NFL Draft 2013: Steelers willing to consider quarterbacks

The Beginning of The End of an Era!!,

They've needed a 'good' back-up for a few seasons. Batch is usable...but not overly noteworthy.......

Geno Smith.

Probably a good idea. If you were able to get Matt Barkley in the second round, for example, why would that not be a good idea?

Will their new QB be a rapist, too?

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Originally posted 07:52 PM ET  01.17 by Dolemite censored

True, Batch is not a credible backup.

Beat the Ravens, but yeah he's ready to call it a day.

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Originally posted 08:26 PM ET  01.17 by ...the best policy

Probably a good idea. If you were able to get Matt Barkley in the second round, for example, why would that not be a good idea?

Possible but I see them looking for safeties and corners first

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Originally posted 08:49 PM ET  01.17 by AGStrange

Will their new QB be a rapist, too?

No...he'll just seek out underage prostitutes while doin' a line or two....or six.

What ever happened to Dennis Dixon?

QBs drafted in the first round are expected to start not be backups. I think Colbert is just blowing smoke about the Steelers' true first round targets!

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Originally posted 10:10 PM ET  01.17 by Joe Mammy

What ever happened to Dennis Dixon?

Played out his rookies contract and left as a FA. He was on Baltimore's practice squad for most of last season.

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Originally posted 03:09 AM ET  01.18 by Formerly from Ewa PGH Fan

Played out his rookies contract and left as a FA. He was on Baltimore's practice squad for most of last season.

Another guy with talent who just couldn't quite make the grade

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Originally posted 08:26 PM ET  01.17 by ...the best policy

Probably a good idea. If you were able to get Matt Barkley in the second round, for example, why would that not be a good idea?

That would be a great pick!

Any rookie QB would have to be considered an upgrade over "Byron I can't run or Throw Leftwich."
Charlie Batch is 38 his best NFL days are gone!

It is about time. Replace Ben, Antonio Brown, Dwyer and Tomlin. I am tired of watching Ben lose games and take sacks for 100 million dollars. That money could be better spent. And since Tomlin insists on playing him and players like Brown, hell or high water, Tomlin can go to.

There's nothing to these statements. The Steelers approach every draft the same way, they make a list of the players they feel are the most talented and the most suitable for the organization, they grade them according to their fit, and they take the top name left on the list when their pick comes up.

Of course they will look at quarterbacks. They will evaluate every position. The difference is that, in previous years, the confidence they had in the backups at QB pushed their grades way down.

I'm glad Colbert's talking about letting most of the FAs walk, though. Big Snack and Keenan Lewis are the only two that really seem essential.

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Originally posted 02:16 PM ET  01.18 by GhosTown

It is about time. Replace Ben, Antonio Brown, Dwyer and Tomlin. I am tired of watching Ben lose games and take sacks for 100 million dollars. That money could be better spent. And since Tomlin insists on playing him and players like Brown, hell or high water, Tomlin can go to.

That's a pretty harsh way of looking at it. The team made significant efforts to improve the line last offseason. Injuries just made their efforts fruitless.

Big Ben and Brown suffered because Mike Wallace sat out the preseason, missing key snaps at practice, then got shoehorned into the offense at the last minute. That meant that all the assumptions made about him during their time learning the playbook had to be worked out in realtime during the games.

And Big Ben was on his way to the Pro Bowl before he got hurt. Even still he threw the second fewest INTs of his career. Just sucks that half of them were after his injury and three of them ended games. He needs some time to heal up and he'll be fine for a while yet.

Dwyer is the best RB on the team. He's the only one we should keep. We should give him the starting job and let him settle into a rhythm. He has the ability, and if we can keep an OL together long enough for them to all settle it, it should smooth things out quite a bit.

And getting rid of Tomlin is just ridiculous. This is just the second time he's missed the playoffs. He's never had a losing season. Do you know how many fans would kill for their team to suffer that level of "failure"?

The problem is you're just spoiled rotten. And have no idea how good we've got it as Steelers fans right now. Don't worry, no team is on top forever. And then you can find a new team to hitch your bandwagon to. Maybe finally give the home team a chance. I hear Matty Ice is halfway decent.

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Originally posted 02:38 PM ET  01.18 by jayman419

I'm glad Colbert's talking about letting most of the FAs walk, though. Big Snack and Keenan Lewis are the only two that really seem essential.

I think Snack is done as a Steeler. They have 3 NTs on the roster and McClenden is ready start. Plus Snack seemed to drop off a little this year in his level of play.

Losing Lewis will force the Steelers to look for a CB early in the draft. Although S should be a top priority. I wouldn't mind seeing Foster brought back at the right price b/c he can play OG and OT.