Guys we win division and # 1 seed then superbowl team has new intensity physical and brotherhood is back at out best with tough schedule backs against wall is when we play best this is mirroring the 08 team
@russobenstine851 DAM RUSS ... Love your attitude & energy!!! Many folks on the SteelHouse Team are going for all the cookies from the owner throughout. RW leading the charge. We're all thinking PERFECT STORM. KeepUpTheGreatVibes!!!
@@andrew7196: Russ and Pickett are two VERY different QBs, and the Steelers wanted to have Russ and Pickett in their QB room. The Steelers had no idea Russ would really be available to them. Teams were skeptical that the Broncos would be this stupid! They all knew Fields was and didn’t want him, and that includes the Steelers. The Steelers only opened up to bringing him in after Pickett imploded because he didn’t want to compete with Russ.
Mark Schlereth was actually complimentary of Russ a few weeks ago. He’s even pushing back on the notion that Russ is declined physically. Schlereth’s problem with Russ is Russ’s attitude. He believes Russ lacks self-awareness, and despite my constant defense of Russ, I have to agree to some extent. He comes off as being a phony, even if he’s not trying to. He needs to be more relatable. When he got with Ciara, I didn’t want to believe that she would taint him, but I believe his career would have been better if he hadn’t married her. The Russell Wilson who was drafted by Seattle would’ve preferred to stay in Seattle and not left. Russ made a mistake in leaving Seattle for Denver. I don’t necessarily believe it would’ve been a mistake to leave at all, but going to Denver was a huge mistake.
A very good interview with Dulac. Steelers are improved. Emphasis will be on the running game and have a better OC than Matt Canada was. My question can putting most of your eggs in the running basket win in today's passing NFL? Steelers need another prominent Wide Receiver with George Pickens. How do you outscore Prominent passing teams & keep your RBs healthy???
I think it can, because 3 reasons: 1) defenses are designed to be fast, and stop the pass. 2) sub packages and focus on more defensive backs takes resources away from the trenches. 3) the highest paid defensive players are edge rushers, and running the ball basically takes them out of the game.
So , he's saying Russ is the starter? Everybody wants a QB controversy, everybody in the media that is. I as a Steeler fan don't , you know the whole 2 QBs equal no QBs thing. I just hope they can keep Fields because he can be a star in this league. The Naj/Warren thing look Warren is getting the better snaps for explosive plays that Naj used to get, Naj is capable of that, is Warren capable of what Naj does? They're both great, and it's a good problem to have. The D line, and lack of addressing it, it wasn't a great off season to do so, I think they feel the improvement to the ILB room in support of it will suffice this season, and will address it in the next draft, a much better draft for defensive lineman. Here We Go Steelers!!!
PAUL from chicago.Chicago. hope justine balls out and get the F out of there. MOST dynamic player I've every seen in a Bear uniform. 37 year old will not hold him off for long.
@@john670: Fields is the future WHAT? That’s the question. Age has nothing to do with this. They rooted for Brady and Stafford when they left their teams, and they’re rooting for Cousins and Rogers, both of whom are older than Russ, and still rooting for Stafford. They’re also rooting for Flacco. There’s an agenda being pushed against Russ, and it’s coming from someone very powerful. Too many media members are on code with the Russ-bashing and the pushing of a WB who was so bad that no teams wanted him despite the purported advantages YOU seem to believe he possesses. Fields may be 10 years younger than Russ but he does nothing better than Russ, not even run. Russ is a matter runner and balances his passing and running prowess. All fields can do is run, and he doesn’t know how to protect his body. That’s why he has missed more games in 3 years than Russ has missed in 12. Fields is the future my a$$. Russ still has 4-5 good years left in him, and the Steelers are Sean-now team. Why would they start an obvious project over a proven winner who just last season had top-10 performances in meaningful statistics?! Fields’s best season doesn’t even measure up to Russ’s worst (2022). *Here are Russ’s 2023 numbers (in 15 games, not 17).* 3,070 Yards 26 TDs 3 Rushing TDs (341 yards, 386 equiv.) 8 INTs 66.4% Complete 98 Passer Rating *Russ’s 2023 Rankings:* 1st in Fourth Qtr comebacks (4) 1st in Game-Winning Drives (4) 2nd in Adj. Completion Rate (78.8%)* 2nd in TD% (5.9) 3rd in TD% (5.8) 4th in Completion Differentials 5th in TD-INT Ratio (26:8) 7th in Passer Rating (98.0) 9th in TDs (26) 9th in INT Rate (1.8) 10th in INTs among qualified QBs (8) 11th in Completion% (66.4%) T-13th in INT% (2.0) According to Sports Info Solutions (SIS), Russ’s arm is as deadly as ever! He completed six passes that flew 40+ air yards past the original line of scrimmage (for 301 yards), good for #1 in the league. Four of those six went for TDs, and the two that didn’t were attributed as drops by the targeted receivers. Russ attempted 16 such passes, and 10 were deemed on target by SIS. Of those 16 attempts, not a single one resulted in an interception. Russ had one of the league’s top deep-ball passer ratings, led the league in red zone efficiency for half the season. Rushed for 341 yards in 15 games, which is the equivalent of 386 yards over 17 games, or 220%+ times the rush yards of the average NFL QB. That was with Sean Payton suppressing his numbers. Russ is still capable of rushing for 400-500 yards! That’s ELITE! He also had 4 of the top-5 least probable completions and led the Broncos to a #1 red zone performance rating for half the season. He achieved that with his own coach hating him, and despite that hate, the Broncos still wanted to keep Russ for one more season. They were willing to guarantee his 2025 salary in exchange for Russ deferring his 2024 injury guarantee. Russ rejected the deal because he didn’t want to play there anymore. Context is everything. Russ’s YPG metric is low because Payton had him checking down all the time. Russ could easily have had 6-7 game-winning drives. Payton cut them short, particularly against NE. QBR is suspect statistic. ESPN won’t reveal its methodology, and it relies on inputs from the running game, O-Line and receivers. It’s a flawed statistic that rewards QBs who have strong weapons. 2024: Will perform.
@@john670: Making these hyperbolic statements and declarations deprives the Fields supporters of all credibility. “Wilson is definitely not the future?” Like I said, that man has at least 4-5 good years left in him. Fields hasn’t done a single thing to demonstrate that he’s even franchise QB material, let alone good enough to unseat a guy like Russ. *Justin Fields’s 3-Year Career Stats (advantaged metrics in boldface* Pass attempts: 958 Pass completions: 578 Completion%: 60.3% TD-INT: 40-30 Passing yards: 6,674 Passer rating: 82.3 *Rushing yards: 2,220* (vs. 1,327) *Rushing yards/yr: 740* (vs. 442) *Rushing TDs: 14* (vs. 7) *Rushing attempts: 356* (vs. 245.5) *Rushing y/a: 6.2* (vs. 5.4) Sacks: 135 Sacks/yr: 45 Yards lost: 908 Yards lost per sack: 6.7 Fumbles: 38 (11 Lost) On pace for 152 fumbles over 12 seasons with 44 lost. Career 4th quarter passer rating: 53 _______________________________________________ *Russ’s average over a 3-year period (based on his career statistics. Advantaged metrics in boldface)* *Pass attempts: 1,416* (vs. 958) *Pass completions: 917* (vs. 578) *Completion%: 64.7%* (vs. 60.3%) *TD-INT: 84-26* (vs. 40-30) *Passing yards: 10,913* (vs. 6,674) *Passer rating: 100.0* (vs. 82.3) Rushing yards: 1,327 Rushing yards/yr: 442 Rushing TDs: 7 Rushing attempts: 245.25 Rushing Y/A: 5.4 *Sacks: 132* (vs. 135) *Sacks/yr: 44* (vs. 45) *Yards lost: 866* (vs. 908) *Yards lost per sack: 6.5* (vs. 6.7) *Fumbles: 25.75 (8 Lost)* (vs 38 w/11 lost) *Career 4th quarter passer rating: 104* (vs. 53) Fields has a slight advantage in rushing. Russ is superior in every other department. That small rushing advantage isn’t nearly enough to compensate for Russ’s superiority as a passer, especially if we discuss 4th quarter metrics. If we discount Russ’s Denver years, Russ’s 3-year average stats would be better than Fields’s by an even larger margin, even if we include two injury years in Seattle (2016 and 2021) that produced outlier statistics. While both take a lot of sacks, Russ has taken them due to bad/inconsistent O-Lines and pure stubbornness on his part. Fields takes them more because he isn’t a great reader of defenses. His O-Lines have been better than Russ’s. _______________________________________________ *Russ’s Career Statistics* Pass attempts: 5,665 Pass completions: 3,668 Completion%: 64.7% TD-INT: 334-106 Passing yards: 43,653 Passer rating: 100.0 Rushing yards: 5,307 Rushing yards/yr: 442 Rushing TDs: 29 Rushing attempts: 981 Rushing y/a: 5.4 Sacks: 527 Sacks/yr: 43.9 Yards lost: 3,464 Yards lost per sack: 6.57 Fumbles: 103 (32 Lost) Career 4th quarter passer rating: 104 *Keep in mind that Russ’s career statistics include two subpar years in Denver.* Both years skew Russ’s stats negatively, especially 2022, when he threw just 16 TD passes and missed two games.
@@john670: Fields needs gifted weapons to make him look good. Russ just needs weapons that do their jobs. If they do their jobs, they don’t even need to be gifted, will make those weapons look better than they are. That’s how he has always been. I’m not interested in which QB looks good with the first team in practice and the preseason, because all three QBs can do that. I’m interested in seeing which QB can make the second and third stringers look like the first-team. The QB who can look good with lesser players is the QB who can handle pressure best and beat stingy defenses. That is the QB we want running this squad.
Rich Eisen Mike Greenberg Nick Wright Colin Cowherd Louis Riddick Ryan Clark They’re all talking nonsense about Russ. Mark Schlereth is hypercritical of Russ but it’s more Russ’s persona that he doesn’t care for.
Go look at the Steelers record against the Ravens the last 4-5 years. Jackson has yet to play a decent game against them. Burrow played the worst game of his career against them a few years ago. He had a million sacks and at least three interceptions. Watson is Watson, no fears there. It’s about what they do outside the division. It’s losing against bad teams. It’s the letdowns that kill them.
The caveat is if Watson wakes up. Watson has not been Watson since he went to Cleveland. WATSON-Watson played in Houston. If THAT Watson finally appears in Cleveland this year, he’s going to be a problem. Russ can still outperform him but he’s going to be a problem. People are going to think I’m crazy for saying this, but Russ is the best QB in that division. He’s going to start over Fields because Fields is nowhere near his level. Lamar Jackson is a runner, and he’s never going to win a SB. I doubt he will ever play in one. Burrow can’t even stay on the field. If people leave Russ alone and let him do his thing, he can own this division just like he owned the NFCw. And believe it or not, he was the best QB in the AFCw last year during the regular season. Mahomes came on late and obviously had a nice playoff push, but Russ outperformed him during the regular season with an inferior squad, and he was doing it while playing for a coach who hated him and didn’t exactly keep it a secret. Even worse, that coach was low-key trying to tank the season away for high draft status. Russ and Mahomes had subpar seasons in 2023, even if Russ’s 2023 was an improvement from his 2022 season. I expect both to be back to normal this year, with both returning to their 2018-2020 forms.
@@DeCurtaRican Do you know how long ago Watson was Watson in Houston? Even then he put up numbers during garbage time in games they were losing. Watson was never really the guy he was a guy…
@XMON888 yah but seems like every year now we're awful until exactly halfway through the season... hopefully Arthur Smith can get us cooking this year. Offense is killing it in training camp so far
@@liltopherrr: The offense won’t show me anything until it gels with Russ, the starter! It appears to be happening; both QBs have looked good with the first team. But I’m not interested in which QB looks good with the first team in practice and the preseason, because all three QBs can do that. I’m interested in seeing which QB can make the second and third stringers look like the first-team. The QB who can look good with lesser players is the QB who can handle pressure best and beat stingy defenses. That is the QB we want running this squad. Russ always looks great in training camp no matter who he runs with. Can the same be said for Fields? People need to remember something: Russ was cut by the Broncos due to personal whim of Sean Payton, politics, logistics, finances, and a little bit of attempted revenge that backfired. Russ refused an accommodation. He refused to defer his injury guarantee for a year in n exchange for the Broncos guaranteeing his 2025 salary by keeping him for another season. N other words, the Broncos weren’t planning on cutting Russ. They wanted to keep him for another season. They couldn’t trade him b/c he had a no-trade clause and wasn’t going to do them any favors. He refused to accommodate their request knowing they would cut him. He WANTED that! Fields was dumped by the Bears for strictly football reasons, and if he could’ve stayed in Chicago, he would have preferred to stay in Chicago, freezing cold, et al.
@@liltopherrr: I know Russ’s history. He plays his best football when things are toughest. Look that up. He performs best against teams with elite QBs and under high-pressure conditions. All he needs is a decent surrounding cast. He doesn’t need offensive superstars like other QBs do, although it would be nice to see him have some. He just needs guys who are decent and do their jobs. Thats why he was successful in Seattle. Any, he had Beast Mode, but what superstar WR did he have? Even DO and Lockett didn’t fit that moniker when Russ was in Seattle, and Lockett still doesn’t right now. We can make an argument that DK doesn’t either. This AFCn situation will be good for him. I think the AFCw bored him, which was one of several problems he had out there.
I’m not interested in which QB looks good with the first team in practice and the preseason, because all three QBs can do that. I’m interested in seeing which QB can make the second and third stringers look like the first-team. The QB who can look good with lesser players is the QB who can handle pressure best and beat stingy defenses. That is the QB we want running this squad. Now, which QB do you all believe that descriptor fits?
If a ground and pound running game is so great, why didn't Arthur Smith win a Super Bowl with Derrick Henry? If you have to march up and down the field by running most of the time, you will have more plays, but may increase your penalties for offsides, false starts, etc. You can't beat Mahommes by scoring 12 points a game.😮
Maybe because Henry averaged 54 yards in their playoff losses? One could argue the best way to stop Mahomes is to keep him on the sideline and keep the defense rested, both things this strategy does.
Owner issued new orders. SB NOW. Mike, Art & Omar are marching Rooney's orders. Captain Russ will bring it home & that's why they hired him. Jus did NOTHING in the last 3 years. Bupkus. Don't read defense, fumbles & don't protect the ball. Russ wins games & SB. That is what he will do.
Fields hasn’t done a single thing to demonstrate that he’s even franchise QB material, let alone good enough to unseat a guy like Russ. *Justin Fields’s 3-Year Career Stats (advantaged metrics in boldface* Pass attempts: 958 Pass completions: 578 Completion%: 60.3% TD-INT: 40-30 Passing yards: 6,674 Passer rating: 82.3 *Rushing yards: 2,220* (vs. 1,327) *Rushing yards/yr: 740* (vs. 442) *Rushing TDs: 14* (vs. 7) *Rushing attempts: 356* (vs. 245.5) *Rushing y/a: 6.2* (vs. 5.4) Sacks: 135 Sacks/yr: 45 Yards lost: 908 Yards lost per sack: 6.7 Fumbles: 38 (11 Lost) On pace for 152 fumbles over 12 seasons with 44 lost. Career 4th quarter passer rating: 53 _______________________________________________ *Russ’s average over a 3-year period (based on his career statistics. Advantaged metrics in boldface)* *Pass attempts: 1,416* (vs. 958) *Pass completions: 917* (vs. 578) *Completion%: 64.7%* (vs. 60.3%) *TD-INT: 84-26* (vs. 40-30) *Passing yards: 10,913* (vs. 6,674) *Passer rating: 100.0* (vs. 82.3) Rushing yards: 1,327 Rushing yards/yr: 442 Rushing TDs: 7 Rushing attempts: 245.25 Rushing Y/A: 5.4 *Sacks: 132* (vs. 135) *Sacks/yr: 44* (vs. 45) *Yards lost: 866* (vs. 908) *Yards lost per sack: 6.5* (vs. 6.7) *Fumbles: 25.75 (8 Lost)* (vs 38 w/11 lost) *Career 4th quarter passer rating: 104* (vs. 53) Fields has a slight advantage in rushing. Russ is superior in every other department. That small rushing advantage isn’t nearly enough to compensate for Russ’s superiority as a passer, especially if we discuss 4th quarter metrics. If we discount Russ’s Denver years, Russ’s 3-year average stats would be better than Fields’s by an even larger margin, even if we include two injury years in Seattle (2016 and 2021) that produced outlier statistics. While both take a lot of sacks, Russ has taken them due to bad/inconsistent O-Lines and pure stubbornness on his part. Fields takes them more because he isn’t a great reader of defenses. His O-Lines have been better than Russ’s. _______________________________________________ *Russ’s Career Statistics* Pass attempts: 5,665 Pass completions: 3,668 Completion%: 64.7% TD-INT: 334-106 Passing yards: 43,653 Passer rating: 100.0 Rushing yards: 5,307 Rushing yards/yr: 442 Rushing TDs: 29 Rushing attempts: 981 Rushing y/a: 5.4 Sacks: 527 Sacks/yr: 43.9 Yards lost: 3,464 Yards lost per sack: 6.57 Fumbles: 103 (32 Lost) Career 4th quarter passer rating: 104 *Keep in mind that Russ’s career statistics include two subpar years in Denver.* Both years skew Russ’s stats negatively, especially 2022, when he threw just 16 TD passes and missed two games.
Don't let overeducated personal trainers run your conditioning. I saw a client pulling a sled and the owner jumped on the sled and the client tore his Achilles. They still have the players bouncing while stretching at camp, and I haven't seen that in PT clinics in 40 years.
The Steelers would have to come out of pocket for $40M if Russ got hurt, and he would STILL collect the other $38M from the Broncos and the $1.2M in salary from the Steelers. That injury guarantee doubles his salary. That’s why the Broncos wanted him to defer it for a year in exchange for guaranteeing his 2025 salary. The Broncos wanted to keep him for at least another year. Russ understandably wanted out of Denver.
*Here are Russ’s 2023 numbers (in 15 games, not 17).* 3,070 Yards 26 TDs 3 Rushing TDs (341 yards, 386 equiv.) 8 INTs 66.4% Complete 98 Passer Rating *Russ’s 2023 Rankings:* 1st in Fourth Qtr comebacks (4) 1st in Game-Winning Drives (4) 2nd in Adj. Completion Rate (78.8%)* 2nd in TD% (5.9) 3rd in TD% (5.8) 4th in Completion Differentials 5th in TD-INT Ratio (26:8) 7th in Passer Rating (98.0) 9th in TDs (26) 9th in INT Rate (1.8) 10th in INTs among qualified QBs (8) 11th in Completion% (66.4%) T-13th in INT% (2.0) According to Sports Info Solutions (SIS), Russ’s arm is as deadly as ever! He completed six passes that flew 40+ air yards past the original line of scrimmage (for 301 yards), good for #1 in the league. Four of those six went for TDs, and the two that didn’t were attributed as drops by the targeted receivers. Russ attempted 16 such passes, and 10 were deemed on target by SIS. Of those 16 attempts, not a single one resulted in an interception. Russ had one of the league’s top deep-ball passer ratings, led the league in red zone efficiency for half the season. Rushed for 341 yards in 15 games, which is the equivalent of 386 yards over 17 games, or 220%+ times the rush yards of the average NFL QB. That was with Sean Payton suppressing his numbers. Russ is still capable of rushing for 400-500 yards! That’s ELITE! He also had 4 of the top-5 least probable completions and led the Broncos to a #1 red zone performance rating for half the season. He achieved that with his own coach hating him, and despite that hate, the Broncos still wanted to keep Russ for one more season. They were willing to guarantee his 2025 salary in exchange for Russ deferring his 2024 injury guarantee. Russ rejected the deal because he didn’t want to play there anymore. Context is everything. Russ’s YPG metric is low because Payton had him checking down all the time. Russ could easily have had 6-7 game-winning drives. Payton cut them short, particularly against NE. QBR is suspect statistic. ESPN won’t reveal its methodology, and it relies on inputs from the running game, O-Line and receivers. It’s a flawed statistic that rewards QBs who have strong weapons. 2024: Will perform.
Rich Eisen is trying to say that they should go with Fields, but bringing in Russ IS going outside of their comfort zone. They wouldn’t have done that a few years ago.
Rich is horrible, and he is on an agenda against Russ. He and Mike Greenberg are trying to get anyone they can to say Fields should be starting over Russ.
Two comments by Gerry gave me pause: one, that these running backs are a perfect fit for Smith's offense, except Smith loves zone running and Najee and Warren both are average in zone schemes and have achieved all of their success in gap running schemes. two, that the big question mark on the defense is the D line? it's obviously the secondary. Besides Peterson and Minkah it's a bunch of warm bodies, that's it. And for Tomlin capers, it's not just the playoff drought, it's more that we consistently under-perform against awful teams and great teams. His personnel decisions can be head scratching (Dan Moore is going to start at LT this year for christ's sake). He's too conservative, he's a dinosaur in this league
Peterson isn't even on the team anymore. I disagree, I see our secondary as a strength. I'd say the worst projected starter is Larry O, and theres not much there in terms of depth. Montravius Adams then who, Isaiahh Loudermilk?
@@john670 Forgive me, I meant porter not peterson. But to me I see the secondary's worst starters as being worse players at their positions than Larry O or even Adams
Hope the coaching staff can correct fields turnover rate.i know they tweeked some things with him and camp looks good for him.but after the Pickett experience I have to see it week one.
Will Justin Fields take the field in the first preseason game for the Steelers since they dont play the "starters" in the preseason??? Feel like he could make things far more interesting with steeler fans.
Justin isn’t the starter and I don’t know why you all don’t get that? He’s going to be the backup all year unless Russ gets hurt. I know all the media is really pushing the Fields can beat Russ. He’s not even close to being the passer that Wilson is. I don’t know how many times this guy has to tell Rich.
@@hugh-jasole you thought u did something? I been a broncos fan since 2006 when we traded for Champ and he's easily our 3rd best QB ever behind elway and manning. He had 29 TDs and 8 INTs last season in 15 games and the team won 8 games. Imagine if we didn't have the worst defense in nfl history the first 8 weeks of the year, we easily would've been a playoff team and we beat the top teams in the AFC because Russ and his comeback drives, He had 5 game winning drives which led the entire NFL and did in only 15 games. Please learn football
How you're gonna call them stupid, and you're just a writer? As if they should follow your idea on how they should approach their guys? The arrogance is annoying!
@brandonhayslette1393 Rooney hired Captain Russ SB Mike & Art musk keep their jobs Jus done nothing last 3 years Billionaire Owner made the call They are taking the shot PERIOD
Wrong. Russ was the guy the Steelers targeted, and I don’t even think it’s just the coaches. The players recruited Russ to Pittsburgh and are still going to prefer Russ after they’ve seen how he runs things. He’s just head and shoulders above Fields. Idk why that scares some people. The Steelers are not getting Denver Russ; they’re getting Seattle Russ. Russ is just better at everything from the waist up and nearly as good at running even at this point in his career. *Here are Russ’s 2023 numbers (in 15 games, not 17).* 3,070 Yards 26 TDs 3 Rushing TDs (341 yards, 386 equiv.) 8 INTs 66.4% Complete 98 Passer Rating *Russ’s 2023 Rankings:* 1st in Fourth Qtr comebacks (4) 1st in Game-Winning Drives (4) 2nd in Adj. Completion Rate (78.8%)* 2nd in TD% (5.9) 4th in Completion Differentials 5th in TD-INT Ratio (26:8) 7th in Passer Rating (98.0) 9th in TDs (26) 9th in INT Rate (1.8) 10th in INTs among qualified QBs (8) 11th in Completion% (66.4%) T-13th in INT% (2.0) According to Sports Info Solutions (SIS), Russ’s arm is as deadly as ever! He completed six passes that flew 40+ air yards past the original line of scrimmage (for 301 yards), good for #1 in the league. Four of those six went for TDs, and the two that didn’t were attributed as drops by the targeted receivers. Russ attempted 16 such passes, and 10 were deemed on target by SIS. Of those 16 attempts, not a single one resulted in an interception. Russ had one of the league’s top deep-ball passer ratings, led the league in red zone efficiency for half the season. Rushed for 341 yards in 15 games, which is the equivalent of 386 yards over 17 games, or 220%+ times the rush yards of the average NFL QB. That was with Sean Payton suppressing his numbers. Russ is still capable of rushing for 400-500 yards! That’s ELITE! He also had 4 of the top-5 least probable completions and led the Broncos to a #1 red zone performance rating for half the season. He achieved that with his own coach hating him, and despite that hate, the Broncos still wanted to keep Russ for one more season. They were willing to guarantee his 2025 salary in exchange for Russ deferring his 2024 injury guarantee. Russ rejected the deal because he didn’t want to play there anymore. Context is everything. Russ’s YPG metric is low because Payton had him checking down all the time. Russ could easily have had 6-7 game-winning drives. Payton cut them short, particularly against NE. QBR is suspect statistic. ESPN won’t reveal its methodology, and it relies on inputs from the running game, O-Line and receivers. It’s a flawed statistic that rewards QBs who have strong weapons.
@DeCurtaRican Where does the inside ditty come from? Russ is an amazing athlete & human being no question. He's not affected by people's behavior including Psycho Sean. Unfortunately the Tomlin press conference said this morning that Russ is 1 of 7 that will not play in the 1st game along with TJ & others. I've realized that I have no reason to watch that game. While I do miss Tyler Lockett, DK & many other Hawks & even Courtland, after AH Payton in Detroit, I'm always right on the edge of walking away from the league, refs & billionair owners doing what they do. Russ' integrity keeps me inspired. Love to watch him razzle dazzle.
I'm sure thats what Cincinatti fans have thought every other year too. Hes missed 15 games in 4 seasons. Also his play has declined in back to back years. Jake Browning outplayed him last season.
Use the hangers with the clamps for pants to hold the curtains closed.
Russ will prove haters wrong. 9 probowls 100 QB rating 43k passing 5300 rushing 338 Tds 106 int 39 game winning drives. Superbowl champion
@RobertDavis-vg6uy
Indeed he shall Bobby!!!
I agree he will shut haters up when he takes us to Superbowl this year and wins comeback player of year 35 tds 10?ints 4300 yards
Guys we win division and # 1 seed then superbowl team has new intensity physical and brotherhood is back at out best with tough schedule backs against wall is when we play best this is mirroring the 08 team
@russobenstine851
DAM RUSS ...
Love your attitude & energy!!!
Many folks on the SteelHouse Team are going for all the cookies from the owner throughout. RW leading the charge. We're all thinking PERFECT STORM.
KeepUpTheGreatVibes!!!
How many times does Geri have to explain Russ is the starter to guys like Rich Eisen and Mark Slerith and Colin Coward ?
Just like he said Pickett was QB1?
Russ will prove haters wrong. 9 probowls 100 QB rating 43k passing 5300 rushing 338 Tds 106 int 39 game winning drives. Superbowl champion
@@andrew7196: Russ and Pickett are two VERY different QBs, and the Steelers wanted to have Russ and Pickett in their QB room. The Steelers had no idea Russ would really be available to them. Teams were skeptical that the Broncos would be this stupid! They all knew Fields was and didn’t want him, and that includes the Steelers. The Steelers only opened up to bringing him in after Pickett imploded because he didn’t want to compete with Russ.
Mark Schlereth was actually complimentary of Russ a few weeks ago. He’s even pushing back on the notion that Russ is declined physically. Schlereth’s problem with Russ is Russ’s attitude. He believes Russ lacks self-awareness, and despite my constant defense of Russ, I have to agree to some extent. He comes off as being a phony, even if he’s not trying to. He needs to be more relatable.
When he got with Ciara, I didn’t want to believe that she would taint him, but I believe his career would have been better if he hadn’t married her.
The Russell Wilson who was drafted by Seattle would’ve preferred to stay in Seattle and not left. Russ made a mistake in leaving Seattle for Denver. I don’t necessarily believe it would’ve been a mistake to leave at all, but going to Denver was a huge mistake.
@@i.alexjohn
Tomlin said this morning that Russ, TJ & 5 others WILL NOT PLAY in the 1st game.
A very good interview with Dulac. Steelers are improved. Emphasis will be on the running game and have a better OC than Matt Canada was. My question can putting most of your eggs in the running basket win in today's passing NFL? Steelers need another prominent Wide Receiver with George Pickens. How do you outscore Prominent passing teams & keep your RBs healthy???
Pickens is a head case. I don't put a lot of trust in him. He can be broken by halftime every week if he's double covered.
Him and most other NFL receivers.
I think it can, because 3 reasons: 1) defenses are designed to be fast, and stop the pass. 2) sub packages and focus on more defensive backs takes resources away from the trenches. 3) the highest paid defensive players are edge rushers, and running the ball basically takes them out of the game.
T O P, eat the clock keep them from getting the ball. When all else fails steelers still have a pretty good defense 😢😮😅
@@elbob17or just get under his skin. Short fuse😢😮😅
So , he's saying Russ is the starter? Everybody wants a QB controversy, everybody in the media that is. I as a Steeler fan don't , you know the whole 2 QBs equal no QBs thing. I just hope they can keep Fields because he can be a star in this league. The Naj/Warren thing look Warren is getting the better snaps for explosive plays that Naj used to get, Naj is capable of that, is Warren capable of what Naj does? They're both great, and it's a good problem to have. The D line, and lack of addressing it, it wasn't a great off season to do so, I think they feel the improvement to the ILB room in support of it will suffice this season, and will address it in the next draft, a much better draft for defensive lineman.
Here We Go Steelers!!!
Obviously the late Division games in the schedule is to accommodate Hard Knocks, which is infuriating.
PAUL from chicago.Chicago. hope justine balls out and get the F out of there. MOST dynamic player I've every seen in a Bear uniform. 37 year old will not hold him off for long.
QBs can’t push sleds? You think Justin fields and Russ are great athletes because they don’t do heavy lifts?
I just get this overwhelming vibe that people want Wilson to fail.
100%, because Fields is 10 years younger. He could be the future. Wilson definitely is not the future.
@@john670: Fields is the future WHAT? That’s the question. Age has nothing to do with this. They rooted for Brady and Stafford when they left their teams, and they’re rooting for Cousins and Rogers, both of whom are older than Russ, and still rooting for Stafford. They’re also rooting for Flacco.
There’s an agenda being pushed against Russ, and it’s coming from someone very powerful. Too many media members are on code with the Russ-bashing and the pushing of a WB who was so bad that no teams wanted him despite the purported advantages YOU seem to believe he possesses.
Fields may be 10 years younger than Russ but he does nothing better than Russ, not even run. Russ is a matter runner and balances his passing and running prowess. All fields can do is run, and he doesn’t know how to protect his body. That’s why he has missed more games in 3 years than Russ has missed in 12.
Fields is the future my a$$. Russ still has 4-5 good years left in him, and the Steelers are Sean-now team. Why would they start an obvious project over a proven winner who just last season had top-10 performances in meaningful statistics?!
Fields’s best season doesn’t even measure up to Russ’s worst (2022).
*Here are Russ’s 2023 numbers (in 15 games, not 17).*
3,070 Yards
26 TDs
3 Rushing TDs (341 yards, 386 equiv.)
8 INTs
66.4% Complete
98 Passer Rating
*Russ’s 2023 Rankings:*
1st in Fourth Qtr comebacks (4)
1st in Game-Winning Drives (4)
2nd in Adj. Completion Rate (78.8%)*
2nd in TD% (5.9)
3rd in TD% (5.8)
4th in Completion Differentials
5th in TD-INT Ratio (26:8)
7th in Passer Rating (98.0)
9th in TDs (26)
9th in INT Rate (1.8)
10th in INTs among qualified QBs (8)
11th in Completion% (66.4%)
T-13th in INT% (2.0)
According to Sports Info Solutions (SIS), Russ’s arm is as deadly as ever!
He completed six passes that flew 40+ air yards past the original line of scrimmage (for 301 yards), good for #1 in the league. Four of those six went for TDs, and the two that didn’t were attributed as drops by the targeted receivers.
Russ attempted 16 such passes, and 10 were deemed on target by SIS.
Of those 16 attempts, not a single one resulted in an interception.
Russ had one of the league’s top deep-ball passer ratings, led the league in red zone efficiency for half the season.
Rushed for 341 yards in 15 games, which is the equivalent of 386 yards over 17 games, or 220%+ times the rush yards of the average NFL QB. That was with Sean Payton suppressing his numbers. Russ is still capable of rushing for 400-500 yards! That’s ELITE!
He also had 4 of the top-5 least probable completions and led the Broncos to a #1 red zone performance rating for half the season.
He achieved that with his own coach hating him, and despite that hate, the Broncos still wanted to keep Russ for one more season. They were willing to guarantee his 2025 salary in exchange for Russ deferring his 2024 injury guarantee. Russ rejected the deal because he didn’t want to play there anymore.
Context is everything. Russ’s YPG metric is low because Payton had him checking down all the time. Russ could easily have had 6-7 game-winning drives. Payton cut them short, particularly against NE.
QBR is suspect statistic. ESPN won’t reveal its methodology, and it relies on inputs from the running game, O-Line and receivers. It’s a flawed statistic that rewards QBs who have strong weapons.
2024: Will perform.
@@john670: Making these hyperbolic statements and declarations deprives the Fields supporters of all credibility.
“Wilson is definitely not the future?” Like I said, that man has at least 4-5 good years left in him.
Fields hasn’t done a single thing to demonstrate that he’s even franchise QB material, let alone good enough to unseat a guy like Russ.
*Justin Fields’s 3-Year Career Stats (advantaged metrics in boldface*
Pass attempts: 958
Pass completions: 578
Completion%: 60.3%
TD-INT: 40-30
Passing yards: 6,674
Passer rating: 82.3
*Rushing yards: 2,220* (vs. 1,327)
*Rushing yards/yr: 740* (vs. 442)
*Rushing TDs: 14* (vs. 7)
*Rushing attempts: 356* (vs. 245.5)
*Rushing y/a: 6.2* (vs. 5.4)
Sacks: 135
Sacks/yr: 45
Yards lost: 908
Yards lost per sack: 6.7
Fumbles: 38 (11 Lost)
On pace for 152 fumbles over 12 seasons with 44 lost.
Career 4th quarter passer rating: 53
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*Russ’s average over a 3-year period (based on his career statistics. Advantaged metrics in boldface)*
*Pass attempts: 1,416* (vs. 958)
*Pass completions: 917* (vs. 578)
*Completion%: 64.7%* (vs. 60.3%)
*TD-INT: 84-26* (vs. 40-30)
*Passing yards: 10,913* (vs. 6,674)
*Passer rating: 100.0* (vs. 82.3)
Rushing yards: 1,327
Rushing yards/yr: 442
Rushing TDs: 7
Rushing attempts: 245.25
Rushing Y/A: 5.4
*Sacks: 132* (vs. 135)
*Sacks/yr: 44* (vs. 45)
*Yards lost: 866* (vs. 908)
*Yards lost per sack: 6.5* (vs. 6.7)
*Fumbles: 25.75 (8 Lost)* (vs 38 w/11 lost)
*Career 4th quarter passer rating: 104* (vs. 53)
Fields has a slight advantage in rushing. Russ is superior in every other department. That small rushing advantage isn’t nearly enough to compensate for Russ’s superiority as a passer, especially if we discuss 4th quarter metrics.
If we discount Russ’s Denver years, Russ’s 3-year average stats would be better than Fields’s by an even larger margin, even if we include two injury years in Seattle (2016 and 2021) that produced outlier statistics.
While both take a lot of sacks, Russ has taken them due to bad/inconsistent O-Lines and pure stubbornness on his part. Fields takes them more because he isn’t a great reader of defenses. His O-Lines have been better than Russ’s.
_______________________________________________
*Russ’s Career Statistics*
Pass attempts: 5,665
Pass completions: 3,668
Completion%: 64.7%
TD-INT: 334-106
Passing yards: 43,653
Passer rating: 100.0
Rushing yards: 5,307
Rushing yards/yr: 442
Rushing TDs: 29
Rushing attempts: 981
Rushing y/a: 5.4
Sacks: 527
Sacks/yr: 43.9
Yards lost: 3,464
Yards lost per sack: 6.57
Fumbles: 103 (32 Lost)
Career 4th quarter passer rating: 104
*Keep in mind that Russ’s career statistics include two subpar years in Denver.*
Both years skew Russ’s stats negatively, especially 2022, when he threw just 16 TD passes and missed two games.
@@john670: Fields needs gifted weapons to make him look good. Russ just needs weapons that do their jobs. If they do their jobs, they don’t even need to be gifted, will make those weapons look better than they are. That’s how he has always been.
I’m not interested in which QB looks good with the first team in practice and the preseason, because all three QBs can do that.
I’m interested in seeing which QB can make the second and third stringers look like the first-team.
The QB who can look good with lesser players is the QB who can handle pressure best and beat stingy defenses. That is the QB we want running this squad.
You’re correct! There’s someone behind all of this.
Using a sled has become a standard protocol in the training world now. These trainers know what they are doing.
Rich Eisen is still hating on Russell.
Rich Eisen
Mike Greenberg
Nick Wright
Colin Cowherd
Louis Riddick
Ryan Clark
They’re all talking nonsense about Russ. Mark Schlereth is hypercritical of Russ but it’s more Russ’s persona that he doesn’t care for.
Terry Bradshaw and Jack Lambert speeches were great!
The cool breeze is the man
Go look at the Steelers record against the Ravens the last 4-5 years. Jackson has yet to play a decent game against them. Burrow played the worst game of his career against them a few years ago. He had a million sacks and at least three interceptions. Watson is Watson, no fears there. It’s about what they do outside the division. It’s losing against bad teams. It’s the letdowns that kill them.
The caveat is if Watson wakes up. Watson has not been Watson since he went to Cleveland. WATSON-Watson played in Houston. If THAT Watson finally appears in Cleveland this year, he’s going to be a problem. Russ can still outperform him but he’s going to be a problem.
People are going to think I’m crazy for saying this, but Russ is the best QB in that division. He’s going to start over Fields because Fields is nowhere near his level. Lamar Jackson is a runner, and he’s never going to win a SB. I doubt he will ever play in one.
Burrow can’t even stay on the field.
If people leave Russ alone and let him do his thing, he can own this division just like he owned the NFCw.
And believe it or not, he was the best QB in the AFCw last year during the regular season.
Mahomes came on late and obviously had a nice playoff push, but Russ outperformed him during the regular season with an inferior squad, and he was doing it while playing for a coach who hated him and didn’t exactly keep it a secret. Even worse, that coach was low-key trying to tank the season away for high draft status.
Russ and Mahomes had subpar seasons in 2023, even if Russ’s 2023 was an improvement from his 2022 season. I expect both to be back to normal this year, with both returning to their 2018-2020 forms.
@@DeCurtaRican Do you know how long ago Watson was Watson in Houston? Even then he put up numbers during garbage time in games they were losing. Watson was never really the guy he was a guy…
Steelers could easily be a better team than they were last year and have a worse record, schedule if fucking brutal
2nd half is..we can handle the 1st half of it
@XMON888 yah but seems like every year now we're awful until exactly halfway through the season... hopefully Arthur Smith can get us cooking this year. Offense is killing it in training camp so far
@@liltopherrr: The offense won’t show me anything until it gels with Russ, the starter! It appears to be happening; both QBs have looked good with the first team.
But I’m not interested in which QB looks good with the first team in practice and the preseason, because all three QBs can do that.
I’m interested in seeing which QB can make the second and third stringers look like the first-team.
The QB who can look good with lesser players is the QB who can handle pressure best and beat stingy defenses. That is the QB we want running this squad.
Russ always looks great in training camp no matter who he runs with. Can the same be said for Fields?
People need to remember something:
Russ was cut by the Broncos due to personal whim of Sean Payton, politics, logistics, finances, and a little bit of attempted revenge that backfired.
Russ refused an accommodation. He refused to defer his injury guarantee for a year in n exchange for the Broncos guaranteeing his 2025 salary by keeping him for another season. N other words, the Broncos weren’t planning on cutting Russ. They wanted to keep him for another season. They couldn’t trade him b/c he had a no-trade clause and wasn’t going to do them any favors. He refused to accommodate their request knowing they would cut him.
He WANTED that!
Fields was dumped by the Bears for strictly football reasons, and if he could’ve stayed in Chicago, he would have preferred to stay in Chicago, freezing cold, et al.
@@liltopherrr: I know Russ’s history. He plays his best football when things are toughest. Look that up. He performs best against teams with elite QBs and under high-pressure conditions.
All he needs is a decent surrounding cast. He doesn’t need offensive superstars like other QBs do, although it would be nice to see him have some. He just needs guys who are decent and do their jobs. Thats why he was successful in Seattle. Any, he had Beast Mode, but what superstar WR did he have? Even DO and Lockett didn’t fit that moniker when Russ was in Seattle, and Lockett still doesn’t right now. We can make an argument that DK doesn’t either.
This AFCn situation will be good for him. I think the AFCw bored him, which was one of several problems he had out there.
Here We Go Steelers !
I agree with Chris Simmons this is strength training and also this injury was coming
I’m not interested in which QB looks good with the first team in practice and the preseason, because all three QBs can do that.
I’m interested in seeing which QB can make the second and third stringers look like the first-team.
The QB who can look good with lesser players is the QB who can handle pressure best and beat stingy defenses. That is the QB we want running this squad.
Now, which QB do you all believe that descriptor fits?
If a ground and pound running game is so great, why didn't Arthur Smith win a Super Bowl with Derrick Henry? If you have to march up and down the field by running most of the time, you will have more plays, but may increase your penalties for offsides, false starts, etc. You can't beat Mahommes by scoring 12 points a game.😮
Maybe because Henry averaged 54 yards in their playoff losses? One could argue the best way to stop Mahomes is to keep him on the sideline and keep the defense rested, both things this strategy does.
This guy knows football.
The QB situation is the same as it was 3 months ago..... you don't have one.
I guess I fan different. I would be escatic to got 10-7. 11-6 every year. Means we have a chance every yr. I just don't get it.
Chance at wild card
Owner issued new orders. SB NOW. Mike, Art & Omar are marching Rooney's orders.
Captain Russ will bring it home & that's why they hired him. Jus did NOTHING in the last 3 years. Bupkus. Don't read defense, fumbles & don't protect the ball. Russ wins games & SB. That is what he will do.
Lolol.... this wishful thinking won't age well.
It will age like fine wine.
@@73ajd1: I think you’re wrong. Arthur Smith’s system is tailor-made for Russ. He played in it before with Daryl Bevell in Seattle.
@DeCurtaRican You think that you have Russ from 10 years ago. You're wrong. He didn't even make it through a week of camp.
PAUL CHICAGO. This old pick act like this 10 years ago Russell is old and done.. go with the best player Justin
Fields hasn’t done a single thing to demonstrate that he’s even franchise QB material, let alone good enough to unseat a guy like Russ.
*Justin Fields’s 3-Year Career Stats (advantaged metrics in boldface*
Pass attempts: 958
Pass completions: 578
Completion%: 60.3%
TD-INT: 40-30
Passing yards: 6,674
Passer rating: 82.3
*Rushing yards: 2,220* (vs. 1,327)
*Rushing yards/yr: 740* (vs. 442)
*Rushing TDs: 14* (vs. 7)
*Rushing attempts: 356* (vs. 245.5)
*Rushing y/a: 6.2* (vs. 5.4)
Sacks: 135
Sacks/yr: 45
Yards lost: 908
Yards lost per sack: 6.7
Fumbles: 38 (11 Lost)
On pace for 152 fumbles over 12 seasons with 44 lost.
Career 4th quarter passer rating: 53
_______________________________________________
*Russ’s average over a 3-year period (based on his career statistics. Advantaged metrics in boldface)*
*Pass attempts: 1,416* (vs. 958)
*Pass completions: 917* (vs. 578)
*Completion%: 64.7%* (vs. 60.3%)
*TD-INT: 84-26* (vs. 40-30)
*Passing yards: 10,913* (vs. 6,674)
*Passer rating: 100.0* (vs. 82.3)
Rushing yards: 1,327
Rushing yards/yr: 442
Rushing TDs: 7
Rushing attempts: 245.25
Rushing Y/A: 5.4
*Sacks: 132* (vs. 135)
*Sacks/yr: 44* (vs. 45)
*Yards lost: 866* (vs. 908)
*Yards lost per sack: 6.5* (vs. 6.7)
*Fumbles: 25.75 (8 Lost)* (vs 38 w/11 lost)
*Career 4th quarter passer rating: 104* (vs. 53)
Fields has a slight advantage in rushing. Russ is superior in every other department. That small rushing advantage isn’t nearly enough to compensate for Russ’s superiority as a passer, especially if we discuss 4th quarter metrics.
If we discount Russ’s Denver years, Russ’s 3-year average stats would be better than Fields’s by an even larger margin, even if we include two injury years in Seattle (2016 and 2021) that produced outlier statistics.
While both take a lot of sacks, Russ has taken them due to bad/inconsistent O-Lines and pure stubbornness on his part. Fields takes them more because he isn’t a great reader of defenses. His O-Lines have been better than Russ’s.
_______________________________________________
*Russ’s Career Statistics*
Pass attempts: 5,665
Pass completions: 3,668
Completion%: 64.7%
TD-INT: 334-106
Passing yards: 43,653
Passer rating: 100.0
Rushing yards: 5,307
Rushing yards/yr: 442
Rushing TDs: 29
Rushing attempts: 981
Rushing y/a: 5.4
Sacks: 527
Sacks/yr: 43.9
Yards lost: 3,464
Yards lost per sack: 6.57
Fumbles: 103 (32 Lost)
Career 4th quarter passer rating: 104
*Keep in mind that Russ’s career statistics include two subpar years in Denver.*
Both years skew Russ’s stats negatively, especially 2022, when he threw just 16 TD passes and missed two games.
Don't let overeducated personal trainers run your conditioning. I saw a client pulling a sled and the owner jumped on the sled and the client tore his Achilles. They still have the players bouncing while stretching at camp, and I haven't seen that in PT clinics in 40 years.
The Steelers would have to come out of pocket for $40M if Russ got hurt, and he would STILL collect the other $38M from the Broncos and the $1.2M in salary from the Steelers.
That injury guarantee doubles his salary. That’s why the Broncos wanted him to defer it for a year in exchange for guaranteeing his 2025 salary.
The Broncos wanted to keep him for at least another year. Russ understandably wanted out of Denver.
*Here are Russ’s 2023 numbers (in 15 games, not 17).*
3,070 Yards
26 TDs
3 Rushing TDs (341 yards, 386 equiv.)
8 INTs
66.4% Complete
98 Passer Rating
*Russ’s 2023 Rankings:*
1st in Fourth Qtr comebacks (4)
1st in Game-Winning Drives (4)
2nd in Adj. Completion Rate (78.8%)*
2nd in TD% (5.9)
3rd in TD% (5.8)
4th in Completion Differentials
5th in TD-INT Ratio (26:8)
7th in Passer Rating (98.0)
9th in TDs (26)
9th in INT Rate (1.8)
10th in INTs among qualified QBs (8)
11th in Completion% (66.4%)
T-13th in INT% (2.0)
According to Sports Info Solutions (SIS), Russ’s arm is as deadly as ever!
He completed six passes that flew 40+ air yards past the original line of scrimmage (for 301 yards), good for #1 in the league. Four of those six went for TDs, and the two that didn’t were attributed as drops by the targeted receivers.
Russ attempted 16 such passes, and 10 were deemed on target by SIS.
Of those 16 attempts, not a single one resulted in an interception.
Russ had one of the league’s top deep-ball passer ratings, led the league in red zone efficiency for half the season.
Rushed for 341 yards in 15 games, which is the equivalent of 386 yards over 17 games, or 220%+ times the rush yards of the average NFL QB. That was with Sean Payton suppressing his numbers. Russ is still capable of rushing for 400-500 yards! That’s ELITE!
He also had 4 of the top-5 least probable completions and led the Broncos to a #1 red zone performance rating for half the season.
He achieved that with his own coach hating him, and despite that hate, the Broncos still wanted to keep Russ for one more season. They were willing to guarantee his 2025 salary in exchange for Russ deferring his 2024 injury guarantee. Russ rejected the deal because he didn’t want to play there anymore.
Context is everything. Russ’s YPG metric is low because Payton had him checking down all the time. Russ could easily have had 6-7 game-winning drives. Payton cut them short, particularly against NE.
QBR is suspect statistic. ESPN won’t reveal its methodology, and it relies on inputs from the running game, O-Line and receivers. It’s a flawed statistic that rewards QBs who have strong weapons.
2024: Will perform.
Rich Eisen is trying to say that they should go with Fields, but bringing in Russ IS going outside of their comfort zone. They wouldn’t have done that a few years ago.
Rich, always cool.
Rich is horrible, and he is on an agenda against Russ. He and Mike Greenberg are trying to get anyone they can to say Fields should be starting over Russ.
Since 2017-18 you mean, Gerry... Shazier was injured in 2017..
Steelers would be stupid to let fields go!
Can Fields catch the ball?
He caught 1 pass at Georgia as a freshman
As a Ravens fan, I can’t wait until Steelers fan realize that Patrick Queen is not as dynamic or as great as they think
He was an all pro last year
Two comments by Gerry gave me pause: one, that these running backs are a perfect fit for Smith's offense, except Smith loves zone running and Najee and Warren both are average in zone schemes and have achieved all of their success in gap running schemes. two, that the big question mark on the defense is the D line? it's obviously the secondary. Besides Peterson and Minkah it's a bunch of warm bodies, that's it.
And for Tomlin capers, it's not just the playoff drought, it's more that we consistently under-perform against awful teams and great teams. His personnel decisions can be head scratching (Dan Moore is going to start at LT this year for christ's sake). He's too conservative, he's a dinosaur in this league
Peterson isn't even on the team anymore. I disagree, I see our secondary as a strength. I'd say the worst projected starter is Larry O, and theres not much there in terms of depth. Montravius Adams then who, Isaiahh Loudermilk?
@@john670 Forgive me, I meant porter not peterson. But to me I see the secondary's worst starters as being worse players at their positions than Larry O or even Adams
To question if they are better is absolutely ridiculous sorry Rich .
Hope the coaching staff can correct fields turnover rate.i know they tweeked some things with him and camp looks good for him.but after the Pickett experience I have to see it week one.
Will Justin Fields take the field in the first preseason game for the Steelers since they dont play the "starters" in the preseason??? Feel like he could make things far more interesting with steeler fans.
Justin isn’t the starter and I don’t know why you all don’t get that? He’s going to be the backup all year unless Russ gets hurt. I know all the media is really pushing the Fields can beat Russ. He’s not even close to being the passer that Wilson is. I don’t know how many times this guy has to tell Rich.
@@brigetterossi292quick question coming from a Broncos fan ...you sure about that there chief?😂
@@hugh-jasole you thought u did something? I been a broncos fan since 2006 when we traded for Champ and he's easily our 3rd best QB ever behind elway and manning. He had 29 TDs and 8 INTs last season in 15 games and the team won 8 games. Imagine if we didn't have the worst defense in nfl history the first 8 weeks of the year, we easily would've been a playoff team and we beat the top teams in the AFC because Russ and his comeback drives, He had 5 game winning drives which led the entire NFL and did in only 15 games. Please learn football
@@brigetterossi292 Lol! He's not even close???
Russ will prove haters wrong. 9 probowls 100 QB rating 43k passing 5300 rushing 338 Tds 106 int 39 game winning drives. Superbowl champion
How you're gonna call them stupid, and you're just a writer? As if they should follow your idea on how they should approach their guys? The arrogance is annoying!
This dude is a fan, not a reporter.
If Dulac says there's "no question" that Russ is the week 1 starter, it's a safe bet that Fields has a chance to be the starter.
@brandonhayslette1393
Rooney hired Captain Russ SB
Mike & Art musk keep their jobs
Jus done nothing last 3 years
Billionaire Owner made the call
They are taking the shot PERIOD
Wrong. Russ was the guy the Steelers targeted, and I don’t even think it’s just the coaches. The players recruited Russ to Pittsburgh and are still going to prefer Russ after they’ve seen how he runs things. He’s just head and shoulders above Fields.
Idk why that scares some people. The Steelers are not getting Denver Russ; they’re getting Seattle Russ.
Russ is just better at everything from the waist up and nearly as good at running even at this point in his career.
*Here are Russ’s 2023 numbers (in 15 games, not 17).*
3,070 Yards
26 TDs
3 Rushing TDs (341 yards, 386 equiv.)
8 INTs
66.4% Complete
98 Passer Rating
*Russ’s 2023 Rankings:*
1st in Fourth Qtr comebacks (4)
1st in Game-Winning Drives (4)
2nd in Adj. Completion Rate (78.8%)*
2nd in TD% (5.9)
4th in Completion Differentials
5th in TD-INT Ratio (26:8)
7th in Passer Rating (98.0)
9th in TDs (26)
9th in INT Rate (1.8)
10th in INTs among qualified QBs (8)
11th in Completion% (66.4%)
T-13th in INT% (2.0)
According to Sports Info Solutions (SIS), Russ’s arm is as deadly as ever!
He completed six passes that flew 40+ air yards past the original line of scrimmage (for 301 yards), good for #1 in the league. Four of those six went for TDs, and the two that didn’t were attributed as drops by the targeted receivers.
Russ attempted 16 such passes, and 10 were deemed on target by SIS.
Of those 16 attempts, not a single one resulted in an interception.
Russ had one of the league’s top deep-ball passer ratings, led the league in red zone efficiency for half the season.
Rushed for 341 yards in 15 games, which is the equivalent of 386 yards over 17 games, or 220%+ times the rush yards of the average NFL QB. That was with Sean Payton suppressing his numbers. Russ is still capable of rushing for 400-500 yards! That’s ELITE!
He also had 4 of the top-5 least probable completions and led the Broncos to a #1 red zone performance rating for half the season.
He achieved that with his own coach hating him, and despite that hate, the Broncos still wanted to keep Russ for one more season. They were willing to guarantee his 2025 salary in exchange for Russ deferring his 2024 injury guarantee. Russ rejected the deal because he didn’t want to play there anymore.
Context is everything. Russ’s YPG metric is low because Payton had him checking down all the time. Russ could easily have had 6-7 game-winning drives. Payton cut them short, particularly against NE.
QBR is suspect statistic. ESPN won’t reveal its methodology, and it relies on inputs from the running game, O-Line and receivers. It’s a flawed statistic that rewards QBs who have strong weapons.
@DeCurtaRican
Where does the inside ditty come from? Russ is an amazing athlete & human being no question. He's not affected by people's behavior including Psycho Sean.
Unfortunately the Tomlin press conference said this morning that Russ is 1 of 7 that will not play in the 1st game along with TJ & others. I've realized that I have no reason to watch that game. While I do miss Tyler Lockett, DK & many other Hawks & even Courtland, after AH Payton in Detroit, I'm always right on the edge of walking away from the league, refs & billionair owners doing what they do. Russ' integrity keeps me inspired. Love to watch him razzle dazzle.
11-6 is a joke. He needs to review their schedule. No way
If we can get off to a strong start we can absolutely be 11-6 the first 8 games is pretty easy
Fields will be in at week 7
So the Steelers season ends week 7
why bench russ for a walmart version of lamar?
@@davidroper2004lol....dollar store
@@jamesfetcho6315 lemonade stand
@@davidroper2004 LoL 😂
"Nothing has changed." Great. 19 more minutes to go 😴
Steelers aren’t winning 11 games in that division. Burrow will be healthy this year
I'm sure thats what Cincinatti fans have thought every other year too. Hes missed 15 games in 4 seasons. Also his play has declined in back to back years. Jake Browning outplayed him last season.
He was a pros pro in Denver too stayed after worked hard…he’s still a poser.
Gerry Dulac is wrong so often it's really hard to take anything he says too seriously.
If the entire division is "too good," that means it's LESS likely for any team to get 11 wins.
Russell Wilson is washed. Justin Fields is a running back. Steelers go 9-8 riding their defense per usual.
Keep shitting on the colts