Stephen A doing a victory lap on Russell Wilson like it's not 2+ years of media coverage including him burying Russell Wilson is hilarious. My biggest regret is not archiving all the clips of ppl burying Russ because I already know some of those videos are being deleted from ESPN/Fox Sports/CBS catalogs. But I have several and he is definitely front and center even among those revising history about how great Russ was even in his prime.
Let’s not act like the receivers weren’t making some great looking catches, I watched the game and said, “wow” to a good amount of those catches receivers were making. Very good first outing for Wilson and company to have with him under center. Can he knock off the rust accumulated from injury and such, keep getting better, and sustain it throughout the season and into a playoff run? To me, he doesn’t have to make a long playoff run, he just has to look good enough to earn himself a job and contract.
I’m a Russ fan and I hope the rest of his time in the league is very successful, but….it’s too early for anyone to do a victory lap. Just let the man play.
let's also not act like it was some amazing performance he was good a bit above avg these days on his stat line. 16-29 not good. 264 avg night. 2 pass tds and 1 rush td above average but td passes and runs can be decieving. You could start from the negative 1 run the ball for 98 yards then get a 1 yd td pass to an extra tackle on play action from a jumbo set tackle eligible play and vice versa with rush tds. it was one game and it wasn't some mind blowing performance and after dogging dude for 2 years making fun of him for working out on flights etc the flipping they do immediately after a decent game and try to take credit for being "right" is shameful
@@amlissa One game isn’t enough to say he’s bound for Canton again but if things went poorly ppl definitely would have used one game sample size to say he’s washed. Just like history will show ppl used one down year on Broncos with torn labrum and Hackett calling plays to bury him the last 2 years. Those of us who pointed out that he bounced back last year were gaslit and told those numbers were byproduct of Sean Payton. Well if he is productive on Steelers it proves that 2022 was clearly an outlier
Career vs Steelers Burrow: 112/174, 64.4%, 1268yds, 11TD, 8Int, 88.0 rating Jackson: 78/132, 59.1%, 870yds, 4TD, 7Int, 66.8 rating Safe to say the Steelers defense can handle those 2.
@@Nugs59 Mina is one of best in the game if not the best analyst but she’s not objective on Russ. Best part about Tomlin naming him the starter is we get to see once and for all who was right about Russ between his detractors and those who say his 2023 stats were not fraudulent or a byproduct of Sean Payton but a continuation of his historic efficiency as someone who has 2nd most TDs in history for someone’s first 12 years, 2nd highest TD/INT ratio of all time, and 3rd highest passer rating
Steelers are legit another wide receiver n healthy O line away from being a legit contender. They got the running backs, defense, pass rush, n QB for a title Run
If that back of the end zone play discredits Dan from talking Football, then none of in the comment section shouldn’t be talking cause we ain’t even make the league. 😂😂😂 As crazy as this sounds, Dan is closer to to Tom Brady than we are! 😂😂😂
@@BamJonesTV well yea he made it to the league but if you’re biggest reason for being remembered was that…have at it. I was pretty good myself but I’ll give him the opportunity for being in the league
JUSTIN FIELDS WAS NEVER QB1 stop spreading that false information. He was ALWAYS QB2. Russ was hurt and Fields played well. But he played at the backup
@@alexm2889: : He wouldn’t have kept that job no matter what he did because Russ is just better than he is. JF needs development. He’s not a franchise QB yet, and without the proper steps he may never become one. We will have to see. Everybody is in love with his potential, including me, but Russ has gears in his machinery that JF just doesn’t have right now. It’s not just about the moon ball. It’s pretty much everything. Russ moved silky-smooth in the pocket the other night, which isn’t getting enough attention. JF has three advantages over Russ, and none of them translate to better overall play or more wins: (1) Size, (2) Speed, and (3) Relatability (and Russ is better at that now). Russ is still one of the top rushing QBs in the league. Before Jackson, Allen, and JF came into the league, he was always top 2 or top 3. Now, he’s top 6 or top 7, which are still borderline top5, right? He finished #8 in QB rush yards last season behind #7 Mahomes. Russ won’t be rushing for 1,000 yards (65-70 YPG) like JF or LJ, but he’s still capable of rushing for 400-500 yards (30-35 YPG). Coupled with his arm and leadership, he is a much better package. *SIZE* JF is bigger and taller, yet isn’t as durable and doesn’t see the field as well. *SPEED* JF is faster but the passing game suffers for it, and he doesn’t know how to slide and protect his body. Plus, his YPC aren’t much more than Russ’s. *RELATABILITY* Russ still talks too much during interviews and refuses to show any emotion, but he is showing that he got the memo that he needed to be more relatable to certain types of players (‘hood dudes and middle-class dudes). He can’t just vibe with the upper-crust players. He needs to let people in, and there are plenty of signs that he’s doing it. Is Russ as relatable as JF? No. That’s probably never going to happen because of Russ’s religion and Zen philosophy, but his efforts to let more guys in have translated to those players showing more affection for him. Whereas Russ was just “liked” in Seattle and Denver (only while winning, of course), it appears that his guys in Pittsburgh are protective of him. That’s what a QB needs. He needs his guys to want to protect him on and off the field. JF will be alright if he plays the long game and takes advantage of this opportunity, i.e., if he doesn’t prioritize money this upcoming offseason. The best thing he can do is try to turn himself into a young Russ with size. If he even gets close to that, he will be the top dog in the NFL. Nobody will be able to touch him. Potential is just potential. Here’s a quote: “Show me a player with potential, and I’ll show you a player who isn’t getting the job done.” ~The late, great John Wooden
Idk if I’m confident my Steelers can cover those bengals receivers AND stop the run. I think the only way we beat Cincy both games is if Burrow is hurt for one of them. Every year I predict us to split the division and we usually do. We could theoretically sweep browns and ravens just because we have the blueprint on Lamar. But I’m worried about Henry and he’s gonna be the X factor this time around.
people forget once he told Pete he wanted to push the ball down the field instead of being a runner all the time they had problems but we forget he an under rated deep ball cause look at Justin he more of a short quick passer and a runner Wilson will throw deep balls and do amazing with play action will he run the ball yes but not all the time
Russ is better than a lot of QBs. He had an overrated HC in Pete Carroll who got lucky for two years after Russ was gone from Seattle and really failed Russ in Russ’s last 6 years in Seattle. During those 7 years, Russ was dragging the team to double-digit wins virtually by himself. Russ only had an intact LoB and a functioning Beast Mode for three seasons (2012-2015). They were done in 2015. He had a completely unqualified HC in Nathaniel Hackett, and a coach who tried to tank at his expense in Sean Payton.
Mina, my thoughts are that if the Bengals can figure out a way to limit Saquon & win on Sunday & they can get & stay healthy then they are for real. But, my instincts tells me that Sunday will be hard to take for us Bengals fans because he (Saquon) may run all over the Bengals & the Eagles will send the Bengals season into another faze...the trade for draft capital faze & could Bill Belichick possibly be a candidate for the head coaching job there.
Mina you are wrong. When the Bengals offense was almost flawless they actually lost games (Washington, Ravens). Yet when the Offense struggled, the Defense and special teams won them games the last 2 weeks (Giants and Browns). The difference is the Defense line was not intact and healthy until the Giants game. They need all 5 guys working together to be a better defense. The Defense will be much better if the line continues to stay healthy. They were previously without: Myles Murphy, McKinnley Jackson, BJ Hill, Shelden Rankings, and Sam Hubbard was playing thought a hamstring Issue. They had almost no rotation of guys, which meant the Line was fatigued and facing two on the top 5 offenses as well. Having all these guys back givens them a completely different Defense. You would think these pundits would do their homework a little more.
Lol losing to DC and the ravens, losing to the giants and browns, and you think it's soemthing to do with the bengals. Newsflash: bad teams are bad! A mediocre bengals team can beat them!
a guy that was starting and played close to if not the most snaps on the entire defense was cut when they got healthy guys back. That tells a lot how bad their dline situation was.
As a Bengal's fan, I trust Tomlin a lot more than Taylor. Steelers basically guaranteed to make the playoffs. But the Bengals have more potential. In a head to head, I like the odds of the Bengals winning in a close game.
The word on the street was that Russel was finished, couldn't run (too old) and couldn't throw down the field anymore, isn't that why the Broncos sent him packing or maybe it is the Broncos head coach who had a distaste for him, I'm going with the latter one myself
I could see each team getting a game, split the wins this season. Crazy the Steelers don't even have a divisional opponent until week 11.... and 6 of last 8 games are division matchups. The NFL must want the Steelers to have a losing season for once under Tomlin. It's the strangest thing I ever seen with pro sports scheduling. They gonna be lucky to have a healthy roster come playoff time, AFC North games always injury riddled, brut fest. I bet they split the wins with Ravens and Bengals, but idk that the Browns want to win this season so Steelers probably take two wins from Browns, so an overall 4-2 division record. I could see Bengals going 3-3 minimum in division. If Bengals make a run, start winning, make playoffs, it will be because Steelers fall off late season due to that crazy schedule just being brutal for them. Could we see 3 teams from AFC North in playoffs again? That would be wild af.
The steelers made the playoffs with KP and Mason! wtf r u talking about here! ow moreover, Russ is the ONLY SB champion in our division, don´t forget about that.
Tbh not really. Bengals put all their eggs into one basket and when an injury or two happens during season, y'all in trouble. They will heat up like every team does....it's called mid season form. We are a third of the way done with the season, and so far the Ravens and Steelers are the legit teams to Duke it out for that division title. Both teams are more complete teams, good at all three phases of the game right now. Both have good depth but Steelers have 2 SOLID QBs, 3 solid running backs, 7 tight ends. Russ is top qb at play action and OC Art Smith is a guru with that style offense. I'm thinking the Steelers got a backup qb who is very similar to Lamar Jackson (give him a couple years, he's only 25). They got a passer like Burrow for QB1. That defense is elite and will wreck games. Ravens are also loaded with talent and depth. Lamar still has less accuracy in the pass game then you want out of a NFL passer, but he is gonna win a lot of games for the Ravens. What we should be looking at are the big games, primetime games, how are they doing in those games? We know Burrow can perform under the intense pressure of NFL elite ballers and national media spotlight but how about the rest of the team? Defense is terrible. You can't win championships with no defense. Facts.
Idk if I’m confident my Steelers can cover those bengals receivers AND stop the run. I think the only way we beat Cincy both games is if Burrow is hurt for one of them. Every year I predict us to split the division and we usually do. We could theoretically sweep browns and ravens just because we have the blueprint on Lamar. But I’m worried about Henry and he’s gonna be the X factor this time around.
Stephen A doing a victory lap on Russell Wilson like it's not 2+ years of media coverage including him burying Russell Wilson is hilarious. My biggest regret is not archiving all the clips of ppl burying Russ because I already know some of those videos are being deleted from ESPN/Fox Sports/CBS catalogs. But I have several and he is definitely front and center even among those revising history about how great Russ was even in his prime.
Let’s not act like the receivers weren’t making some great looking catches, I watched the game and said, “wow” to a good amount of those catches receivers were making. Very good first outing for Wilson and company to have with him under center. Can he knock off the rust accumulated from injury and such, keep getting better, and sustain it throughout the season and into a playoff run? To me, he doesn’t have to make a long playoff run, he just has to look good enough to earn himself a job and contract.
A good coached team which the jets are not, would have put a safety over the top. All those passes would've either been broken up or intercepted
I’m a Russ fan and I hope the rest of his time in the league is very successful, but….it’s too early for anyone to do a victory lap. Just let the man play.
let's also not act like it was some amazing performance he was good a bit above avg these days on his stat line. 16-29 not good. 264 avg night. 2 pass tds and 1 rush td above average but td passes and runs can be decieving. You could start from the negative 1 run the ball for 98 yards then get a 1 yd td pass to an extra tackle on play action from a jumbo set tackle eligible play and vice versa with rush tds. it was one game and it wasn't some mind blowing performance and after dogging dude for 2 years making fun of him for working out on flights etc the flipping they do immediately after a decent game and try to take credit for being "right" is shameful
@@amlissa One game isn’t enough to say he’s bound for Canton again but if things went poorly ppl definitely would have used one game sample size to say he’s washed. Just like history will show ppl used one down year on Broncos with torn labrum and Hackett calling plays to bury him the last 2 years. Those of us who pointed out that he bounced back last year were gaslit and told those numbers were byproduct of Sean Payton. Well if he is productive on Steelers it proves that 2022 was clearly an outlier
Career vs Steelers
Burrow: 112/174, 64.4%, 1268yds, 11TD, 8Int, 88.0 rating
Jackson: 78/132, 59.1%, 870yds, 4TD, 7Int, 66.8 rating
Safe to say the Steelers defense can handle those 2.
Right now, the Steelers are a better team all around over the Ben-gals.
lmaooo yalol barely beat cle last week dawg yall make no noise or being any fear , well win both games just like we will the ravens to
Mina been on Twitter bashing on Russel and championing Justin. I’m so tired of her
@@Nugs59 Mina is one of best in the game if not the best analyst but she’s not objective on Russ. Best part about Tomlin naming him the starter is we get to see once and for all who was right about Russ between his detractors and those who say his 2023 stats were not fraudulent or a byproduct of Sean Payton but a continuation of his historic efficiency as someone who has 2nd most TDs in history for someone’s first 12 years, 2nd highest TD/INT ratio of all time, and 3rd highest passer rating
Mina is right
Mina still salty about him leaving Seattle she use to be his biggest fan 😢
Lost all respect I had for her this week.
The Steelers hate is a real thing. Everyone hates a winner when it not their team. 😂
Steelers are legit another wide receiver n healthy O line away from being a legit contender. They got the running backs, defense, pass rush, n QB for a title
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Dan clearly isn't a reliable source for being correct with his thinkin.....dare I say it...."Back of the end zone??"
If that back of the end zone play discredits Dan from talking Football, then none of in the comment section shouldn’t be talking cause we ain’t even make the league. 😂😂😂
As crazy as this sounds, Dan is closer to to Tom Brady than we are! 😂😂😂
@@BamJonesTV well yea he made it to the league but if you’re biggest reason for being remembered was that…have at it. I was pretty good myself but I’ll give him the opportunity for being in the league
JUSTIN FIELDS WAS NEVER QB1 stop spreading that false information. He was ALWAYS QB2. Russ was hurt and Fields played well. But he played at the backup
Calm down dude lol. Fields totally could have kept that job if he didn't play like crap 3 weeks in a row. AAAAAAHHHHH!!!! 😂 lol
That’s correct. And you cannot “bench” a QB2.
@@alexm2889: : He wouldn’t have kept that job no matter what he did because Russ is just better than he is. JF needs development. He’s not a franchise QB yet, and without the proper steps he may never become one. We will have to see.
Everybody is in love with his potential, including me, but Russ has gears in his machinery that JF just doesn’t have right now.
It’s not just about the moon ball. It’s pretty much everything. Russ moved silky-smooth in the pocket the other night, which isn’t getting enough attention.
JF has three advantages over Russ, and none of them translate to better overall play or more wins: (1) Size, (2) Speed, and (3) Relatability (and Russ is better at that now).
Russ is still one of the top rushing QBs in the league. Before Jackson, Allen, and JF came into the league, he was always top 2 or top 3. Now, he’s top 6 or top 7, which are still borderline top5, right?
He finished #8 in QB rush yards last season behind #7 Mahomes. Russ won’t be rushing for 1,000 yards (65-70 YPG) like JF or LJ, but he’s still capable of rushing for 400-500 yards (30-35 YPG). Coupled with his arm and leadership, he is a much better package.
*SIZE*
JF is bigger and taller, yet isn’t as durable and doesn’t see the field as well.
*SPEED*
JF is faster but the passing game suffers for it, and he doesn’t know how to slide and protect his body. Plus, his YPC aren’t much more than Russ’s.
*RELATABILITY*
Russ still talks too much during interviews and refuses to show any emotion, but he is showing that he got the memo that he needed to be more relatable to certain types of players (‘hood dudes and middle-class dudes). He can’t just vibe with the upper-crust players. He needs to let people in, and there are plenty of signs that he’s doing it.
Is Russ as relatable as JF? No. That’s probably never going to happen because of Russ’s religion and Zen philosophy, but his efforts to let more guys in have translated to those players showing more affection for him.
Whereas Russ was just “liked” in Seattle and Denver (only while winning, of course), it appears that his guys in Pittsburgh are protective of him. That’s what a QB needs. He needs his guys to want to protect him on and off the field.
JF will be alright if he plays the long game and takes advantage of this opportunity, i.e., if he doesn’t prioritize money this upcoming offseason. The best thing he can do is try to turn himself into a young Russ with size. If he even gets close to that, he will be the top dog in the NFL. Nobody will be able to touch him.
Potential is just potential. Here’s a quote:
“Show me a player with potential, and I’ll show you a player who isn’t getting the job done.”
~The late, great John Wooden
Idk if I’m confident my Steelers can cover those bengals receivers AND stop the run. I think the only way we beat Cincy both games is if Burrow is hurt for one of them. Every year I predict us to split the division and we usually do. We could theoretically sweep browns and ravens just because we have the blueprint on Lamar. But I’m worried about Henry and he’s gonna be the X factor this time around.
lmaooo, how can u have more confidence in the bengals?? 1. their record is dog water and their defence is even worse.
When it comes to intra division, record means nothing. Steelers and Cincy will split the division.
These Bungles will end up bungling again and everyone’s gonna act all shocked while we sit here like “We’ve been telling you so for years”
people forget once he told Pete he wanted to push the ball down the field instead of being a runner all the time they had problems but we forget he an under rated deep ball cause look at Justin he more of a short quick passer and a runner Wilson will throw deep balls and do amazing with play action will he run the ball yes but not all the time
Russel Wilson is better than burrow, I would literally take Kyler Murray over burrow
Russ is better than a lot of QBs. He had an overrated HC in Pete Carroll who got lucky for two years after Russ was gone from Seattle and really failed Russ in Russ’s last 6 years in Seattle.
During those 7 years, Russ was dragging the team to double-digit wins virtually by himself. Russ only had an intact LoB and a functioning Beast Mode for three seasons (2012-2015).
They were done in 2015. He had a completely unqualified HC in Nathaniel Hackett, and a coach who tried to tank at his expense in Sean Payton.
Mina, my thoughts are that if the Bengals can figure out a way to limit Saquon & win on Sunday & they can get & stay healthy then they are for real. But, my instincts tells me that Sunday will be hard to take for us Bengals fans because he (Saquon) may run all over the Bengals & the Eagles will send the Bengals season into another faze...the trade for draft capital faze & could Bill Belichick possibly be a candidate for the head coaching job there.
Mina you are wrong. When the Bengals offense was almost flawless they actually lost games (Washington, Ravens). Yet when the Offense struggled, the Defense and special teams won them games the last 2 weeks (Giants and Browns). The difference is the Defense line was not intact and healthy until the Giants game. They need all 5 guys working together to be a better defense. The Defense will be much better if the line continues to stay healthy.
They were previously without: Myles Murphy, McKinnley Jackson, BJ Hill, Shelden Rankings, and Sam Hubbard was playing thought a hamstring Issue. They had almost no rotation of guys, which meant the Line was fatigued and facing two on the top 5 offenses as well. Having all these guys back givens them a completely different Defense. You would think these pundits would do their homework a little more.
Lol losing to DC and the ravens, losing to the giants and browns, and you think it's soemthing to do with the bengals. Newsflash: bad teams are bad! A mediocre bengals team can beat them!
a guy that was starting and played close to if not the most snaps on the entire defense was cut when they got healthy guys back. That tells a lot how bad their dline situation was.
One game.
As a Bengal's fan, I trust Tomlin a lot more than Taylor. Steelers basically guaranteed to make the playoffs. But the Bengals have more potential. In a head to head, I like the odds of the Bengals winning in a close game.
The word on the street was that Russel was finished, couldn't run (too old) and couldn't throw down the field anymore, isn't that why the Broncos sent him packing or maybe it is the Broncos head coach who had a distaste for him, I'm going with the latter one myself
This isn't kenny pickett and the steelers this is russell wilson and the steelers with a top 3 defense
I could see each team getting a game, split the wins this season. Crazy the Steelers don't even have a divisional opponent until week 11.... and 6 of last 8 games are division matchups. The NFL must want the Steelers to have a losing season for once under Tomlin. It's the strangest thing I ever seen with pro sports scheduling. They gonna be lucky to have a healthy roster come playoff time, AFC North games always injury riddled, brut fest. I bet they split the wins with Ravens and Bengals, but idk that the Browns want to win this season so Steelers probably take two wins from Browns, so an overall 4-2 division record. I could see Bengals going 3-3 minimum in division. If Bengals make a run, start winning, make playoffs, it will be because Steelers fall off late season due to that crazy schedule just being brutal for them. Could we see 3 teams from AFC North in playoffs again? That would be wild af.
@@y2kelly66 The Bengals almost need to win both Steelers games. But they can make the playoffs with a split.
The Bengals have Burrow and Chase! Who else? hahahahha
Joe burrow wont grt beat by steelers they swept us with our backup we see them 2x late in season thatll determine alot.
D.O with a losers opinion…NOTHING NEW
The steelers made the playoffs with KP and Mason! wtf r u talking about here! ow moreover, Russ is the ONLY SB champion in our division, don´t forget about that.
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Hahahahahaha mins always has hate us poor girl
Bengals are going to heat up. They will be the ones nobody wants to play in the playoffs.
Not if their defense struggles against top offensive units. So far they've beaten tomato cans, and two of those wins weren't exactly decisive.
I kinda feel the same about the Steelers. These next couple weeks are gonna be huge. Good football to come
Tbh not really. Bengals put all their eggs into one basket and when an injury or two happens during season, y'all in trouble. They will heat up like every team does....it's called mid season form. We are a third of the way done with the season, and so far the Ravens and Steelers are the legit teams to Duke it out for that division title. Both teams are more complete teams, good at all three phases of the game right now. Both have good depth but Steelers have 2 SOLID QBs, 3 solid running backs, 7 tight ends. Russ is top qb at play action and OC Art Smith is a guru with that style offense. I'm thinking the Steelers got a backup qb who is very similar to Lamar Jackson (give him a couple years, he's only 25). They got a passer like Burrow for QB1. That defense is elite and will wreck games. Ravens are also loaded with talent and depth. Lamar still has less accuracy in the pass game then you want out of a NFL passer, but he is gonna win a lot of games for the Ravens. What we should be looking at are the big games, primetime games, how are they doing in those games? We know Burrow can perform under the intense pressure of NFL elite ballers and national media spotlight but how about the rest of the team? Defense is terrible. You can't win championships with no defense. Facts.
Poor Poor Danny boy.
Idk if I’m confident my Steelers can cover those bengals receivers AND stop the run. I think the only way we beat Cincy both games is if Burrow is hurt for one of them. Every year I predict us to split the division and we usually do. We could theoretically sweep browns and ravens just because we have the blueprint on Lamar. But I’m worried about Henry and he’s gonna be the X factor this time around.