Having a great QB on a rookie deal is a cheat code in the NFL

[THE PISTONS]

(09-25-2023, 10:45 AM)dxdtdemon Wrote: This is why I don't understand why the team caved in and gave Burrow a deal. Even at the $29 million of his fifth year option, there would still have been a lot of teams gullible enough to trade lots of great draft picks for Burrow that could have been used to get Burrow's successor and keep as much of the rest of the team as necessary. Instead, the Steelers have basically been given the rest of this decade's division titles because of the extreme stupidity of the front offices of the other three teams.

Pickett looks very mediocre. The Steelers defense is great.

Finding a franchise QB isn't that easy. Look at the Bears that have been looking for like 20+ years. It's not as easy as trading your franchise QB in the last year of his deal and getting a new dominant rookie.

That said, guys like Goff looked great on rookie deals, and then tanked once they signed extensions. Not saying that will happen here, but less talent around a QB makes it harder to succeed.