Hey Steelers Fans. Welcome to Monday.
The Kickoff
In the world of pro football journalism, or blogging for yours truly, the term “clickbait” takes on significance. It’s something that I personally do not subscribe to nor do I have any interest in it. Some Steelers’ outlets do it quite often and many sports outlets use it almost exclusively. The idea of course is to get clicks and if you can just get people to click on your article because of a catchy title then you’ve accomplished your mission. The new ‘clickbait’ is mock drafts. There’s a place for them and I’ll do three or four leading up to the draft but now? We haven’t even gotten to free agency yet. How can anyone mock players to the Steelers when we don’t even know what positions the team will have addressed in free agency. Those things don’t matter though. These articles are designed with one thing in mind, get you to click on them. Me personally? Sure, I’d love for you to click on all of the things we write but we also want to inform and opine. That’s our thing and we’re sticking to it.
Deebo Speaks
Former Steelers’ linebacker James Harrison was a guest on Willie Colon’s podcast this week and he is not overly thrilled with Mike Tomlin these days. He suggested “The standard is the standard” is just a saying now and that it’s something you can’t actually see like it used to be. Deebo has been critical of Tomlin before but his comments echo those of other former players in recent weeks. And those of people like us too.
From on High…
With the end of January approaching, Team President Art Rooney II is expected to finally speak about the 2024 season. If we go back to last season’s address, Mr. Rooney was blunt in that not winning in the postseason wasn’t acceptable. Well, a year later, guess what? The Steelers made the postseason and… lost. So what will he say this year? Personally? I’m not expecting much. If things haven’t been addressed by now – two weeks since the season ended – then I have no confidence they will this time either.
The Latest Podcast
In case you missed episode 405 of the SCB Steelers Podcast presented by DEK Roofing Inc you can catch it right here. We’d love it if you could like and subscribe on our YouTube page too!
Random Reads
The Eagles once again proved that running the football still matters. They even had a backup starting at guard and had to shuffle between two centers… I really, truly want to believe that Taylor Swift has nothing to do with the Chiefs once again going to the Super Bowl. When the NFL starts posting stuff about her from their own accounts however, I get suspicious… Am I still surprised that the Steelers haven’t made a single coaching move? Yes I am… Don’t be surprised if we take a really hard look at Alabama QB Jalen Milroe. He’s been referred to as a “faster Jalen Hurts” and Andy Weidl was the one in Philly who had Hurts high on their draft board. Weidl of course now works for the Steelers… In many cases, I haven’t seen most of the films nominated for best picture academy awards. This year, I haven’t even heard of any of them!
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