Comments on: Some Random Thoughts About the 2015 Pittsburgh Steelers

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 21:33:05 +0000

I was shocked at that as well. I’m sure one of us at least will be writing more about this in the coming months.

By: elpalito

elpalito — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 20:41:49 +0000

The post-gazette had a very interesting feature today comparing players from two of the 6 SBs. I’m shocked at how Randle El is doing physically and, possibly, mentally. Its too easy for fans to say ‘yeah, but they made all that money’. A life of pain makes the zeroes in the bank account seem rather inconsequential.
I hope someone here at going deep does a recap of it. I’d love to hear some perspective from the esteemed writership.

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By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 18:45:40 +0000

Well said. And any of the people with access to that locker room who have commented have said this is the tightest, closest locker room they have ever seen in years of covering the team. Makes me hope that the personnel changes are as minimal as possible. Maybe our shutdown corner is working to come off IR now. Obviously you’re going to add a bunch of youngsters, and hopefully some DBs in the process, but I think it may be more than ordinarily important to preserve as much of the core of the team as possible. After all, you aren’t haven’t to debate whether to keep guys that may all too soon be over the hill – the bulk of the team is young.

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By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 18:42:37 +0000

All true, apparently, and once D-Will had to go elsewhere Ben ran interference. And from all accounts Fitz carried himself well when he had the official media time…

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By: skyfire322

skyfire322 — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 06:05:41 +0000

I commented on another site that I was oddly at peace this morning, which is odd because I’m usually upset the day after a loss. These guys played with so much heart, even though they had the worst hand dealt to them. From the supposed “toughest schedule in the league” to injuries, etc.

As the late, great Coach Noll once said: “I can’t tell you how much you gain, how much progress you can make, by working together as a team, by helping one another. You get much more done that way…” How true that statement rings true this season.

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By: cold_old_steelers_fan

cold_old_steelers_fan — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 06:01:05 +0000

Thanks for that update Homer.

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By: Homer J.

Homer J. — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 01:51:45 +0000

Ben was on the sidelines consoling him last night, and D-Will was reportedly “running interference” for him in the locker room, keeping the media scrum from overrunning him. Everything you read about Fitz says he’s hard-working, well-liked and self-motivating. The staff and his teammates have already started boosting his spirits. He’ll be fine.

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By: cold_old_steelers_fan

cold_old_steelers_fan — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 01:23:50 +0000

Someone needs to let Fitz know that all is well. My heart still goes out to that young man.

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By: clevelandsteelersfan

clevelandsteelersfan — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 00:05:43 +0000

As I watched the game, I remembered thinking a few years ago that we would have a very hard time replacing certain players like Polamalu, Harrison, Woodley, Farrior, Ike Taylor, etc. along with LeBeau as the DC. I thought it would take years to find players like that and a coach like that, but we are way closer than I thought we would be this year. Drafting Shazier was an especially good move-he’s a player like Polamalu who can take over a game. Harrison is playing like, well, Harrison. I hope he plays one more year. Like everyone else, I can see the Steelers drafting cornerbacks and safeties this year (and a “Big Ben in training”), but past that we can draft the best players available and wait for the other guys to develop.

One final thought that I had: have they ever considered moving Antwon Blake to safety? I see why they like him for his run support and general attitude, I just hate to see him covering some of the top tier wide receivers in the league. It probably doesn’t matter, because he may not be on the team next year anyway.

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By: HawaiianSteeler86

HawaiianSteeler86 — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 20:42:30 +0000

Yes, it was an amazing year! “Next man up” filled the voids and there were plenty of them with great effort and performing for the most part “above the line”. NMU’s – Cody Wallace, AV, D-Will, TNT Boys, DHB, Sammie Coates, Wizard of Boz, Ross Cockrell, Robert Golden and Brandon Boykin deserve our special thanks. The grizzled vets BB, Heath, Law Dog, “Big Play” Will Gay and Deebo still produced at a high level. Young Guns – David Decastro, Marcus Gilbert, Cam Heyward, Stephon Tuitt, Ryan Shazier and Mike Mitchell took the torch and will lead this team to the “Stairway to Seven” in the next few years. Our future looks bright as MT and KC have almost completed the change over of the team. Haley and Butler have solidified the coordinator positions. Let’s add some talented DB’s to next year’s team along with a QB that we could groom for the future and take over for BB, if needed.

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