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Boobie shouldn't have bowled on his turn!

Levy drafted Kyle and Whaley traded for Hughes. That's right! I forgot he is the link between years of failure.

He needed some friends to come to town so he finally had an excuse not to hang out with Boobie.

The Pittsburgh secondary is certainly suspect, but they have been drafting defense lately and we'll see how it pans out. Shazier look strong early last year but ended up getting hurt. Jarvis Jones has certainly underachieved, though. Pittsburgh's strategy while their defense is rebuilding seems to be to win in a shootout. Their offense has real firepower right now. Their schedule last year benefitted them because they got to play teams that struggled to put up points consistently (Atlanta, KC, Tennessee, Jacksonville) and even those games were close. Meanwhile, they blow out Indy, Baltimore and Cincy. It was hard to get a good read on them last year.

Yeah, this year Harvin is not too expensive and I fully expect him to be a factor for us. We will see what they do about him after this. Would have to be a killer season not to void those next two years.

They have cap space? I feel like they've been spending a lot lately.

Oh man, just cut like that! Might cost too much, but this is elite talent for the taking!

Forsett was 5th in rush yards and led the league in YPA (non-QB). How is that bad? I agree that kickers have little replacement value, but I think they were just throwing them a bone there. Doesn't hurt really.

Eh, I still think they both have solid rosters. Pittsburgh's secondary is suspect, but losing Polamalu isn't such a big deal - the guy was long past his peak. As long as Big Ben, Brown and Bell do their thing, they will be in it. Baltimore's success will come down to whether or not Forsett can remain productive and if their new draftees Perriman and Williams can get involved right away. These franchises have just been too consistent to count against. Tomlin might not be as good as Cowher, but he also has never endured a losing season at the helm. Thank Big Ben for that too, sure.

EJ and Tyrod would have to pull away from him quite a bit for the staff to be comfortable releasing the one guy with substantial experience.

Certainly. I know that's what it really comes down to, and of course only some of the players choose to vote year-to-year.

SF is the clear #1 New England Philly Cleveland Detroit Last one was tough to choose. Detroit lost Suh and Fairley, which I think is hugh. Ngata can't replace both and is older. Their run defense will suffer. Stafford needs a reliable defense. Philly had some lateral moves or upgrades in some areas, but it comes down to Bradford mostly. If he works in Chip's system, they will be the same.

So last year when we were 6-10, Mario was 29 and Kyle was 32... And how about DeSean Jackson, Trent Williams and Khalil Mack ahead of Dareus with their 2-3 win teams?

How did Mario fall out of top 30 and Marvell not crack top 50?? This is a travesty.

Seems like he may not need God's help to lose.

Think he is still recovering from offseason surgery

Exactly

I would define the season as successful with a playoff berth at minimum. I would define the ideal season as a playoff berth + EJ proving to be a viable starter for the future. Frankly, I don't see how this roster doesn't make the playoffs if it turns out that EJ is a viable starter. QB is the only reason we aren't in the conversation yet.

Fun video. Shame we have to throw this play out since now every team will know it.

I honestly have no idea how his contract works. I know we can void the next two seasons, but if he has a stellar season are we going to elect to keep him, even at that $10 mil price? Or did we already void it?

TC specifically I would say all of the QBs, Bryce Brown, Kujo, Goodwin, Hogan.

The most interesting parts of this to me were: Gragg not being mentioned among the tight ends picking up the playbook quickly and Hogan outperforming his teammates.

Dude, Jim Kelly just joined the board!

Kap has some consistency issues with accuracy, but he has thrown plenty of beauties too.

And now Andy Lee has been traded to Browns for 7th rounder in 2017. Crazy how many players from the SB squad are no longer on the roster.