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That better not happen in an attempt to "get a good deal" before CJ's contract gets inked.

I don't see a lot to warrant all the backlash against Princely. Yes he has to be better as a player but history could end up being on his side. Aside from the previously stated stats, don't forget that Clowney had 9.5 sacks with Baltimore in 2023 and 8.5 sacks in Dallas this season. With Evero: 5.5 I so believe PART of what he is saying, that it is the coaching and scheme that limits pass rush pressure and ultimately sacks.

That is currently Justin Fields at $20 mil. Unfortunately, that isn't realistic. The contract to watch this offseason is Stroud's. More than likely he will ask for more or similar.

Evero's defenses have finished 23rd, 32nd, 29th and 30th in sacks. He will likely never have a top 10 defense in sacks. It is scheme. Brian Burns second lowest sack output was his season with Evero. It was also overwhelmingly the lowest Pressures he had ever had in his career. If you want a high pressure, sack heavy defense, it is never going to be with Evero.

Yeah, that might have been a foregone conclusion before Saturdays game, it seems like it had to be one after.

I think the interviews are going matter a lot. He could be a 4th or 5th(way too high, IMO) or he could be a UDFA.

FTFY

That is a valid point. Brother, he is a below average pass blocker in a phone booth. He would get decimated on the edge.

We could sign a stop gap LT in free agency too. We might have to dramatically overpay but there are a couple of older, solid guys coming available that might be into a one year cash grab.

Mays I view like BC. He can do an admirable job as a starter but he will never be anything other than a bottom third starter. He is a top shelf, critical backup. Hunt would be a net negative salary cap impact to cut/trade this offseason. He also has a $9 mil guarantee that gets triggered on March 13. He would be easier to move in 2027 but I am not sure there will be many takers at his salary. We need to start getting serious about drafting a real C, some interior depth/starters and at least one starting caliber OT. As much as a strength as that unit has been, we are over invested monetarily and the returns have been underwhelming.

I think it's a lot of issues. Bryce being a big one but I think Canales lack of in game adjustments and his very poor general game preparation weigh heavily on the overall offensive output. We can have flashes and some of the first drive scripted stuff can be great but I am not sure we have ever seen a truly great end to end offense performance. Perhaps Atlanta?

He tore his Achilles and he is a free agent. At his age, he will likely not be signed by anyone until he can pass a physical. It's possible his career is over or he misses all of 2026. If he is able to recover well, perhaps towards the end of next season we can bring him in to help out. Truthfully, the FO needs to overhaul the OL room after the two major injuries.

I think a big chunk of it is having a bottom 5 OC. I do also think we should be drafting Hunt's replacement. He is essentially a vastly overpaid one trick pony as an OG. Lewis is actually a top shelf run AND pass blocker. We can get cheaper and better at RG.

I think the most concerning thing about our offense is how with two starting caliber RB's and one of the leagues highest paid OL's that we kept getting shut down so often this season. So, what was all that investment for if it isn't anywhere close to a dominating rushing offense?

Something will have to be done at LT, as Barnwell pointed out and was very clear in that game, Nijman is a reserve. He will be a disaster for a full season schedule. It sucks so much worse to lose Ikey with BC likely being done here, too. BC was our realistic, on roster stop gap option.

We will see how Stroud fares next weekend. He was lucky he didn't throw away the game for them as terrible as he was.

No doubt. QB's under him tend to overperform. Do QB's under Ryans overperform?

I mean, did you just watch that game?? So the fuging Steelers are too big of a stage??? Well, it's only gonna get worse. Purdy, bad as he might be, has literally played deep into the playoffs. A 5-2 record, actually. Gross, I am defending Brock Purdy. Ugh.

Oooh. Lol. Right. Well, the real mistake was not trading that scrub earlier.

I think they have a lot of questions to figure out. If HC is one, that will be first and foremost. Everything else will flow from that.

Stroud is leaps and bounds worse than Purdy. At least Purdy has been here before. Stroud looks like an XFL player at the moment. Pats are a paper tiger. I suspect they will get boat raced.

Trade? What manner of trade would we make for a free agent, exactly?

Exactly. The Steelers will have no issue attracting QB talent, depending on makeup of team.

That's Panthers mindset. Only terrible teams that trade up to get Bryce Young think that way.

I mean....name a worse QB in the playoffs. Sam Darnold is absolute trash but he is way better than this version of CJ Stroud. I genuinely struggle to think of a worse QB in the past decade or so, minus Manning.