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And then, you've already been told by NFL insiders that Houston, among others, had Young as the guy. Trying to blame us picking him on Smitty is ridiculous. Blame the scouts and David Tepper.

I watched that off-season closely, and I don't ever remember Smitty saying Mingo was his favorite receiver. In fact Mingo was down the list a little bit. David Tepper wanted Bryce, and to say Smitty affected that decision is ludicrous. Do you remember when Smitty said that Cooper Kupp was the best one in that draft for his money? Funny that Coker has his best day, because Smitty was the first (and only) analyst that I heard praise Coker pre-draft. Smitty is decidedly non-committal on most of the guys and keeps extreme criticism of them to a minimum during the off-season. He keeps it all in perspective, understands context, and advises people who listen to him to do the same. He knows that there's a lot that can play towards a player's success or failure. He basically tells you if a guy has something to work with.

I know that you're probably referencing the "results" part, but the post is funny because "with carefully" is not so detail oriented.

Brian Burns has just one more sack than Haynes this season. LOL

I mean, he was always "there" in my estimation---basically he was as good as he was going to get, which is probably B-level. He was never supposed to be an A-list guy. He's probably the best that we can hope for at the moment.

This didn't age well. I don't know where you got that impression in the first place. I have half-way followed Johnson over the years, and I don't remember him saying anything like that, even as a Steeler.

He's obviously going to have to get his payday. I think that whether we extend him depends upon the terms and expectations. I don't think that we should be in the business of giving talent away unless it's ultimately beneficial to the team. If nothing else, DJ has proven that he's a route god. People here have been saying that's what we need for years, and now you just want to let him walk without even exploring an extension with him? Come on. He's a QB's best friend. You have to at least try.

That may be a tough ask considering that the Raiders want a second and other compensation for Adams.

For who?

One thing that I couldn't get out of my head is that even when he had a clean pocket, he was still bad. He may have been "Carred" by then though. At the end of the day, It's the big boy leagues, and not having a clean pocket and college-open receivers on one of the top teams in the NCAA obviously has been a great culture shock to him. I just don't believe he can cut it not being able to see over the line. If he proves me wrong, more power to him. If he doesn't, which is what I fully expect, he's not the first bust; we just have to take the loss and move on.

Well, the line wasn't good, but I never bought the WRs can't get separation argument. Seeing him again is a nothing burger.

Who said anything about picks? I say we offer Bryce for Reddick straight up...

He's no Pitts. We need to swap with the Falcons for all they (don't) do with Pitts as well. Of course Canales may not use him either.

We have a low bar. But that's OK this season.

He really does, but there will be plenty that can't see it.

Well, one just has to be realistic. We may get a few wins this year because we are actually competitive, but we aren't legitimate contenders, as we have too many holes. But we can see incremental improvement despite the holes.

I'm not worried about receivers at the moment, but if we can't lock up DJ, I may start worrying. I think that we have some young guys to coach up. I'm more worried about the long term answer at QB. From what I've been watching, QB aside (depending upon how we want to approach the position), I think that our biggest problem is legitimate pass rushers. We need one. Clowney is OK as your secondary option (like Burns was in my opinion), but we need a guy who's going to get after the QB with legitimacy and consistency. Allowing QBs to play playground football in the offensive backfield is not going to lead to success. We need a pass rushers or two above all (especially if we can't get a top QB in our natural draft position).

I mean, some of you are trying to act like Moore had perfect hands. Nah. Moreover, I dont believe Legette is a body catcher. He leaves a few on the field too, but he knows how to go up and get them also.

I said it in the game thread. The defense was sacrificed this year to go strong on offense. We don't have the talent on defense to be a legitimate contender.

Seriously, that was a criticism of DJ from Pittsburgh fans. We're just gonna have to live with it.

We need an EDGE in the worst kinda way too, but, again, fans knew the deal a month ago.

Oh yeah, I made peace with it, and any serious fan should have known what was going on as well. It wasn't exactly a secret. Hell, we jettisoned half the defensive backfield essentially right before the regular season

I mean, we did sacrifice the defense to get offense, so no one should be surprised. You can't actually fix everything in one offseason.

Yeah, but you weren't the only one, or the main one...

I know, right. It was such a an obvious pull-the-damned-trigger-moment. It was one of the defining moments of Fitterer's career as a GM.