Rogers signing with Steelers-finally

[Stewy]

(10 hours ago)JustWinBaby Wrote: Rodgers will be getting the ball out in 1.3 seconds like Ben was his last year to protect him from getting pounded.  The result is going to be predictably mediocre.

Rogers MO is to hold the ball and make plays with his feet.....which he can't do any more.  You believe the OC can get him to break 20 years of habits?

[Stewy]

This made me lol.

[BFritz21]

(Yesterday, 07:47 PM)Stewy Wrote: Awesome.  Tomlinson can finally have that losing season.  Rogers will get blasted in the AFCN.

Yeah, I'm pretty excited. 

Rogers might get murdered, especially in the cold, and it looks like his last 8 games will be in the cold. I realize that Green Bay and New York were cold, but Rogers is also a year older playing behind a bad line.

(Yesterday, 08:10 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Steelers with Aaron Rodgers at QB? Please re-sign Trey Hendrickson, please re-sign Trey Hendrickson...

The idea is tasty, but players falling off after thirty still worries me in paying him so much. 

(Yesterday, 09:02 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: Over the moon.

But not for the reason you might think.

Because they want an early pick, but I don't think they'll be bad enough to pick high enough to get the franchise quarterback they want, especially with so many other teams needing one.

(Yesterday, 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.

I hope not because I'm fine with him coaching them to mediocre seasons!

(Yesterday, 11:02 PM)Stewy Wrote: I think the Steelers want a shot at one of the QBs coming out next year.  For that they need to tank, and for that they need a QB that has nothing left in theirs.  We'll see how the season progresses, but if the Steelers start putting their stars on IR for likely turf toe and weak sprains, then the Steeler fans can cheer for losses to finally get a decent QB.....but I'm not sure it would cost Tomlin his job.

Love the play on words!

Like I said above, I think (hope) that they'll do just well enough to miss out on the playoffs and miss drafting one of the top guys.

[SunsetBengal]

(7 hours ago)BFritz21 Wrote: I hope not because I'm fine with him coaching them to mediocre seasons!

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.

[*Nately120*]

(Yesterday, 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.

(7 hours ago)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.