024, 02:14 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: I can't even begin to explain how F'n wrong this is. SB 2yrs ago, AFCC last year and we get beat by the lowlifes twice this year? And even worse yet, we haven't won a divisional game this year and will probably be 0-6 after this weekend. I feel like a porn star cause this is hard to swallow.

(01-04-2024, 04:51 PM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: Sure you do.   

Do you even remember why you started this thread in the first place?  I’ll bet you have to scroll up and look …

(01-04-2024, 06:15 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Typical Steelers fans response!

(01-04-2024, 06:23 PM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: … said the guy who derailed his own thread!  

There were four replies to your OP that were directly related to the topic.  Of those, you responded to only one (mine), but didn’t address the original topic in either that or subsequent posts.  Instead, you: 

- Focused on responding to a joke you didn’t get
- Brought up Ben Roethlisberger … twice (shocker!) 
- Dismissed further comments with “typical Steelers fan” rather than any substantive material

Stellar smack there, champ!  

(01-04-2024, 07:06 PM)6andcounting Wrote: No one talks about Ben Roethlisberger as much as Brad.

(01-04-2024, 05:48 PM)6andcounting Wrote: This is SmackTalk. Go sulk in JN.