Good possibility that changed things.

So you buy into Russ or Fields then?

They've been routinely making the playoffs with Kenny ****ing Pickett. It's not a stretch at all to assume that.

Over how many years?

Won 9 games in 2022 and 10 last year in the hardest division in football with bottom of the barrel QB play.

The Steelers have one of the best rosters in the league. Elite defense (6th in points allowed last year) despite no offense to help them and they finally addressed their struggling OL in back-to-back years with Broderick Jones, Troy Fautanu and Zach Frazier.

Russ is many things, but he is consistent. He had a good year statistically considering his coach hated him, he wasn’t a fit for that scheme and his surrounding talent sucked balls. Also think Arthur Smith’s Ryan Tannehill Titans system will be good for Russ.

This would probably be the best supporting cast Russ has had since the SB debacle season, especially on offense.

But Arthur Smith is a bum...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources: The Steelers have a verbal agreement in place with the 49ers for Brandon Aiyuk. All the terms of the deal and contract details are being hammered out now. The WR is coming to Pittsburgh. <a href="https://t.co/LdueV9dSNT">pic.twitter.com/LdueV9dSNT</a></p>&mdash; Andrew Fillipponi (@ThePoniExpress) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThePoniExpress/status/1821218731348959621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Pretty Rickey haters right now...

https://i.giphy.com/COYGe9rZvfiaQ.webp

Rickey is so hilarious in this. There’s people hating on him calling him a bum then there’s people getting on the “real” insiders demanding they acknowledge Rickey out scoops them.

I saw a post where he said he’s just a few months shy of presidential eligibility so relatively young. Makes me think maybe a former player? I know people have suggested he’s in the league office but not sure how that position would get a bunch of early rumors.

Doubtful a league exec or team front office guy would risk his job leaking trades.

Probably a former player.

I played golf with some rando the other the day and I asked him who his team was and he was afraid to say it. I said is it New England? He sheepishly says yeah, but think you all are converting me. I said "we don't want you"

Ohhhhh how the mighty have fallen.

Yeah teams are finally starting to learn you don't give up a bunch of draft capital for the right to pay someone top of the market.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I understand there have been a lot of conflicting reports about this entire saga, but no one is more plugged in to the Steelers than <a href="https://twitter.com/ThePoniExpress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ThePoniExpress</a>, so if he says Aiyuk is going to Pittsburgh... Aiyuk is going to Pittsburgh. <a href="https://t.co/Ixxe8yVJvC">https://t.co/Ixxe8yVJvC</a></p>&mdash; nick wright (@getnickwright) <a href="https://twitter.com/getnickwright/status/1821229644047380800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Damn, Aiyuk, you're an idiot. Just flushed your career right down the toilet.

They need the troubled Pittsburgh WR to erode Purdy's grasp of control