Rich Eisen: The Steelers Are Russell Wilson's Last Chance To Be An Elite QB Again
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- Rich Eisen lays down what's at stake for Russell Wilson as the Steelers hand him the mantle of QB1 for their team.
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Rich for the last time, the GM that drafted Pickett is not at the Steelers anymore 😂
Omar has already made everyone forget about Kevin Colbert.
That doesn't stop the Head Coach from still liking him?
@@johnnygrind77 Who?
@@johnnygrind77What has Omar accomplished to make people forget about Colbert? Colbert built 3 teams that made it to the SB with 2 wins. I am not even a Steelers fan, but I think the guy deserves some more respect.
@@farakhhanif Insert the Rainier Wolfcastle "That's the joke" gif here.
They got Fields expecting him to fail
Kenny Pickett treated competing against Russell Wilson.. like The Joker going against the IRS.....NOO THANK YOU
2 years in and you barely throw a td a game, you can't sit here and say I'm not competing with a vet as if you were rookie of the year
That's a Tomlin thing guaranteed
Monday: The Steelers pulled off one of the all time coups in remaking their QB room.
Tuesday: Why the Steelers QB room just won't work.
Media is just sensationalism. Hate it or love it each take is only made for clicks.
Well, commentators thrive on controversy. And it's March, so there's not a lot else going on. But the QB situation could hardly be worse.
😂😂 man this is witchcraft, they really want Russ to fail but he won’t 😂
In the last 2 seasons what makes it look like it did?
Love how so much of the sports media is already trying to spin this one of two ways: 1. The Steelers did Kenny Pickett dirty (business is sometimes unfair, grow up) and 2. The Steelers QB room is going to be full of competitive drama (oh, yeah, let's start making up a story where there isn't one yet, cool).
Who wants to tell rich the Steelers have a new GM since Pickett was drafted. "Expert" analysis
That new GM just signed two misfit QB's in the toughest division in football
@@PatriotWatchUSA but neither are the worst in the division somehow. NFC West tougher
What has Sean Payton done without drew breese?
Bingo! Even with Drew only 1 Super Bowl appearance. A few average or below seasons with Drew
Con the Walton-Penner into 20mil / year.
Regardless even Drew said that Russ wasn't operating in Sean's offense the way it should be done. I think Russ is a much better fit with the Steelers than he ever was with the Broncos. I hope and think Russ can make it happen. Let's Ride!
Well last year saw him throw an epic sideline hissy fit with Wilson. Wilson is class act and Payton is straight up trash! no idesa how to build a team around playrs talents!
@@augustbrante8117exactly, and I’m still not sure how Russ kept his cool with that dude. Russ showed me how professional and mature he really is that day.
Also, Fields is very mature for his age
[10:05] “Some of those TD’s are just throw them up to SUTTON,” Sutton never had double digit touchdowns before Russell Wilson… If Wilson had played those last two games, he would have had at least 28-30 total touchdowns, if not more… How many other quarterbacks accounted for 29 total touchdowns, including 3 on the ground…
Wilson and the BRONCOS beat the Chiefs by 15 points, the most of any other team the Chiefs lost to…
If a Coach can’t coach a player like Russell Wilson, a 9 time Pro Bowler, then what does it say about Sean Payton as a Coach, because Pete Carroll went to back to back Super Bowls with Wilson as his quarterback, and WON one.
Bill Belichick took a quarterback who wasn’t his first choice and won his first Super Bowl, after his prototype star quarterback went out for most of the season. Parcels took a backup and won a Super Bowl, Joe Gibbs won three Super Bowls with three different quarterbacks who started their entire respective seasons each…
If Russell Wilson and the Steelers end up playing the Super Bowl, Sean Payton should be run out of DENVER never to coach again in the NFL…
🤔
Shhhhh you’re not allowed to give Russ that much credit! Sure, he played that well under a coach that openly hated his guts and made no real attempt to utilize him well while ripping him apart on the sidelines for no reason. And sure, he played his best in the 4th quarter when he was able to play to his strengths better and he wasn’t as chained down by play calling that had no faith in him. But you’re not allowed to actually SAY that because you’re supposed to be kissing Sean Payton’s a$$ instead because he’s God’s gift to football.
And don't forget, Payton was in charge when they targeted Favre's ankles in 2009.
Not a Steelers fan, but happy for them they got rid of Pickett. What an anchor he was
But they picked up a horrible aging Wilson and fields who is about the same as Pickett..
@@Cooz.you’re just saying stuff if you believe that, stats and eye test both support that Wilson today is light years ahead of Pickett. Pickett is in worst in nfl history territory when it comes to scoring.
@@Cooz.we will see… Steelers have more weapons that both the bears and broncos. This could be special if Tomlin can lift fields up
wait how is a rookie qb on their first deal an anchor?
Yes, the Steelers did pick up two cast offs... But they got them for almost nothing. Even if they are dismal failures, the only way to find your guy is to try out lots of guys, especially when you aren't drafting at the top.
Pickett was not the guy. And the fact he threw a tantrum when there was the suggestion he had to compete shows that.
At the end of last season, when he was asked about Rudolph, he should have said "Coach needs to put in whoever gives us the best chance to win, and I'm excited to see Mason light it up. Goes to show what we can really do, and I'm looking forward to getting healthy and back on the field next year.".
I guess 26 touchdowns and 3,000 plus yards is easy to do in the NFL. It must kill you that he got paid and actually landed on his feet after playing for a coach last year who hated him.
You see the big club when they won't say a bad thing about psycho Sean Peyton.
3000 yds was a big deal for QB's prior to the mid-80's. Nowadays it ranks you as the #19 QB in the league. He had more yds in the same # of games the year before.
All the talk about Russ's stats last season is the effect of fantasy football on how people pay attention to the sport. His play was painful to watch. He was terrible. Anyone who watched half his snaps will tell you the same. Those stats are fresh paint on a rusty-bondo'd hood.
he led 5 game winning drives and smacked your team and outplayed mahomes but ok... I watched every snap and multiple games in person he had 1 weapon (sutton) and literally 0 run game.. he was the offense@@marcusgarcia5089
Seriously I agree! Rich Eisen is ridiculous
When we you let it go man? We get it, you hate Russell Wilson.
I hope Russ lights it up.
@@ColorsFadeGaminghe won’t
😂
Whew!
Do you watch his show? He’s heaped praise on Wilson for years…
Keep the same energy when the season starts!!🙂↕️
Russ has honestly played himself out the hall and this will be his final season if he doesn’t play well. Expectations are either he has a career season throwing for 4000+ yards and 40+ TDS with only 6-7 picks and different style of play… or Justin Fields stars by week 8 and takes over for them for the future
D.W. style load management ?
It is not Russell's fault that Denver has paid him that much, you guys are right this guy off so what if he feels in Pittsburgh there're so many other quarterbacks that gets 4 chances
These guys are idiots. Sean Payton is no mike t. He is nothing without drew brees. Mike t can win with anything 😂
Mike T. has makes the playoffs without any QB... he's sitting pretty this year.
Mike T is part of the old NFL. If you haven't noticed the organization has been going backwards for some time now. Enjoy your .501 records
@@PatriotWatchUSA kiss my 6 rings 💍
I thin Rich is Pickett's God Father, quietly.
Really, it's like he's never watched a football game.
I don't get it Rich. WHY do you find it SO puzzling? Pickett was AWFUL. Being that AWFUL, why put up with any idiocy from him? Why is it THAT weird and puzzliing?
TJ is right. So many haters for a top 10 QB last season.
He was not top 10, pff graded him second worst qb once they factored out garbage time stats
@@jordanjmdjmd74you're wrong. Russ was ranked @ #18.
@@jordanjmdjmd74he was 12th before he got unfairly benched at week 15
His teammates hated him. They thought he was terrible
Again, that was part of the problem. Pickett can't handle pressure on or off the field. And so many people were talking about him like he was the second coming. He's too small and too scared for the NFL. He sucks. From the start, he sucked but people kept saying he was the guy. Poor performance after poor performance. Did anyone even watch the games he played in???
Kenny only looked good because Mitch Trubisky was so terrible. Kenny had 7 game winning drives so I give him credit for that. Also he was 14-7 as a starter in the games he didn't get injured. Problem was he was injury prone and whenever he got injured, Mitch would come in, turn the ball over like he did every game, go 3 and out constantly, and always lose the game. Mitch doesn't get enough blame, especially since he lost every game he played in last season (JAX, ARI, NE, IND) and almost cost the team the playoffs with his awful play like he did the year before.
He loves defending shitty players
The defense kept them in all of Kenny’s games. He wouldn’t need a fourth quarter comeback if he played the first three quarters.
There wasn’t one game that Pickett played in that made me think he was the guy.
@@18emdyYep. It's baffling. I love Rich, but man, I just can't understand his POV this offseason.
People saying Russ is washed obviously just don’t like him
or watched him play last year
The Kahn artist is putting on a clinic.
It’s Russ’s gig it’s his start. If he sucks, then they go to fields. Right now the Steelers have the best back up.
Steelers have a financial edge, when Watson went down in Cleveland you could see the money circling the drain.
He probably isn't even the best ex-Bears backup QB. Fields is horrible, he can just run so people like you overrate him for no good reason at all. Trubisky is literally no worse and most likely better than Fields is lol. You definitely are basing your comment off of fantasy football rushing numbers.
Fields was last in time to throw on nextgenstats and also has the highest sack% I have ever seen. He can't read a defense or get the ball out quickly enough to be an NFL QB.
Who can't play QB
I hope that Russell can have two or three great years with the Steelers. Justin Fields is so young it would not hurt for him to learn from a veteran. Jordan Love's career is exponentially better since he sat behind Aaron Rodgers. Not sure why we are so into pushing a rookie quarterback into service right out of college. Very few quarterbacks in NFL history have been able to do that successfully.
There’s also a tendency of AFC North QB’s to not play a full season. Four legit teams vying for the playoffs every season is tough. Russ will be lucky to go unscathed. I think that’s the organization’s motive to have two QBs with deep starter experience. Justin will be ready if Russ goes down.
They drafted Mason as Ben's replacement. However, they lost confidence in him due to his performance in 2019. The next delay forced them in to choosing Kenny. Who was "the most nfl ready QB" in that draft.....LMAO.
Right, and Russ was ironically one of the few who pulled it off! Over the last 12 years, how many QBs have come in NFL ready?
Russ (still a top QB despite mishandling)
Luck (mishandled, flamed out)
RG3 (mishandled, flamed out)
Cousins? (Not good when it counts)
Carr (not the same since injury)
Dalton (not the same since injury)
Dak (not good when it counts)
DWat (his life is a mess)
Herbert (Rivers, 2.0?)
Burrow (injury prone)
Kyler (a 5’9 Mahomes but immature)
Purdy (looks promising)
Stroud (superstar written all over him)
So Russ, Burrow, Purdy, and Stroud are the champions of seamless transition.
Lawrence could’ve used a year of waiting. Baker looked good in Y1 but regressed and had maturity issues.
Mahomes sat the bench as a rookie for a reason, and it had nothing to do with Alex Smith, other than the fact that he couldn’t beat out Smith.
The problem are the Millennials and Gen-Z fans who treat athletes like software. They believe newer is always better, and they subscribe to the idea that if a QB isn’t ready to lead his team to a SB by Y2 (like Russ and Burrow) or Y3 (like Mahomes), he’s a bust!
@@jimm.6542: Russ is one of the most durable QBs ever! It took him 10 years before he ever missed a game, and that was with an injury requiring emergency surgery. He missed just three games that season (2021).
Granted, he should have sat out the rest of that season, but he wound up putting up very respectable stats with a mangled throwing hand. He appeared in 14 games that year but he was only healthy for 9 of them.
Fields won’t see the field this season. I take that back. He will see the field in garbage time when the Steelers are up 54-10 on some poor squad…likely to be a really good team no one expects to get blown.
@@DeCurtaRican I like your positivity! I hope you’re right about next season. It’s time for the Black & Gold to hoist another Lombardi!
Yes... the Steelers are set up similar to the Seahawks (great defense, good offensive weapons and run game). If he can't succeed there then he's done
Russ is gonna shine in Pittsburgh! He is gonna have a chip on his shoulder!
I was all in with KP at the beginning of the season and was also on the fire Matt Canada bandwagon. The turning point on Kenny Picket for me was the game against the Titans. They won but there was just a HUGE disparity in the arm talent between Pickett and Levis - it was like watching high school vs a top college qb.
I'm all in for the new qb room and whatever comes with it.
Also Rich, I SO want to see them in Hard Knocks this year but Mike T will never go for it 😕
I would argue that Russell Wilson is Tomlinson's last chance. Every week seeing him up there....talking about taking responsibility....that HE is accountable for the mediocre performance and that he understands that there will be consequences ...blah blah blah. Welllllll sweet cheeks..... your time to shine or take your '50 percent is good enough' brand of football and lay your magic in Tennessee where your ol' buddy Mason Rudolf will likely be buried.
As has been stated many times before, Tomlin has the support of the Steeler front office and, especially, the players. Matt Canada was the first midseason firing for the Steelers in...wait for it...82 years. I've been a citizen of Steeler Nation for 50 years...I've seen THREE head coaches in that time, so the idea of Tomlin getting fired is sheer lunacy. Even more than that, knowing the type of coach he is, you don't want to be Pittsburgh looking across the field and seeing Mike Tomlin on the opposite sideline. Acquiring Russ AND Justin is a huge change for the Steelers; the last time they got a free-agent QB was Mike Tomczak 31 years ago. Tomlin will leave when Tomlin wants to leave.
BS Rich! Clickbait!?😂 Russ will be signing with Pitt if he gets them to the playoffs. Book it. You heard it here first!😂
Rich talkin crazy!
Double talkin.
Russ ain’t thinking bout all that.
Russ $got 85,000,000 reasons
2 Superbowles wit 1 superbowl win
9 pro bowls
etc etc ….!
Sean Payton! Was trying to save face!
That’s why he tripped on Russell!
Now getting rid of all the players.
Denver will be garbage as long as Sean Payton there!
In 10 years let’s see how many playoff wins and Super Bowls the Broncos get.
KC
LAC
LVRadiers
Broncos
Russ might have flown commercial because the private jet he normally has available wasn’t available, and the meeting with the Giants was impromptu.
Russ likely wasn’t interested in the Giants anyway.
Shut up Rich Eisen. All you do is talk down on Russ, This is just football. You helped the people in Denver and other commentator speak to Russ negatively because he is not out her acting like a fool. Move on Rich Eisen and go annoy someone else. Russ not thinking about you.
How about the LIES being said behind closed doors! I red somewhere thats what Kenny said! I hope it wasnt Mike cuz i had/have respect tor him!
Anybody who has watched Kenny Pickett as a Steeler knows very well that he has shown ZERO reason to think he would become an elite or franchise QB. He is a backup at best.
Russell Wilson his whole career had only one bad season and was with the Broncos, his first season, then suddenly people started writing lies about him that he was finished, that he will never get another starting opportunity in NFL. When he finally got one, the moved the goalpost and started making stuffs up if he will start or not 😂😂
Broncos fan and wife is a Steelers fan. I just told her Wilson's your problem now. She is hating this. Wilson brings a very strange dynamic to the teams he's on.
Steelers fans were defending Pickett not that long ago. Now he's being replaced by 2 average to below average QBs lol😊
Fields ends up the starter because Russ is cooked. Either way they are the 2 most sacked QBs in the NFL 🙄👍
Russ is one of the more determined people in the nfl. He won't break unless really broken. Let gets that straight
Been a steelers fan since 1969
This move on pickett and a worn out qb pisses me off
If Russ is bad there gonna start him til at least week 10 so fields doesn’t get over 50% of the snaps and they have to give up a 4th rounder
Steeler fans will be chanting for Fields by week 4. Russ will never make it to week 10. Mike T will be pressured into putting Fields on the field and it will be the end of your season
I’m convinced Rich just hates russ lol
As much as SAS hates Jason Whitlock? o
I love their quarterback room but it makes sense to give Russell the keys I mean are they forgetting he's been in those big games and came through and won in big crazy moments... He's seen so much more than Justin... But Justin the ceiling the sky is the limit... He is dynamic
Yup. like Super Bowl 49.
@@timothyakus yeah I was waiting for that comment.
That's definitely on Pete Carroll and the OC but more credit goes to Bill Belichick and Malcolm Butler then Russell Wilson.... Still young telegraphed his throws and Patriot defense knew exactly what the play was once he planted his back foot
Just watch the film...."hot garbage".
Kenny Pickett is certified trash as a QB in the NFL. Stop fighting for this kid. Pickett is pointless as a starter. Russell Wilson has almost identical numbers from 2023 that he had in his 2013 season when he won the Super Bowl. All of the media or ex football players saying Wilson is washed up obviously doesn’t pay attention to the numbers, because he has 26 TDs in both seasons and 1 less INT in his 2023 season. Why are you saying this is his last chance after seeing guys like Trevor Lawrence who is not even that great of an average QB that you all praise and Justin Herbert is so great but can’t win a playoff game or make a playoff game for the most part, yet you praise him. Joe Burrow is a China Doll that has been hurt every year and outside of his Super Bowl year, he can’t stay healthy. You all praise people that can’t win a Super Bowl and trash a guy that has the same numbers as the year he won the Super Bowl 10 years earlier, and you say he’s trash.
You didn't watch the games. It's obvious. And the only reason he won a Super Bowl that year was the Legion of Boom. You must be very young.
WE NEED DIGGS AUIK OR JEFFERSON!! BUT FORSURE SB WIN !!
Rich you're starting to get it but you can't tip toe around the elephant. Pickett got shafted, after being told not once but more than once he would start. Pittsburgh management mishandled this badly.
He's no different than Fields. He's terrible
These are the same people who say Brock Purdy is not a good quarterback.
13 TDs, the 13 ints also, but most a third of those came in his first 2 or 3 games.
Yeah he had a lot of bad luck with those INTs in his first year, a lot of deflected passes or hail mary's that got intercepted.
@@fmthebaron and lets not forget he constantly spins out of the pocket to his left and blindly throws ducks in the middle of the field.
Tommy devito threw8td
The issue is deeper than just those stats - It's that he persistently took short throws all the time, and the offence got nowhere. There was only one game they won by more than 7 points, and that was against the QB-less Bengals.
Now, it's fine to play the game close, but you have to remember that the Steelers defence was very good, and they were the only thing keeping a LOT of games within range to win.
If it’s anything like Russ’ time on the Seahawks, it’ll be great while he’s on his cheap contract, but if you give him a huge contract it’ll make you unable to afford a team around him that can go deep in the playoffs.
Kenny would have lost to Mason in a competition Rich Everyone with a Pulse knows that!
The question is" " Will Russ last until the bye?" What a dumpster fire.
NO not a chance
Russ, do you feel comfortable sitting in the exit row?
TJ: "I'm not a tape guy."
Oh we know. All we have to do is watch the show. We know.
Either you come out of college and are a house on fire or you’re just an outhouse on fire 😂😂😂
YEP best comment on this page. These folks don't get that because they are Steeler fans.
That’s all BS If you were yanked around like he was you would leave too.
He's terrible. What don't you get.? You sound Bears Fields fans. Another guy who can't play
So he beat Mahomes and Allen, but argument against him is "It didn't look pretty and good". So guy beat 2 top 3 QBs from last season, but he sucks because "It didn't look pretty". So when Brady and Patriots beat Rams in SB did that look pretty? So when Manning and Broncos beat the Panthers did that look pretty? How many times those 2 QBs won and we could say it didn't look pretty. I thought football is sport, not beauty contest. By the way, I watched every Broncos game, when Russ was allowed to play, mostly in 4th quarter, he was delivering and looked pretty well.
Broncos roster was trash
Crazy good td int ratio what they are looking at
Pickett lit himself on fire. Rus was brought in so kenny didnt have the weight of the franchise on him because he isnt ready.... he threw a tantrum and left
Man Rosen everywhere he went really never got a full year as starter. Really no clue about his talent but know he was not in control of any of it.
Fields will be the starter by week 5
YEs and when he runs on the field know that the Steelers season is over
Wilson is going to make the Pittsquealers offense VERY predictable...loving it
Could it be that QB1 Wilson is SKILLED!!! Or is it that only a QB White can be great, last I looked QB1 Wilson had a RING. Not the first time playing FOOTBALL!!
Just like in ANY RELATIONSHIP, you're only as loyal as your OPTIONS!💯
especially in this "what have you done for me lately" league...i'm just sayin
Kenny canceled throwing sessions with the receivers because we signed Russ
Speaking of Trubisky, stats wise while with Chicago, the guy didn't have bad numbers.
Oh my God, why are we still hung up on Kenny Pickett? He wasn't living up to his promise. The Steelers saw a better opportunity. They took it. He was traded. It's business. It's OVER.
Never forget, Payton didn't coach in 2012 because of Bounty Gate. That type of cheating makes Belichik look like a certain Michigan coach, another amateurish cheater.
I don’t care what the media says, Fields cannot play AT ALL! His NFL market value was a sixth round pick!! If that doesn’t persuade you nothing will!!
I notice and draw attention to math. There are 32 QB spots in the NFL. There are also about 130 QBs in the NCAA. If a quarterback has an average career of 4.44 years (the NFL average of all POS is 3.3 years), by the math, ~ 5% of NCAA QBs ever become a starting QB in the NFL, and they only have an average of a 4.44-year career. Only 15% will have a "full" career of 8 years. So, what we are talking about is a 0.75% chance of drafting your "starting" QB. Of 130, 1 QB will be a starter in any given year based on averages. Yes, could that be 2 or 3 sure. But that would also mean that there are years where none of the drafted QBs end up as a starter. I think we overhype who is who, and in the end, we really don't know anything and all of this is just guessing.
Rich, I hope your wrong!I live in Denver, but I believe the Steeler organization is going to let Russ, hungry Russ, do his thing with all confidence! It will work itself out. We will pick up the option with Fields and Russ will take a paycut inorder to keep the train going. Look what we did last year...man. Have some faith.Fields will motivate him and vice vera. Enjoy the ride man😂
Rich and all the fantasy experts know better than NFL GMs and Coaches- Fields is their GOAT 🐐 😂 if he's ready to take the job why didn't a team offer more than a 6th round pick in 2025
They keep hoping and wishing for Russ’s failure. Why?! Dude is a baller, and a beautiful one to watch.
Not for nothing but didn't rookie QBs come out of college and sit for a year or three (Arron Rodgers, Jordan Love) learn the position, learn the speed of the game. I think that's a better plan. But I understand the microwave mentality of win this instant. Just my 2 cents.😊
Whatever went on with Kenny, he was already pouting about Rudolph coming in and performing well. Which is not a good sign. Maybe Kenny felt he never got a shot, which is possibly true, but man you can't publicly sulk when your backup lights it up in win-and-in games.
I think it was already agreed upon when they hire Russ Wilson. He is underpaid, but he will get his chance. Now with Justin Fields it changes things. I have a feeling of show Russ to league of how much he has left. Towards end year good or bad it fields. The following year Steelers will pick up 5 year of Fields. Hopefully Wilson get contract somewhere.
Tomlin is an idiot. Rudolph is 8-4-1 and Rothelisberger refused to help him. Im not knocking Rothelisberger at all. That isnt logical to help the guy stalkingyour job. Thats jst the nature of the game. #2 will start in Tennessee and everyone will say what a genis Tomlin was for releasing a winner. If Tomlin is the coach the Steelers are going to suck forva looooooooong time
Where's your best dad ever little plaque that's always on your desk? It's bothering me
Edit: forgot what I was going to say- yea it's bizarre situation at first thought Pittsburgh was smart to get talent stocked up in the qb room bc last ditch effort to be the team fans want but now seems like management just immature buying into gotta win now or your out- you know that Jerry Jones approach. It's a huge gamble with Wilson see if he has any left in the tank and then to make fields be automatically the backup? After he finally found some growth in Chicago? Also it's tragic the game is living up to the" Not For Long". It's large reason why Rodgers was so good- he had time to sit behind a good qb and learn just like Young did and even mahomes... It's a big transition to the pros and you're just not going to light it up right out the gate it takes time and good coaching. Not everyone is a freak baller like stroud. Their killing people's careers before they can even get started it's a shame. Who knows how good these guys could be never get more than 1or 2 seasons to see after being thrown straight into the 🔥 from the pan
This was a panic move by the Steelers. the Steelers handled the whole situation wrong. Pickett found ways to win. Fields lost more games with a better overall defense, at least last year. Russel is done. Pitt should have signed Tannehill to back up Pickett because of the Arthur smith relationship. The running game got going the second half of the season, Canada was gone, and Pickett started playing better. We should start rotating through QB'S every year and become the Pittsburgh Browns. If Pitts running game and defense aren't all world, neither of these QB'S can win. I'll still route for whoever is in there. Damn, this is frustrating.
Russ may not be the Russ of old BUT he will, at a minimum be a very competent QB that will be much better than Trubisky/Pickett. That, alone, will keep Russ as the starter the whole season.
Damn i mean did everyboby forget about Josh Rosen??? Who lol??? The quarterback that was drafted what top 5, 6th i believe and than traded after what 1 season and never played ever again
Newark is definitely the armpit of the universe! Lol
And the worst part of Newark is the Airport! 😂
Good god! Picket sucks. Overrated as hell! Here goes Eisenhower making more Russ hater proclamations. With Pete now retired and headed to the hall of fame *ich is grasping at straws for a focus to hate on. Steelers in the playoffs. *ich just more bs….
Because the stats don’t reflect how he actually played. Russ didn’t “beat” Mahomes or Allen. That defense and special teams had 9 TOs in those two games. Denver is supposed to win those games.
I agree that Russ has no specific buy in at the Steelers, but I do think that he is very very driven to go out on a high. I think he chose where he went specifically because he thinks that it gives him the best chance to win.
Perhaps he has just lost his magic, but the Steelers did fine last year with almost nothing at QB. If he can deliver a boost from Pickett (which he should, even based on last years stats) then this is probably an 11 or 12 win team. Not a super bowl contender, but likely to run to the AFC championships and lose to the Ravens or Chiefs. If Russ still has any gas in the tank, they could go further.
He would have to be outrageously inept to make the team worse.
I’m disappointed in you Rich. Steeler nation understands the decisions being made to be on top of that difficult division to compete in. Steelers started 3 Quarterbacks last season which produced record breaking low stats. Everyone knows that the Steelers defense was the reason for their success last year. There is no time to waste when every team in that division has an elite quarterback. Russell should get the start because of the experience & give Fields time to develop next to the coaching staff on the sideline. You’re criticizing one of the NFL’s greatest franchises for building an army to go to war with one of top divisions in the league.
Rich Eisen is spot on, all season for 3 quarters us Bronco fans had to watch abysmal qb performance. Hope Russel Wilson is successful, just as relieved he’s gone, just not a fit for what Broncos fans are used to and want in Qb performance even in the slightest
All this tells me is it meant absolutely NOTHING that the Steelers shared a building with Pickett. If it did mean something they would have taken notice of the piss poor attitude.
All the Steelers had to do was get Joe Flacco on the cheap for one year as a starter. Joe knows the division and still has his arm, but is old enough not to be a threat to Kenny Pickett. Let Pickett learn how to play qb from watching Joe for a season and possibly make a deep playoff run or Superbowl. Ya get to keep a better Kenny Pickett with more confidence and skill win win situation.
Tomlin did Pickett wrong wheres rc? See how nobody calls for Tomlins job.
I don’t have a clue why everyone is expecting Wilson to be a top QB again he wasn’t that in Seattle for several years.Obviously his mobility had a bigger part of his success than we thought and he’s lost some of that.
Kenny asked for the traded. He didn't want to sit behind Wilson. Tomlin wanted Pickett to sit behind and learn from a pro bowl, super bowl winning caliber quarterback. Kenny didn't want to do that and asked to be traded.
I think Kenny was flipped because of his attitude and lack of professionalism, not necessarily his play. I think this could have been a great make it or break it year with the new OC and revamped team, but he tossed it all away on his own 🤷🏻♂️ either way a QB room of Russ and Fields is far superior but I wish we could have seen this year 3 of Kenny with a real OC before deciding to completely move on
Kenny's play didn't justify his attitude and lack of professionalism. If you want to be an a-hole as a QB in the NFL, you better be winning. He refuses to dress in Week 17 against Seattle. He cancels the out-of-town practice with the receivers the day after the Steelers sign Russ. He clearly figured with Mitch and Mason gone, he was the heir apparent, even though he hadn't done anything yet to warrant any kind of coronation. But Russ signs and _NOW_ he doesn't want to compete, he wants out. "Here...let me get the door for you..."
@@NeilTruickoh don’t get me wrong he 100% needed to go with his attitude and lack of professionalism and I’m glad to see him go because of it
Ima keep saying it fellas. Rich is old and stubborn. He refuses to adapt to this new age of how teams are ran. Anybody with a set of eyes knows Kenny Pickett is not built to be a franchise QB.
Yeah, this is probably Russell's last ride in the NFL at least on the big money gravy train. If he fails this year, he could be clipboard Russ for another 5 years and still pad his retirement fund.
Kenny pouted his way out of Pittsburgh. Which is too bad, because he should have given Russ a run for his money.
Walmart and lilhitler Peyton’s ego will go down in history as completely destroying a once storied franchise. The full time Walmart employees who are on food stamps will receive yet another pay cut. The drama as lilhit’s.
Once again Rich is over talking TJ to the point he can't get a word out. Watch TJ be right again and Fields barely seen the field.
Segments like these are a perfect example why you don't listen to the talking heads I mean you can feel the bias thru the screen Russell Wilson numbers wise is the 2nd best QB in the league right now but these goofballs want you to believe he is trash and washed up.
When did you become just "hot take guy". You act like all players don't say they are happy to play for their new team.