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Are the Steelers making the best moves so far this offseason?

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A lot of moves have been made over the last three days in the NFL regarding free agency with the biggest being the Pittsburgh Steelers trading with the Seattle Seahawks to acquire DK Metcalf. Are the Steelers making the best moves so far this offseason? And any other free agency moves that may have caught your attention outside of Pittsburgh. So real quick, you have the Monte de Adam's going to the Rams.

He was going to Washington, the Bears signing off office of Lyman and Josh Allen got a huge contract extension. DK Metcalf to the Steelers I like but don't love because who's throwing him the ball. Obviously just it feels when to the Jets. But you hope so.

They're saying it's like it's about to be finalized. That's the rumor. That's the person. Cool.

So it's awful. Hi. They're not the Jets. Yeah, they're not the Jets.

I agree there. To me, my favorite moves so far are the Bears' moves mainly because and the commanders' moves because they're both addressing the things that kind of held them back. When we look at the Bears, they started with Ben Johnson getting an offensive mind to coach there in that organization that has some level of success, right, which he had with Detroit Lions. And we're seeing the immediate impact of that.

He's building that line, arguably one of the best guards in Jotuni. I think when he traded for the other right guard from the Rams, I think when he go traded for that has history with Ben Johnson and them and then they went and got a center. You know what I'm saying? I think they're okay at tackle.

But now the interior of that line is solidified. You look at what the commanders have done. They went and traded. I don't know what the hell the Texas is doing, but for Larry M.

Tunsul, you're saying a three or five time pro bowler at left tackle. You know what I'm saying? All pro guy. You went and got him.

You went and made a trade for Marshall and Lattimore. Like, hey, hey, the commanders is like right now is the time to spend that money because we got to rookie scale QB. So to me, those are the two teams that are winning the most. I feel like the majority of the other moves I just really ancillary moves.

It's like, okay, like the Seahawks getting darnold over Geno. Like, okay, like, like, does that move the needle at all? DK, does it really move the needle like that? You know, like, I make some of those better.

I feel like they can't be worse with DK. And it has to make George Pickens more dangerous because you can't you hear them. Have you heard of this talk so that they're possibly people are not flicking at them as a parent. They look at that they may move off with George Pickens.

If they did, I would understand, but I also feel like you've got to give it one year. It's a contract. It's a contract year for Pickens. Yeah, it's a contract year and you might get the best out of it because if all you're going to do is be replicating the same things that's been happening to Pickens is you're allowing guys to key in on him only on defense and no one else is a threat.

And then if you trade Pickens, that's all just going to go to the DK where it's like, Hey, everyone idle DK should everybody else down. But you know, but I don't really believe in that philosophy because you look at DK's numbers. DK isn't necessarily a chain mover. DK is a big play guy and George Pickens isn't necessarily a chain where at least hasn't been able to prove it.

Obviously, I know the quarterback situation has been a mess. So it's not 100% his fault. However, you know, you look at somebody like I'm a Ross ain't Brown. Yeah, it's first down.

Right. Same McLaren. Yeah. So to me, that's why I say I like it, but I don't necessarily love it.

Like DK is a big play guy, but you need a guy that's going to be able to move the chains and either one of those guys are proving to be that. That's right. Yeah. I can't do that.

It opens it up for him even more because you can't and it opens it up for George Pickens because he could be that guy now that he doesn't have so much attention going his way. Yeah. And that's what I was saying is we don't even know what George Pickens can really do because they need to stretch the field because they don't have any other guys that can really get open like that besides Firemoon. And you can only ask for Titan to do so much because you got to be like all world Titan to just be like, yo, you got to be Gronkowski and Prime George Kittle, you know, saying to really be that type of Titan.

But to me, wrap it up really quick. Steelers are those are solid moves so far. I like the game well moved from the Eagles and I like reportedly getting slayed at those will be solid additions. I like getting well a lot.

I love what the Bears are doing because they're looking at what the Eagles did and they're actually replicating just the philosophy of building the build in the trenches, build the defense attack, goes get that, you know what I mean? And then protect the baby. You know what I mean? Like protect the fucking churches money and you got Caleb, stop putting him in all these crazy positions where he needs to scramble.

We want Caleb to be a kind of you should be looking at the table to be like a Joe Burrow SQB. We don't want him running too much. We don't want him scrambling too much. If he has too cool like Joe Burrow, he can, but he's not my homes bro.

Like all this improvising shit. No, like I think Ben Johnson is going to like replicate a lot of what golf did. You didn't see golf scrambling doing a bunch of crazy shit. You just saw all right five step drop, three step drop and let's get the ball out quick.

Or we're going to do a trick play. And I like what they're doing on the offensive side of the ball because it finally makes some sense as opposed to the past off seasons where the Bears just did fuck all like hey let's just play this guy, pay that guy and hope that we can put talent together. No, so the Bears and then my question mark is Justin Fields. I don't know what the Jets are necessarily doing, but I never know what the Jets are doing.

I don't know why I'm chilling, but I'm optimistic about the Jets. I don't know why because I like I like them. You all have no like there is no history. That's it.

I have no reason. All the reason. Go ahead. But all the time I was going to say I have it.

I thought you were going to say the same things because the pairs in back with Garrett. Well, I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was my thing, but it was also more of like with the Jets is like they they still need to me. I know Manny this is really with me in the chat, but I still need to need a dress off. I think twenty five teams the address are often to last.

This is nothing new, but I do what like by getting fields you don't have to necessarily rely on a good to great offensive line because he can scramble and get some things. But also and then he also helps Breeze Hall, you know, get his stats up too because now you don't you guys you have a dual threat offense. But I look at it also of course the connection with Gary Wilson is great. They got the seventh pick.

So to me they could either double down on offense or Olin but they could get that kid from Arizona, the ride receiver here in with Gary Wilson. I think that would make things a little bit better. I think you know, you know, you know, you talking about the seventh pick. I'm just thinking about Deebo and Friday, what you're going to do with that?

What the fuck they get a top 10 pick every fucking year. I'm just saying this is a new this is a new regime because we could set the same. That nigga is doomed. That's not like like let's not throw that nigga is doomed.

The head coach, he is fucked bro. It's over. It's it's done bro. He's not going away.

It's all the best for success for Jesse Fields was to stay in Pittsburgh. Now I'm going to New York and all these eyes going to be on me and they expected me to do it. And then and then Luke to be able to do it. So Luke to that to that point, even if it is another year of a dumpster fire for the Jets, they're going to get a top five pick next year.

Anyone fire. And we're going to be talking about a good to be coach because the Jets make you want to go. They're not going to fire. They're not going to fire.

They're not going to get done in two years. You can get the top. Five pick and then the arch manning coming out of Texas. It's a huge mistake.

Taking Jesse Fields. What a quarterback to see. Who's going to get in there? Yeah.

Who always do? Who always do? No, no, no, no. He's going to say some goofy shit.

Because anytime he always say like, Oh, you should have this is the horrible QB on you asking. Who should have gotten you? He goes like, Hey, who should have got? Who should have got?

Who should have gotten? Who should have gotten? Somebody who was more established in Jesse Fields. Like we need to be.

They should have gotten. They should have gotten. They should have gotten. For the one year.

You tell me Russell Wilson. Chris comes out there. Her cousin is. Her cousin is.

Her cousin is. Her god is. Her lodgers. If you're the jess, if you're the jess, you just want to be a normal team.

Like you just want to be normal. Justin Fields gives them a love US tie reward situation. They didn't pay them crazy money. Like all of these going to make fifty, sixty million dollars a year.

this dude a guaranteed 25 million guaranteed. Right. I'm just here to 30. It's 30 30.

So that's 15 a year. That's not that's peanuts in the quarterback market. That's number one. He's 26.

That's number two. Number three. He does have a relationship with Gary Wilson. Number four, they make an R.E.O.

run based quarterback offense with a defensive head coach with a good running back behind them. All I'm saying is obviously this is gonna look way different than what we've seen in years past and you could win games like this. Nobody is potentially the minute to go in the AOCs to go in the AFC or to even compete. What they mean to look like is not a dumbster fight that they've been for the last 10 years.

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I would. quarterback Whisperer was decent for one year and regress all the way back to even worse than what he was before they both got there. That's the truth about Daniel Jones. That's number one.

So you bring him to the Jets and keep him in the same New York media. There is no progression there with Justin Fields. You get them arguably for cheaper because I want to say didn't Daniel Jones on for like 14 million? You're 14.

Yeah. So so you okay so you're paying one more million for Justin Fields that's younger and has more potential because he has the legs that Daniel Jones and I'm not saying Daniel Jones got legs for a Pittsburgh when he started all I'm saying is and all I'm saying is the defense was the main reason why they were foreign too. And if Mike and if Mike Tomlin is quitting on you as a QB, I just don't think it both well. First of all, your strategy.

Can I? I'm glad you brought up Mike Tomlin because for one, let's not talk about Mike Tomlin. Like he builds up any kind of QB because we see he hasn't. I can't believe in you.

He believes in me. It's a Rudolph. He believes in us. How to turn out to make.

I mean, they won enough games to get the playoffs. Clearly, how to go by my baby when the Super Bowl, but only one team did, you know, shout out, but you know, I'm saying, the whole thing is about okay, for the Jets, what's your philosophy here? So we're going to be terrible to draft another QB. Just be terrible now.

Like this is to me, this is this is what I call fake philosophy. Like this, like this don't even make sense. If you go be asked, just be asked. Like, why are you signing up?

He gonna go ahead and just be terrible. He's gonna have that San Donald big may feel turned around. That's what I'm trying to say. Like people don't like send out a go into the Vikings.

They said that thing was gonna be asked. You see, I anything can happen to football. But it's the Jets, bro. What are we talking about?

It's the Jets. And Justin field. I just think this is like when I talk about the Vikings will ever be asked before we move on. I want to get a one question for you.

And Rogers, DK Beikaf, George Pickens. Man, how many how many games right now just right now? How many games you got? Bring Antonio Brown back.

14. 14. The Steelers thrive. Thank you.

I say, they were the best when they were at the when they were the mess. Yeah, because we're all the same page and Rogers and with that office to with more than 10 games, right? Yeah, well, I'm being funny because I just and Rogers based on what I saw last year, he was there was and Rogers, he was okay. This is he only there was only like six there was six to seven players who have better like seasons.

Okay, that's fine. But George Pickens is crazy. DK Mount Metcalf is crazy. And Aaron Rodgers is a prima Donna.

The only wildcard is George Pickens. He's in a contract year and you brought in another number one. So Pickens definitely ain't though he's not even at the priority list as far as receiver on the team anymore. And he he's trying to get his bread.

So if they bring in a rod, we don't know that Pickens is in number one because we know a rod is all about trust and we don't know who he's gonna trust in his wide receiver room because the thing about them getting a rod and a rod being humble body jets. A rod isn't bringing an officer coordinator. A rod isn't being in his wide receivers. All of the dudes make that you praise that he gets paid them dudes are coming this time.

So he's gonna have to build some type of report with his wide receiver core. And we don't know who's gonna be the guy. Well, Steelers are have struggled over the last couple of years of finding OCs. You know, so nobody's taken but nobody's taken air Rogers requests anymore.

I want to go by their own set of rules. But that you asked that's a lot of personalities to manage. That's how I'm going to that's what I'm gonna do. He's always done it.

I'll all three at the same time. No, and Rogers door things. Yeah. Yeah.

But Roberts burger, a lady on Bell is Antonio or Antonio. He can't get a good. I mean, it's not like it's a lot of cute bees out there, but you're getting Aaron Rogers. They have no same as he was in play in Pittsburgh.

No, I think they prefer I think they prefer you to be a little bit off. You got to believe that you that guy, bro. Yeah, since I wanted to hear one of them. That's crazy.

It was another one that didn't last long. Yeah, since my Plexico, not Plexico. It was another one that him too. Right.

Oh, and even chase clay born. Oh, yeah. Just play pool. Remember?

Yeah, when I saw chase clay pool, celebrate when they were driving. Yeah, third and eight and a couple of years. He was like, celebrate I was like, Oh, he's an idiot, bro. Yeah.

I don't know. That's yeah. But where do they go? Who do they sign?

There's nobody left? You can't drive nobody unless you move up.

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