Rogers signing with Steelers-finally

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(06-05-2025, 09:03 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Oh, I've spoken with a few of my lifelong friends who are Steeler fans. They think that this will finally be the move that get's Tomlin down the road.

Hmm, I think if things go sour this year they'll blame Rodgers and Teflon Tomlin will be kept around to build around the new guy they can finally draft with their top 10 pick.  I would be wary about hoping the Steelers are a disaster, because being the worst team in the NFL at the right time saved our entire franchise. 

Still, until I see otherwise, the Steelers are going to go 9-8 and lose in the first round on the playoffs on the road as the #6 or #7 seed.  I don't care if they start Rudolp, Rodgers, or a 51 year old Danny Wuerffel...they're going to go 9-8 and lose in the first round. They're the Dalton/Marvin era Bengals right now...don't root for them to suck their way into a Joe Burrow.

(Yesterday, 03:24 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Same here. The thing is that everyone except the Steeler fans seems to love Tomlin in his role. Any time that I listed to interview with players who have played for Tomin or even people from the coaching circles speak of Tomlin, it's always in glowing terms. However when a fan calls in, it's all doom and gloom. People probably said the same thing about Bengals fans when we would complain about Marvin Lewis.

Players and fans want different things.  I think a lot of players realize that winning a SB is icing on the cake of their career.  A lot of things have to go right, and you can go to a franchise with a coach who is a ballbustser who makes you miserable but get results and then your QB tears one tiny ligament and your SB window shuts and you are miserable and have no ring to show for it.  Brady and Bellichick are ultra successful and won 6 rings over the span of 21 years...even that means that a bunch of players had to deal with those two giant d-bags with no ring to show for 15 of those years. Ugh, can you imagine spending a year with Bill Bellichick and not getting a ring for it?  Damn.

Everyone I know in all walks of profession prefers management they get along with.