My Thoughts On The Steelers Signing Russell Wilson
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- Опубликовано: 13 мар 2024
- Breaking down new Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson and the strengths and weaknesses of his game. #Steelers #RussellWilson #NFL #Broncos
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Thanks Alex! Congrats on 15,000 subscribers. Every Steeler fan would benefit from your channel.
Thank you!
Thank you, Alex. Your content absolutely makes the Steelers fans smarter. Outstanding intel on Russell Wilson. Have a great day, Sir!
Thank you very much!
I like that Wilson and OC Smith are coming here with stung pride
This might really be underrated.
Best Steelers channel by a long shot. Thanks for the great content.
Really appreciate you!
Alex is most underrated 💯
Dude could literally be a professional espn analyst ong
U r right Russell still got a laser for an arm 💪🏻
No doubt.
@@Alex_Kozora I watched him the latter part of the season in his playoff push ..dude was slinging the ball
All of his stats on deep balls have dropped and he struggles reading in a clean pocket. The Steelers line is also garbage.
Great breakdown Alex. Gotta take the good with the bad but I'm optimistic that unless he's in a slump, he will improve our offense, dramatically
No matter how you put it we have an upgrade at qb with Wilson or Fields. Both are gonna be better than the qb play we had the past 3-5 years.
I like what I've seen. He looks better than the last few years of Ben and that alone makes my heart thump. I hope he can win the locker room over.
With that deep ball I would assume he already won George Pickens over lol
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Ben had 55 tds in his last 2 years but ok..
How quickly yall forget.
Who in the Steeler's quarterback room is better than Russell Wilson? No one!
Well he is the only one in there at the moment so there's that 🤷
This is great. Please keep this sort of thing coming. I like the deep dives.
Did you not see Mason make all of those throws and he’s younger than Wilson. He has a lot to prove in my opinion. Hope Mason comes back to haunt Pitt
I saw Mason panic against the bills and throw a red zone interception.
@@jtfike Mason didn’t loose that game the fumbles lost that game.
Bills were a tough loss without watt also. I like Russel coming to Pitt wish we could of held onto Mason is all. Wilson had a decent year last year we added some serious weapons nice D pick ups. Just Kenny being unproven and a aging Wilson. I couldn’t stand Mason until last year until he bailed us out of the terrible season I just thought he finally got in a rhythm might carry over to next season. Hope Kenny is the dude they think he will be someday 👍
Earned a sub, great video thank you for breaking down Russ’s game. I think he’ll do well here and I can’t wait
This video kind of ended up supporting what I already thought. Wilson is an overall positive at the QB position. He's been in the game a long time. As such he does more things right than he does wrong. "Doing routine things routinely" is a great summary of his play. I did not know that he had a YOLO ball problem. But it does make sense.
All in all, I'm not worried about him. I think he will be an overall positive force on what I think could be a slightly better-than-average Offense. I'm not counting on him making any pro bowls or all pro teams any time soon. But the better-than-average leader of a slightly better-than-average Offense seems believable to me.
This was a really good breakdown thanks for all the hard work Alex! I think there’s absolutely some bad habits he showed in Denver the last two years especially with the pocket timer being really short. As we all do I hope we see a little bit more commitment from him to step up in the pocket especially if he has a better line as he learns to trust the line to protect him. Also the familiarity he’ll have in the offense with it being similar to what he’s run before, there’s hope to have a solid qb for the Steelers this year. We will see right? Have a great day man!
Thanks for watching!
Really wish we could’ve gotten Cushenberry! Until we fill that position, we are going to struggle again this year.
Would have been really nice.
They want to draft a C. And Cushenberry cost a ton.
@@Alex_Kozora really hope that’s the case for the first round.
@@Alex_Kozora #4Yr./$50M... WAY TO MUCH dough. Mason Rudolph surely will appreciate him.
@@knicktyson6187 what if JPJ is gone? Would you take Frazier in the 1st?
Looks good, Alex. Thanks.
I think in his current state as a player, there might not be a better OC for Russ to work with than Arthur Smith. If the Steelers can continue to be effective on the ground, there's room for him to make a lot of plays down the field. Should make for a far more exciting offense to watch.
That’s laughably dumb.
Arthur Smith is a statue OC, he’s never done well with a mobile QB.
The ball wasn’t placed perfectly, he floated it and the receiver bodies the corner.
On the end zone INT vs Houston, WR stopped rather than keeping his momentum. And although Russ threw soft and off his back foot (and under pressure) he made the correct throw. The WR should kept up a "battle and snatch" attitude.
Good throw by Russ.
Very good video and break down. Wilson is better Pickett now and maybe for next year. They will just have to keep swinging at quarterback and maybe take a quarterback this year in a later round.
3:08 is the type of play Kenny would spin left out of the pocket and not throw the deep ball. Can’t wait to see GP and CA3 with Russ
So much of his success or failure is going to be his chemistry with that offense and the new OC. Bound to be interesting.
Russ seems to be a definite upgrade over Kenny. That said, I wish the Steelers would have signed Mason as well. Your insights are appreciated!
They can’t sign Rudolph if he didn’t want to come back. For all we know thenSteelers made him an offer and he declined it.
Thanks for watching!
Hear is to Mason Rudolph tearing it up in TENN..
Make Steelers MgMt. look stupid.
@@jamy8575 Hard to tear it up from the bench. I doubt he starts over Levis unless Levis falls flat on his face.
@@joem2267 If ya listen to Ramon Foster; who has connections to TENN.. Its not as far fetched as that commenter projected.
This is a quality analysis. Coach was intentional in saying "pole position"...we'll see if Russ finishes in 1st by game 5
Thanks for listening!
Good thing we have the best route running receiver in the league to help Wilson adapt…. Oh wait, no we don’t, we traded him for a CB who was gonna be cut by the panthers if he wasn’t traded. Never mind.
He kinda reminds me of a short Big Ben tbh. He has a big arm, can move in the pocket and move around outside, scramble drill, all that good stuff
“Above average Ben”?
Russell wilson is still great in the right system. Give him a good run game with heavy PA and you are golden. The only issue is his age.
Bailing on the clean pocket is going to be enraging because of the resemblance to Pickett. Hopefully, the scheme can help in preventing some of that.
Alex will you do one of these for Fields now too?
If our running game plays like they did in the second half of last season, I’m confident that Wilson can have a career resurgence in Pittsburgh.
A lot of the clips you showed have throws over the middle. Maybe not short throws but he goes deep over the middle
So he does pass down the middle. All the haters keep saying he doesn’t do that .
He’s a lot better than Kenny so am excited
Mentally he is at his peak. Arm is obviously still there. Big Ben was killing it at 36 yr old too!
The Steelers have a much much stronger team now.
PLASMA WELDING SUPER BOWL '24. Rings all around.
Nay sayers get back!!!
This is going to be a blast.
This is good and all .but the fact that he can't read Defenses is a huge problem. He missed so many open recievers that sucks !!
You draft Jordan Travis this year and have him in the quarterback room now and at least you have another quarterback on the roster and you can go from there. This way you're not starting from square one again.
Joe Milton would be better....bigger arm and mobility
Yes I also want Jordan Travis in the 4th round.
LETS RIDE
The Steelers QB room is not just fire; it's a blazing inferno of talent and determination! With Russ bringing his Super Bowl-winning experience and Fields showcasing his raw talent and potential, Pittsburgh is setting the stage for an electrifying season. Can't wait to see how this dynamic duo shakes up the AFC! 🔥🏈 #SteelersNation
The Steelers should have signed Rudolph for a little more than Tennessee paid him for 3 years and drafted a QB in the '25 draft. What if one year from now, the Steelers have finished 7-10, and we know that Kenny Panic can't improve, and that Wilson is a fading player (like MANY scouts are saying now)? What is going to happen then?
Wait until they lose enough to get the next Ben or Terry.
Mike Tomlin will be fired at that point.
Also we need to get Justin Fields for QB2.
Just the player we needed 🖤💛. Playmakers all around to support Russ. He doesn’t have to be 2011-2019 Russ, just be the point guard of the offense and let the talent and everyone else do their thing. #HEREWEGO
Agree. Especially for the salary they are paying Wilson.
Let me just say There's a reason why the Broncos despite being bad were willing take on his salary just to be rid of him.
I hope for the best for Wilson, but I really don't expect that much.
Because he was brought in before Payton and the 2 didn't mesh. 2 entirely different personalities and Wilson's play style isn't what Payton looks for. And DESPITE all that he still threw for 26 TD or 2x that of Kenny Pickett. This is a much improved unit with Wilson under center
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On paper. I'll believe it when I see it. I'm not in the mood for another mid af season full of excuses and scapegoats for Mike Tomlin.
@@EdmacZwhat would you have done at QB if you were making the decisions? Pickett and Rudolph are the definition of mid.
@@jwsteelers1Yes. Most HC want to bring in “ their guy “ at QB.
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Put KP and Rudolph in a competition. A REAL competition and let them slug it out and let Arthur Smith and the O coaches decide.
Pickett and Rudolph won a combined 10 games between them last season while starting in a terrible offense while Tomlin's free agent pet (Trubisky) stunk up the joint. Nah. Let's go with a much older Russell Wilson who couldn't elevate a bad Broncos team.
But Rudolph is gone and KP is benched. Let's see who Steeler fans will find to blame next. Sorry, I'm just mad salty over how Rudy and KP were treated here.
Wilson will likely, in my opinion, retire a Steeler. He chose us. Here's why. This is now a run-heavy team. Since Ben left, we have been going more towards heavy defense, and eating up clock time with the offense, dominating the time of possession. That was the plan, anyway. Problem is, we had a college level OC, and ineffective QB's to carry this out. The one QB we had that could do it, didn't get a shot until the end.
We knew we weren't going to get another HoF QB anytime soon, so we were trying to set it up to where an above average QB could easily win with this team. Create a team that 40% of the NFL QB's could be successful with. So we really never needed a "stud" for QB. The QB was going to be expected to run the ball 70% of the time, with our 2 bruising running backs, and when the opposing defense starts to crowd the line, throw a pass to a playmaker, and burn them, then go back to running the ball. Rudolph, "got" this. He understood it and made it work. Fast forward to Wilson.
He's declining. What better team to come to for an aging QB like him, than this team. Weapons all over the place. The team is committed to continuing to beef up the o-line. 2 great running backs. George Pickens. I'd say, Wilson watched the tapes on the games Rudolph played in, and said to himself, Not only can I do that, but I can do it even better. He has a command of the game. He is, like Ben, a seasoned, successful QB that knows the game. I cannot think of a better team to come to for a guy like him. No one is expecting him to be the Wilson of his Super Bowl days. Truth is, we don't even need that. We need someone who can read a defense, and not get happy feet. Plus, like Rudolph, he can throw the long ball. This is an EASY gig for him. Especially with the defense we have. Last season, our defense was winning all of the games. The offense was hardly every on the field. Thats why they got so banged up. Wilson will keep the offense on the field, and the defense will keep the opposing teams scoreless. This is a dream for Wilson. What a way to finish up your career. Another Super Bowl ring, some play off wins, and a huge party like Ben got, and the fans will love him for it.
And the best part for Wilson? He gets to play under Tomlin. No more sideline screaming. He'll be treated well, and he'll never want to leave. We have a QB for the next 4-5 years in my humble opinion. KP will become a tremendous back up, and in 4-5 years will possibly be the starter, if he's patient and lets things play out. If not, Rudolph only signed a 1 year deal. He could be back. It''s a good time to be a STeeler fan. Truly is.
If he performs well this year, stays healthy, and wins a playoff game, he'll be looking for 40 mil+ per year, maybe a similar deal to kirk cousins just got. I can't see us paying that.
@@john670 I don't know. They are basically paying under 5 million for the QB1 and QB2 now. The cap went up. They can bank a bit for what they know is coming. They paid DJ 18 million. TJ Watt is getting a bundle as well.
I think if he performs, and WANTS to stay in Pittsburgh, they come to agreements, and work the cap to help him to stay. I believe if he has a great year, he will not want to go from team to team and will settle to stay in a place where he can possibly secure another Super Bowl ring and a HoF appointment. He's late in his career. This is where the legacy is being formed. Being a mercenary and traveling from team to team doesn't get you into the HoF.
Overall, a lot to like, but I can't be the only one concerned that a guy who could be a mentor for Kenny shares his biggest flaw.
I really wonder if Diontae/the team already had ther mind set on hime leaving/being traded before the acquisition of Russell. Really see our redzone production going up and explosive PA plays going up with Russell as the starter.. no way we start the season with Kenny... right..? 😰
Kenny is done.
So Mike Tomlin fans will need a new scapegoat if he keeps being mid this season.
-Russel trying to escape the pocket
-youre not that guy, pal
That first pick on the bad side was just a hell of a play by Stingley. I thought it was a good read and throw.
The read was fine. The ball just hung. Wilson didn't step into the throw.
Man put it this way. He made more big time throws in 1-2 games than we made all season. Nobody on the Steelers has had the arm talent, or ability to make off platform throws since 2014-2017 Ben.. also Russ is still very mobile
Kenny made some huge and extremely difficult throws in his one game post Canada. He is clearly capable of doing that and will get better with more time.
ok
Considering the talent to salary ratio, is Wilson one of the best FA QB signings in recent memory?
Just purely talent to salary it’s definitely the best I know of. The problem is that it led to Mason Rudolph’s departure and he deserved a competition. Also Wilson is just so high profile I wonder how well he will be accepted on the team and accept his own role
I want the Steelers to be bad and I want us to draft Shedur, Russ is not going to be the answer and when he don’t play good Kenny just ain’t ready yet our division is the toughest in the nfl,we just need to reset on qb I trust shedur plus I don’t wanna see him go to the dam giants
No one wants Pickett to succeed more than I do, but he just hasn’t shown enough.
Alex are you concerned about his pocket presence?
Yes, to a degree. He will frustrate fans with being too erratic in it, especially after watching Pickett last year
@@Alex_Kozora I feel like it is different though. Wilson seems like he still thinks he is 25 and can use his physical traits to get away/buy time. Pickett I feel like bails too soon out of being hesitant/somewhat scared.
You cannot complete passes with your back to the line of scrimmage. Should be a upgrade over KP8
Hopefully things work right… the smallish throws in the middle and entourage are red flags but a so so Russell us better than Pickett any day
Where is all the 3rd and 4th and long check downs. All the misses over the middle. 😂 Russ was a nightmare to watch the last two seasons
But if the throw to Sutton is the same from Pickett it’s Picketts fault.
We never saw that bomb to the pylon from Ben either as he would never do play action.
Huh! Maybe I'm wrong about him being done? Let me rephrase that, I hope I'm wrong I'd love nothing more than for him to make me look like a fool. Would've been nice to see Diontae be there for Russ , but guess he wanted out???
Yeah Alex I was basing my opinion mainly on things I heard as well , should've known better especially as a Steeler fan. I think they need to start grabbing a later round QB every draft, maybe get lucky and get a Brady, Purdy type guy that ends up being better than anyone could've known. They just pick too high usually to get that high pedigree player
Would be nice if he had a great route running receiver to help him adjust. Oh well, a mediocre CB who was about to be cut by the Panthers is probably good too. 😂
Ur thumbnail forgot "and the ugly".... "BLONDIE!!!!!!!!!"
I’ll say this, Go turn on pat mahomes tape and you’ll see him get himself in trouble so many times w his pocket awareness, relying on that ability to often at times, no one’s perfect great players try to make plays that’s more how I see it. I’m also gonna be as optimistic and bias as possible
At least when Wilson bails clean pockets he looks downfield to make plays instead of just throwing it out of bounds like Pickett
29:06 that was really bad but it was the first game.
I have never been a Wilson fan. But I have complete confidence in Khan and Tomlin.🙂🙃
He said explode never used explode and Kenny in the same sentence 😂😂😂
Maybe an explosion of the mind 😂
@@kobecoleman5882 I’m cracking up 😂
Get Jaylen in fantasy. He is gonna catch ALOT of check downs.
I watched the first minute, but you never got to any breakdown that got me interested. Moving on to other podcast
Ok hope you enjoy the others!
In all fairness, Russell Wilson did help the Broncos this past season to beat the Chiefs, Bills, Packers, Vikings, Browns, Chargers and Bears. I think he will help the Steelers this season.
Bears maybe the rest was the defense😂
62, percent of his throws are 5 yards or less sure maybe better then Kenny but doesn’t really move the needle doesn’t seem to make sense to give up on Kenny. So Steelers have now drafted two QBs that they given up on if I’m an agent am I telling my rookie QB to go to Pittsburgh?
LOL rookie QB's have no choice where they go. And they haven't given up on Pickett but you can't waste prime years of these defensive guys waiting on KP to look anything like an NFL QB which he hasn't. And Wilson is a huge upgrade over Pickett right now regardless of what Kenny's fans think
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@@jwsteelers1perfect take
Ok 62% were 5 yds or less (assuming you are correct) but what is the NFL average?
Kenny and Russ in same sentence regardless of them being on the same sentence is ridiculous my guy Kenny doesn’t have the talent Russ has even if he’s on the decline Kenny wasn’t even better then Mason
Throw against the Texans early in the video. Knows what he’s seeing, checks at the line, climbs the pocket, beautiful throw down the middle of the field. 😢 I’m gonna need a tissue or a cold shower after this full video
I'm not sure how people are so negative on such an improvement on offense. A new receiver and a center upgrade is basically all we'll need barring injuries.
Corners also
The fans remembered the last time the Steelers signed a FA QB and handed him a starting job and it backfired tremendously.
@@BG33917 He said "on offense"
@@BG33917offense he said
@@EdmacZI don’t. That’s in the past and has nothing to do with Wilson.
Oh, how stupid of the Broncos. They must not have known that Russ can just throw long passes all day to Courtland Sutton. Based on just the plays shown here he is 100% when throwing those.
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He can't see over the middle, especially short to mid-range. Footage exists of him refusing to even look at receivers in the middle or heading there. Because he can't see it, he often only looks at sidelines. As a result, the only other place he can throw is behind the line of scrimmage. What a coincidence: he has led the NFL in such throws for five years straight. Last year was 23 or 27%, I forget.
He has also been bottom tier in explosive plays. As a result, any time they don't average 4+ yards on 1st or 2nd down, he can't make it up. How often does he do that? Did I mention how often he passes behind the LOS? The long passes aren't the issue. Russ can't do the one basic thing a QB needs to: sustain drives. When the opposing team learns he can't throw to the middle, they cover where he *can* throw. This leads to throws behind the LOS leading to 3rd & long, leading to the D knowing a pass is coming, leading to another throw behind the LOS. *That's **_why_* the Broncos are paying him that much to go elsewhere. They hope he'll help other teams lose by spinning their wheels on every drive exhausting themselves.
I guess they wished it would be the Raiders, their Genie-wish would be the Chiefs, but you get it. You're looking at what he still has. What he still has isn't the issue. If it was, he'd still be in Denver. They released him because of what he *lacks.* & that's the ability to sustain drives.
Hey Alex Everything everyone has been telling me are the problems with Kenny seem to be same with Russ doesn’t throw to middle of field doesn’t throw guys open doesn’t anticipate well ,runs himself into sacks and something Know seems to be Talking about is he puts the ball on the ground 10 fumbles lost 5 .
We bought Smith in to run an offense that’s seems to be a very structured timing based offense and middle of field of the field offense if in the end if we have to depend on great defense and running game how is this different then an offense wit Kenny .seems like your neutering Smith’s offense to maybe a playoff win 🤷♂️
Sheesh use ya eyes kid don’t listen to people
Fire Tomlin
Stillers gahnta Superbowl?
a has been and a never was. great
I’m going to be comparing Wilson to Rudolph if Rudolph gets to start in Tennessee. Letting him go was a very bad move IMO. Rudolph was a better quarterback at this juncture than Wilson. Tomlin always falls for the has-beens guys like Michael Vick.
I agree Mason had way more upside and is still improving while Russ is on the downside of his career.
Lol no
@@jab821Mason is 29, not a lot of upside left. He is what he is, a below average to average NFL QB
Wasn't Mike's decision...than on the GM...and I do think letting Mason go was a mistake over Kenny
The real mistake was drafting Kenny Pickett
Especially in the first round
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trainwreck alex
Mason Rudolph ended up being an abused spouse who eventually had enough.
He was a qb3 who is now a qb2
Why does alex talk like a robot?🤖
At wilson's age, he is, an only should be, the back up. It makes zero sense to have Picket on the bench. He is a number 1 draft pick on a rookie deal. Picket since the bye his first year is 16-6 as a starter. Wilson with Denver was 11-19. The Broncos are eating his contract for a reason. He is not the future. Steeler fans wanting to move on from Kenny after one full year in the NFL is frankly beyond bizarre. You just do not do that and if Kenny goes to another team and turns into a Baker Mayfield, it will go down as one of the biggest Cleveland like debacles in their history. And the risk of that is 50/50 considering all the crap Kenny had going against him with his bad OL, bad receivers, and a bad OC here.
Go watch some football Pickett is lost on the field he does not have an NFL arm and can’t play quarterback. Wilson is washed but still has an arm and talent to outperform Pickett. They will need to draft a quarterback because you can’t go back to Pickett.
You should consider how good the team is. With Watt, Heyward and Minka, you have to try and win now.
@@a1_genz LOL they are not good. Heyward is old, Minka is overrated, Watt is one guy and is hurt a lot and they cannot win without him. Steeler fans are just completely delusional about their team. They get destroyed every year they even make the playoffs. That is not one QB away.
@@bobross1829 how are they not good tue steelers made the playoffs off the strength of defense wake up dude
@@a1_genz lol they got blown out in the playoffs, like they do everytime they make it. How was that defense and rudolph in that game when i9t mattered and they were not playing a team resting half their players and a Cinci team that gave up for the year?
The Steelers line is trash and hasn’t been addressed. He won’t have time for play action if they don’t improve. He struggles with staying in the pocket and the afc north pass rushes are brutal.
Hilarious seeing Steelers fans excited for a dude 2 teams with HOF coaches got rid of. Wilson is washed. As soon as he plays terrible the crowd will call for Fields and it’s going down hill from there.