Hey Steelers Fans. Welcome to Thursday.
The Kickoff
Let’s be honest here… I’m guessing many of you have either done this in Fantasy Football or while playing Madden on your video game platform of choice. You traded a player because they weren’t performing or because you thought what you’d get in return was better. In the end though, you ended up trading to get that player back! There is a possibility – albeit remote – that the Steelers could bring Minkah Fitzpatrick back. The Miami Dolphins, along with their AFC East rivals the NY Jets, are a complete mess. Both teams are considering “selling off” some of their talent in an effort to gain draft picks for the future. Minkah could be one of those players and it would likely only cost the Steelers about a million bucks this season. Why would they do this? Well, did you see the secondary last Thursday night? We know the shortcomings of Fitzpatrick but are those worse than what we are seeing from Juan Thornhill or Chuck Clark? All I’ll say is that I would be open to the idea should it present itself. Nothing more, nothing less.
New Podcast Tonight!
We will be LIVE tonight at 10pmET with the latest edition of the SCB Steelers Podcast presented by DEK Roofing Inc. We’ll give you our thoughts on the loss in Cincy, Aaron Rodgers returning for another year and we’ll look ahead to the Packers. All that and much, much more!
Speaking of ARod
Speculation ramped up this week about the possibility of Rodgers returning in 2026. Me being me, I immediately had some thoughts on this and here there are for your reading pleasure.
Not Good…
We’ve Seen this Before
The Baltimore Ravens announced this week that they’ve removed all of the “fun” from their locker room. Much like the Steelers did several years ago, the Ravens have taken away Ping Pong tables and even removed a pinball machine gifted by Coach John Harbaugh. He denied having anything to do with it and reports are that the veteran players are the ones who made the choice in order to get the team re-focused. I can tell you that when the Steelers did the same thing the results didn’t prove much better…
Random Reads
Why are we still talking about who is performing at halftime of the Super Bowl? I’ll be getting my lunch together for Monday regardless of who is performing… NBA player Terry Rozier and Portland Head Coach Chauncey Billups have been arrested by the FBI as part of a gambling operation. I’m guessing this will only get bigger… A college golfer got an ace twice on the same hole and the same day. Yet people go their entire lives without ever getting one. Weird… The San Francisco Giants are the first MLB team to hire a new manager directly from the college ranks. Pretty incredible that it hasn’t happened before I guess… Are you getting as many Christmas ads on your TV as I am? It’s nuts. Thanksgiving has become a speed bump on the way to Christmas now.
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