Antonio Brown rumor?

[JARROD]

1 minute ago, TheCasillas said:

Kind of a stretch there my friend. They traded 2 first rounds for that pick. No matter if Julio was there or not that pick would have costed any team 2 first rounders. 

But let's go with that, just for the sake of argument. Antonio Brown is a 30 year old receiver with diminishing targets. He currently has a calf injury (soft tissue) and did not show up to team meeting, and blasted out a tweet in reply to a former employee challenging his current employer to trade him. 

Any smart GM trading for Brown knows that they would have the leverage once the steelers started to consider trading him. 

Brown is a great receiver but as history has shown he only has a couple good years left. No one will be dumb enough to trade 2 first round picks for this guy. IF they are, Colbert is a fuging genius.

I’ve been the one against trading 2 picks for Brown— so you are preaching to the choir.

i said even if they took a few players and a first rounder, we wouldn’t have the cap space— it would be rough.

of course if it was reasonable and doable who wouldn’t want to have Cam throwing to Antonio Brown.

its just not possible.

 

[TheCasillas]

6 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

The Steelers certainly seem to be imploding from the outside looking in. Their star RB is holding out, their star WR is pissed off, their OL is trashing aforementioned star RB for holding out, their QB is aging and likely already over the hill, their D just gave up video game numbers to the Chiefs... it ain't looking good.

Half of their o-line is injured. Le'Veon Bell is asking for ridiculous money for his position, and Brown is being a diva because they are winning. 

The real reason for the implosion is their head coach. Tepper even said he wasn't a fan of Tomlin, and wanted him fired last year. The coach is the reason the players are acting out, he shows zero discipline and let's them do whatever they want. 

James Harrison mentioned that no respects anyone in that locker room. Fault = Coach Tomlin

[TheCasillas]

1 minute ago, JARROD said:

I’ve been the one against trading 2 picks for Brown— so you are preaching to the choir.

i said even if they took a few players and a first rounder, we wouldn’t have the cap space— it would be rough.

of course if it was reasonable and doable who wouldn’t want to have Cam throwing to Antonio Brown.

its just not possible.

 

the cap isn't an issue... we could take that on. We could take that on now, and next 3 years if we wanted. Half of our team isnt under contract after this season.

[TheCasillas]

13 minutes ago, Dunkshizzle said:

A. They're not going to lose AB, Bell and BB over the next 12 months. That'd be suicide

B. We couldn't afford AB even if he was interested in coming here. $17mm a yr avg. We'd have to cut Luke and KK to make that happen, or some other dramatic combo of talent

C. What can AB provide that CMC/Samuel didn't do already this past wknd? I know he's the best in the game but we need OL, DE and secondary help to make this a better team

D. How often do teams that have elite WR contracts, win Superbowls?

Hard pass for me

A. I'd take that bet. Especially if there were to gain back at least 2 1st rounders and a 2nd in the end.

B. Wrong. We can afford him. We have a poo load of cap room starting next year, and AB is only a 8mil hit this year.

C. Samuel didnt play....

D.  Alshon Jeffery, D. Thomas, E. Sanders, Julian Edleman, Gronkowski, and Jordy Nelson, from the last 7 SB 's.

[TheCasillas]

7 minutes ago, JARROD said:

I’ve been the one against trading 2 picks for Brown— so you are preaching to the choir.

i said even if they took a few players and a first rounder, we wouldn’t have the cap space— it would be rough.

of course if it was reasonable and doable who wouldn’t want to have Cam throwing to Antonio Brown.

its just not possible.

 

I thought I read you said "steelers would want two 1st rounders....."  my bad.

[JARROD]

1 minute ago, TheCasillas said:

I thought I read you said "steelers would want two 1st rounders....."  my bad.

Which is to mean ridiculous. 2 first round picks for me would be like Cam goes down for good so we have to make a trade for Carson Wentz or something,.. 

 

[JARROD]

9 minutes ago, TheCasillas said:

the cap isn't an issue... we could take that on. We could take that on now, and next 3 years if we wanted. Half of our team isnt under contract after this season.

Yeh half this team isn’t under contract meaning you have to replace them all, and there’s only so much money to go around.

we do need a true number downfield reciever, a sure handed version of Torrey Smith... a Desean Jackson basically. 

We cant have 17 million cap hit to one receiver though,.. 

[TheCasillas]

2 minutes ago, JARROD said:

Yeh half this team isn’t under contract meaning you have to replace them all, and there’s only so much money to go around.

we do need a true number downfield reciever, a sure handed version of Torrey Smith... a Desean Jackson basically. 

We cant have 17 million cap hit to one receiver though,.. 

The salary cap is expected to increase by 10-12 million next year..... All teams will have room.

[MechaZain]

someone will get him for two 3rds or something dumb and I'll post angrily here

[JARROD]

1 minute ago, TheCasillas said:

The salary cap is expected to increase by 10-12 million next year..... All teams will have room.

I know but I’d rather go draft a guy like a Parris Campbell or a Riley Ridley etc and not worry about sending draft picks to a team.  I’d rather spend the money getting our defense and offensive line straight.

Antonio Brown looks like he’s had it with the Steelers— if we made a trade for him there’s nothing You or I could do but watch with happy reservations,.. 

 

[joemac]

5 minutes ago, MechaZain said:

someone will get him for two 3rds or something dumb and I'll post angrily here

New England most likely.

[jumpman910]

Rumors are just those rumors BUT poo is getting real touch and go in Pittsburgh. Tomlin ways and the fact Ben is trash isn't making them better. But AB will be the last piece removed from the situation.

If they start cleaning things up it'll be Tomlin first, Bell walks in the offseason, Ben either gets cut or steps away and then finally they'll trade AB after his frustration boils over with an inexperienced qb. All those things could take 1/2 seasons but that's the direction it's going. Let them lose to the Bucs and start 0-2-1 oh boy 

[CatTower]

Pittsburgh seems like the type of team that would want to trade AB to a team with a terrible QB.  He'll probably end up in Dallas or something.

[BrianS]

As long as everyone is dreaming, maybe Pittsburgh will take Matt Kalil straight up for AB . . .