11-13-2021, 06:53 PM
(11-13-2021, 06:30 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: It kills me to say it . . . Steelers.
They are built for December and January football. Run the ball and defense. It's not how you're playing now, it's how in sync your team is two months from now.
The Bengals are good, but not there yet. They don't have the o-line to compete with the big dogs yet. They need to be able to get that push in short yardage if they're going to be fighting with playoff teams and pretty much every playoff team can get after the QB. Such a waste to extend Mixon and do almost nothing to the poor o-line.
Since they've drafted Mixon
2017 Mixon 2nd rd
2017 C JJ Dielman 5th - never took a snap
2018 C Billy Price 1st - NY Giant
2018 G Rod Taylor 7th - never took a snap
2019 T Jonah Williams - meh. Not a disaster but not a force, either. Still has missed(22) more than he's played so far(19).
2019 G Michael Jordan - never developed, gone
2020 T Hakeen Adeniji 6th - Shown flashes but still very raw. Signed XSF
September 2nd, 2020, re-sign Mixon. Later picked up Spain
2021 G Jackson Carman 2nd - A work in progress, too early to tell.
2021 T D'ante Smith 4th - project
2021 C Trey Hill - very raw project that, at times, looks like an NFL Europe level player.
Reds fans watched the lack of attention to the bullpen ruin their 2021 season and feared the same thing was coming with the O-line. We're only halfway through this season, and, so far, the o-line isn't quite the disaster the the Reds bull pen was, but they are by far and away the weakest position group on this team.
The Steelers are one of the heavier passing teams. The throw the ball 62% of the team, good for 10th in the league. They also absolutely stink at running the ball. They are 28th in success rate, 27th in yards per carry, 17th in EPA per rush. They even suck at running the ball in short yardage situations, 29th in success rate when they run in short yardage situations. Pretty bad all around.
