Hawkeye0202
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Just a borderline wasted roster spot for Steelers if he’s so injured he isn’t even liftingTeams don't let go of 1st round players, especially at tackle, if they can play. Call me a skeptic.
They do if they are coming off a neck injury and can get a 3rd round pick in return. This trade maybe more about the future than today.Teams don't let go of 1st round players, especially at tackle, if they can play. Call me a skeptic.
Unless they have his replacement on the roster(they do) and are going to lose him to FA anyway(they are). Other teams are not as dumb as Jerry, who holds onto players until they can't walk instead of getting something for them.Teams don't let go of 1st round players, especially at tackle, if they can play. Call me a skeptic.
Yeah, like moving Smith to tackle. Major mistake.I don’t understand how bringing in another guy who has struggled helps us.
Move Smith to LT, Guyton to RT, Bass to LG, and let Steele be the swing and pray there are no injuries.
Scour the cuts and PS players from other teams and sign some guys to upgrade from Thomas or Shelton, and maybe grab an interior OL to back up
We are in a bad way along the OL. Trading assets away for more question marks is dumb.
We knew Steele was a weak link last year and the FO sat on their hands. This is the price of overvaluing your players. They paid him big money which was a mistake, and then they doubled down on the mistake by refusing to cut him bc of the dead money hit
Chasing mistakes with more mistakes is not a solution
His future is now..he is in the last year of his contract.. Players with similar injuries have retired....aka. Leighten Vander Esch.They do if they are coming off a neck injury and can get a 3rd round pick in return. This trade maybe more about the future than today.
Not at all. He is your best LT. He played it in college. Guyton played RT.Yeah, like moving Smith to tackle. Major mistake.
And a 3rd was way too much.If we were going to add an offensive tackle who can help us next season, I would have suggested we draft him in the third round next year.
- Career threatening spinal fusion nine months ago
- Lost significant weight, strength and conditioning, none of which have returned
- Was a project when drafted and still has significant technical and mechanical issues with his game in year four.
- Would have been a probable cut today if the Steelers front office wasn’t afraid of the PR backlash that would come from having a first round pick flame out before their rookie contract expired
- Cost a third and a sixth in a loaded draft while bringing back a fourth
- Is a free agent in six months
- Is a heck of a nice guy who had a great pick of him watching a seal at the aquariun that made fans say “aww”.
We basically are renting a player who is unlikely to help much this year. The only possible upside is a near miracle turnaround buit 100% on hope.
I don’t understand this move one bit. In an off season where there were few good options to secure offensive tackle depth, we seem to have picked the riskiest, least likely to succeed plan available
The only possible saving grace is if Klayton Adams did a deep dive of every snap the guy has ever had and said “I promise I can fix him”.
Smith was a holding nightmare in college at LT. Guyton possesses skills that Smith does not have, and has been looking very good this preseason.Not at all. He is your best LT. He played it in college. Guyton played RT.
Leaving the status quo is gonna get Dak killed.
