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There was a month or so stretch where Juju's pregame antics were the biggest story surrounding the team. Whether the coverage of it was fair or not, it became a distraction and he didn't stop. He did himself no favors.
I gather that Zeise has been humiliated for the "scoop" he released about Najee. No surprise there.
If by That you mean-
Dulac had agenda from the very first day. Even before Kenny was drafted, he had a strange bias. I’m not crying Nitter this or Nitter that…it’s not my style. All I’m saying is he had a bias for whatever reason and it was obvious to anyone who paid half of the attention that I paid. And frankly everyone in the media has a bias and it’s up to you to educate yourself on who is doing the reporting and decide whether reports should be taken with a grain of salt or not. You haven’t and that’s on you.
That's been nothing about that since the draft. The usual naysayers who bitch about accepting the Bunja Munja Bowl.
There was a little more to it than that.
Then just simply say he wasn't good enough. Do we need to attack his leadership, losing the locker room, quitting, and whatever else people want to report about how bad of a person he was? Frankly, a lot of it borders on being ridiculous.
Dulac’s reporting bordered on blatant agenda that was meant to tear down everything about the guy. Picketts leadership and intangibles were what the Steelers absolutely loved about him and frankly had them overlooking his lack of arm strength, etc. But now those who listen to Dulac’s reporting are now being duped into believing that he’s a big POS who was disrespectful to all and disrespected by all. And that’s not the case.
QBs who looked like a starting QB on a championship caliber team after two years? Not a long list when you aren't picking top 10.
This was from late October 2023, right before he got hurt. But now we're to believe he tapped out.
Exactly and it’s almost as though Dulac was even more inspired after those quotes to tear down that narrative. It’s all very weird. But yeah it’s all water under the bridge now and I don’t really care because I’m not sure I saw enough in Kenny to think he’d lead this team to the promised land. My whole problem is with the people who failed to see the big picture in this offense and made him out to be the problem. He wasn’t. He was far from the problem.
The inability to throw TD's in this era is a huge red mark on his resume. It's the equivalent of a relief pitcher not being able to get guys out.
I hope KP has a phenomenal career going forward. Maybe he turns it around like Brett Favre did going from Atlanta where he wasn't appreciated to having a great career in GB. I think his skillset from a physical standpoint is like a Ryan Fitzpatrick. Maybe he carves out a great career.
There are people in the building who think he was the problem. There are people who think Canada was the problem. Most people think they both stink. If you don't think he was "far" from the problem, I'm not sure what to say.
Remind me how many games he won in spite of a middle school offense (fact) and no pass protection, no top end receivers and a running game that only kicked in later in the year? The only thing I’ll concede on was his happy feet…but that was a learned behavior due to having a pathetic center who couldn’t block and who also threw the timing of every play off due to his inability to snap a football. I also think someone was tipping the defense. And who knows that could have been Kenny himself. But who knows.
Its not unlike players at all levels raving about a S&C coach or position coach and then a new Coach replaces them and they proceed to praise how the new coach has made a huge difference.
I love this thread. The OP was a big nothing burger. Not one thing of any significance was in Warrens statements. Yet it’s still going strong 220 posts later.
Yep...dancing on teams logos for the sake of social media. I remember the safety from the Bengals made note of JuJu dancing on their logo and he lit him up.
It's one stat. Just like INTs, fumbles, completion %, wins, come from behind wins, and a host of others.
When people gravitate to that stat, you right away know about their agenda. Or their ignorance. And I don’t say ignorance as a slam. It just means that someone doesn’t know what they are talking about because they simply are less informed. And that’s ok because it’s just sports. I mean the fact that I’m way more informed than the others is actually not something to be proud of because it indicates that I have too much time on my hands to occupy my brain with useless sports stuff.
Pickett was a huge part of that middle school offense not being able to connect for TDs and his happy feet have always been a major issue. IMO, happy feet and rushing himself into pressure were his biggest weakness entering the NFL and both those issues were huge with the Steelers.
We can debate how much of an issue Picket was in the offense but for sure his weakness at the very least were part of the problem.
At no point did KP ever suggest that you could win a Super Bowl with him.
It's a pretty important stat. TD's and INT's are the most important stats in football for a passer.
If you don't think the ability throw TD's in this era is troubling - you're the one with the agenda. It pretty much means you need to have an outstanding running game and a lights out defense in order to be successful. If you're a leadoff hitter in baseball, you're main job is to get on base. When you begin to lack that ability, you no longer are valued as a leadoff hitter.
where do you rank Trent Dilfer as a QB in 2000? He had a bunch of wins and won the Super Bowl.
Do a deep dive into the Canada offense and why it was always destined to fail in todays NFL. People have and published it…but if you’re not paying attention then surely you wouldn’t know. It was virtually impossible to throw touchdowns in the red zone with the play calling and philosophy and that’s why those TD numbers were what they were.
Deep dive for me.. Please don't reference bloggers like Kozora.
Imagine that! A borderline first round QB wasn’t good enough to dominate 2023 defenses with a middle school offense. Glad we agree! So why all the ire?? Oh I know…it’s easy for yinzers to blame the QB.
A deep dive isn't even needed. Canada had maybe 2-3 good seasons as an OC in his career and that was college. He was destined for failure from the start and just a terrible hire by Tomlin.
"Dominate?" KP has only had 1 season in the past 7 years where he was "dominant."
I said dominate because I assumed that is what yinzers (not saying you) expected…being that he was 7-2 and winning games. Yet yinzers and plenty of people on these boards during the year would say Mahomes does this, Ben did that, or Allen and Burrow do this better…yada, yada, yada.
Again that says more about the players than it does KP and explains why they have shit the bed against the worst teams in the league repeatedly over the least 4-5 years
