Ding Dong, Bum Is Gone!!
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Right now the Eagles are a better franchise than the Steelers. They will likely benefit from the trade. Time will tell.
Right now the Steelers are a better franchise than they were yesterday.
Getting rid of Pickett is the last hurrah of trying to save the BS that is Tomlin.
True. The Eagles are loaded with talent and needed a small handed water boy. Pickett filled the bill.
You tell ‘em! Nice nic switch Joeaubie! Get your butt back to the Pukatics board scumbag!
Apparently the Eagles aren’t happy with their current group of backups. Need depth in the event Hurts is hampered by injury.
Steelers move on from Pickett with Eagles trade
The Steelers are trading quarterback Kenny Pickett to the Eagles in a pick swap.
www.espn.com
I'm not a Pickett fan at all. My hunch is the Eagles see similar qualities in him as they did in Gardner Minshew, whom they also acquired via trade on a rookie contract. They didn't give up much for a young backup QB with starting experience. While I'm not thrilled about Pickett as a starter, I think with the surrounding talent in that offense, he could start and win a couple of games if needed.
Dumb move IMO. I predict he's going be a distraction in the locker room. He's not coming in with the expectation of playing backup. Reports that he wasn't happy when the Steelers signed Wilson and he failed to dress as the backup QB in one of the Steelers games. Don't need the drama he will possibly bring.
I'm trying to be positive. It's my nature.
The Eagles will take a cap hit of almost 2 million dollars. Unlike some on this Board their only agenda is winning football games.
LOL. In no world does Pickett even get the chance to supplant Jalen Hurts. This is a Howie Roseman “buy low” move. Pickett is either a backup with significant starting experience or a trade candidate for better draft comp later on. It’s hard to win these trades with Howie Roseman.
I keep vacillating between being covetous of the Eagles fans and then pitying them.
Good exciting team, terrible losses
Saquon, Pickett
Good exciting team, terrible losses
Saquon, Pickett
Pickett isn’t part of their main personnel strategy. He’s an insurance policy they hope not to use. If they do, then the season may be sunk.
The talent on offense is obvious and it should be exciting to see Kellen Moore (who is competent) call plays with that roster.
Their ability to improve an awful defense will make or break next season. I expect most of their draft capital to go toward that.
I should hope not! Just for my own mental health I tried to be optimistic and patient with him, but that was not a good pick. I'm far from having any clue about football but I knew that was a mistake. And **** on pitt in the first place. They tun out some great players every now and then but kenny was not one of them. (respect to AD retiring today)
If the Eagles can showcase him properly they can minimize risk this season and then profit from him in the trade market at some point.
I seriously doubt Pickett is coming to Philly thinking he will start over Hurts.
Tiny Hands Kenny was a reach pick from the start. A sPitt QB that looked great after six seasons while playing Western Michigan every other week. Off with his head!
Now, what to do. Wilson is NOT a player to build on. He's a stop gap, possible lightening in a bottle, one/two season rental. That said, Wilson is now the only QB on the roster. They will likely sign a FA and draft one...but when? They've added a pick and moved a couple more up in later rounds. Possible package to jump into the top of the 2nd or 3rd to pick up a QB that's sliding?
Now, what to do. Wilson is NOT a player to build on. He's a stop gap, possible lightening in a bottle, one/two season rental. That said, Wilson is now the only QB on the roster. They will likely sign a FA and draft one...but when? They've added a pick and moved a couple more up in later rounds. Possible package to jump into the top of the 2nd or 3rd to pick up a QB that's sliding?
Didn’t Howie draft most of that horrendous defense? Then he followed that up by signing the over the hill crowd in the secondary and letting the good secondary players walk. He isn’t the genius he’s billed as.
The same defense that was top 3 the year before? You can’t have it both ways. I’m in the camp that they whiffed - big time - on replacing the coordinators. That was more to blame than personnel. Yes, Howie ignored LB and Morrow was exploited all season in coverage.
Each year is different. Apples to oranges. Howie has never valued LBs and the secondary was old and slow. He let the good DBs walk and overpaid the old ones. Maybe too early to tell, but he may have whiffed on the DL picks as well. He was a major reason for the decline and he gets a free pass because he’s Laurie’s right hand man.
Considering he was a first round selection I'd be really surprised if Pickett doesn't think he'd have a shot after how Hurts played at the end of last year. Got his nose bent out of shape and asked the Steelers to trade him when he was told that he'd have to compete with Wilson after he had been previously told he was going to be the starter. Pretty unlikely he'll beat out Hurts but I'd be shocked if he came to camp thinking that he couldn't.
Very true. Pickett is all about Pickett. He whined when Rudolph was named the starter in the playoffs game and now whined about the Wilson signing. Steelers don't need anymore locker room distractions.
Pickett would be dead-naive-wrong if he believes that. Look no farther than the massive contract extension Hurts just signed. That offense is built around Hurts long term. He's not going anywhere soon.
I don’t know what covetous means but I’m gonna hedge my bets and tell you to F off pitt boy
Russell Wilson signed a massive contract in Denver too. Now, he’s gone. It’s a business. Nobody is safe if the team isn’t winning. A second example:
Source: Eagles sign Wentz to $128M extension
The Eagles have signed quarterback Carson Wentz to a four-year extension through 2024. The deal is for $128 million and includes $107.9 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
es.pn
Was Howie the mastermind behind that extension?
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You are right. They all think they are starters. That’s what has got them to that point in their careers.
If you don’t see the difference between Hurts and Wentz, then you won’t listen to me on it. Howie orchestrated both contracts. He also drafted Hurts as an insurance policy for Wentz and that pick was a home run by any standard. Howie also sucked it up and traded Wentz for a first round pick when he flat out stunk. We saw how that turned out for Indy and Washington.Russell Wilson signed a massive contract in Denver too. Now, he’s gone. It’s a business. Nobody is safe if the team isn’t winning. A second example:
Source: Eagles sign Wentz to $128M extension
The Eagles have signed quarterback Carson Wentz to a four-year extension through 2024. The deal is for $128 million and includes $107.9 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Was Howie the mastermind behind that extension?
