Steelers/NFL
Steelers – Giants Fallout
What we learned from Josh Dobbs in his preseason debut?
Despite talk outside of Pittsburgh that some around the league believe Dobbs could be the Steelers No. 2 this season, Landry Jones is too well liked by Steelers coaches and management where he’s in no danger of being pushed, even if Dobbs were to put together a Dak Prescott type preseason.
Jones is locked in as the No. 2 behind Ben Roethlisberger for the 2017 season.
There’s no question about that and Friday night’s preseason game also proved that.
But, that doesn’t mean there’s isn’t some intrigue with Dobbs.
Dobbs went 8/15 for 100 yards with 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions in his NFL debut. He was sacked 3 times for 22 yards and posted a QB rating of 56.9.
He had a horrific start to the game against a very good Giants front-four that man-handled the Steelers first team O-line that was missing two starters.
As expected against some of the Giants 1’s, Dobbs struggled mightily with his reads and was jittery in throwing the ball on short and intermediate routes, starting the game 0-5.
A good sign is Dobbs began to get more comfortable as the game progressed with more reps and against lesser talent. He was 8/10 for 100 yards on his final 10 passes of the game.
What showed in the preseason opener and what was already known, he’s got an NFL arm and can wing it down field when he gets time to step into throws, as evidenced on the 44 yard strike to Cobi Hamilton.
The athleticism and ability to move is also intriguing.
As camp and the preseason progresses, what you want to see out of Dobbs is increments of improvements on reading defenses and on short to intermediate passes.
On raw ability there’s some talent here Steelers coaches can work with but no chance he’ll supplant Jones as the No. 2 this season.
— Every camp has a long shot player coaches, media and fans are all drawn to during the first couple weeks of camp.
That player this camp is Mike Hilton.
All the undrafted free agent cornerback does is make plays and that continued Friday night.
He’s a very cerebral player who plays the run really well and reminds me of DeShea Townsend in how well he executes with slot blitzes.
Hilton had a blitz sack, forced a fourth down on slot blitz with pressure and made a number of stops against the run from the same scheme.
Players like this who come out of nowhere with great performances during the early stages of camp usually tail off as camp progresses (Jordan Dangerfield is a good example) but Hilton is doing everything he can so far to be put in the discussion for the 53-man roster.
Any chance of making the roster, though, will come down to whether he can lock in a spot on special teams.
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Michael Russo reporting Cullen is returning for a 20th season – deciding between Pittsburgh and Minnesota. RIP Herb Brooks.
Actually, Russo now reporting that Cullen signed with the Wild.
D was all over that one.
As usual. He was probably hammering down his Will Butcher article – cut him some slack.
Leon Draisaitl just signed an 8 year, $68M extension ($8.5M AAV). Also, RIP Bill Masterton.
RIP Bob Probert
The Will Butcher coverage on this site is second to none.
I know where Sam will be this Sunday at noon.
https://twitter.com/Dave_Stubbs/status/897567718869786625
Confederate monuments are pretty much the original participation trophies. For that reason alone they should be torn down.
Well put.
I’m fine with that. Tear them down. Through the democratic process in place. Anyone tearing them down on their own and destroying public property because they’re a pusssy and mad at the world should be arrested and face felony charges.
Apparently neither of Sam’s accounts are ok with tearing down confederate statues.
NHL Network just ranked Kessel as the 12th best winger in the nhl. What a bum!
Yet doesn’t make team USA roster
Who cares. Unlike you, I’m a Pens fan.
Yeah being a fan starting April is not called a fan there is a special word before that. Bandwagon Fan
says the Habs fan that jumped on the Crosby wagon
Fat sam who has never touched a vaginaa: why is that some sort of litmus test? Explain…
I love that you go to this well when it’s pretty much been universally stated that leaving him off the roster was one of the biggest mistakes the team made. Torts didnt take Kessel because he can be a fucken idiot, much like yourself
RIP Roger Nielson
RIP your mom’s gangbang events
You’re so fucking bad at this.
Hey sam, not sure if you seen this quote but it’s from Kris Letang
“In Montreal you won’t see it very often because of the Habs.”
It was what he said his day with the cup at the kids hospital to the kids….
Tell us, how conflicted does this make you feel?
in case you guys haven’t seen kessel with his hot dog http://www.bardown.com/phil-kessel-rubs-his-success-in-haters-faces-with-perfect-meal-out-of-the-stanley-cup-1.830040
shitstain you may ignore the link since you know everything and news comes to you before even news is created
So you do realize that he did that as a fuckyou to people like…. you?
AND Dustin posted it 14 fucken hours ago idiot making that last statement make you look like a bigger moron than you normally do.
There’s no way he makes it through the day without assistance.
Coming from.someone that is always there for Npl and stain
I’m not “there” for anyone. I just agree with reason. You, on the other hand, have to put on a helmet every morning.
I dressed up with Sam. He got confused.
Yes. I have an iphone. You should try it. Chubby.
MVP
https://mobile.twitter.com/penguins/status/897208438081585154/photo/1
Awesome pic. I like how he has fun with it.
Yup, it’s pure gold and a bit of a fuckyou to Steve Simmons lol
Hockey11 might be Npl’s 3rd account since he is a black cockks matter supporter
That makes zero sense.
RIP Toe Blake
If Big Ben does retire next year as he has hinted..our Pittsburgh Steelers are in serious trouble Landry Jones uugghhhh The Steelers have failed the last three years drafting Ben’s successor…that could cost them
That Dobbs pick was a terrible one imo. I couldn’t ever see him as an effective NFL starter and that’s too high of a pick to waste. I would’ve rather taken Kelly later in the draft.
yeah he kind of was all over the map in the 1st pre -season game huh… noyt looking great
Agreed, Yogurt.
Yes, after one preseason game he’s already done. Career over.
“I have seen enough of Wilson”…
I was speaking about it when they took him, pre-season game aside. He was drafted to be a backup at best. He sucked then, he sucks now and he will continue to suck. If he isn’t good enough to supplant Landry Jones, then wtf is the point? You’d rather cryabout our HOF qb though and defend Dobbs, which is about on par with the rest of your thoughts.
Coming from the guy that had seen all he needed to see of Scott Wilson in 5-6 games to know he wasn’t an NHL player.
It was like 5-6 minutes of a game… he ignored all the work from the prior year!
Completely agree tbj. As a Vols fans I’ve seen every game of his college career and that preseason game reminded me of pretty much every game of his career. His ceiling is a marginal NFL backup.
I agree with yogurt.
How many virginal bandwagons does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
I dunno but I’m starting to think that Sam takes French baths with the samdiegopittfan. One spreads while the other splashes.
RIP Tim Horton.
Get lost fatso . Go join Npl on netflix or something
Show some fucken respect, Tim Horton was a great player and has lived on as a Canadian icon with great bad coffee lol
Fat sam the virginal bandwagon man is thumbs upping himself from his second account again.
So white nationalism in Virginia is no good it’s racist. Yet black lives matter movement across north America is okay. Also accepted in Gayy parades
Now where is that fat fuckk Npl when you need him
Must be busy on netflix thumbs downing every movie
Funny how all your posts have 1 thumb up. What a pathetic piece of trash. Pay for two accounts just so you can thumb up yourself. You’re a complete disease.
Remember this morning when Maloni came to Sam’s aid? Yeah. Me too.
Like-minded people stick together. Maloni trolls with zingers seemingly written by 12 year olds. Meanwhile, sam has the intellect of a 12 year old. It’s a match made in remedial English.
No but I remember you have 24/7 aid from zeroTool, tbj and Npl
None of us has to rescue the other, that would require one of us to be losing an argument to you moron. We all just mutually dislike your brand of horseshit lol
One thing I do get a kick out of… you spewing more of your bigoted nonsense while the samdiegopittfan leaves little “sam has a point” replies. Just an observation, could be telling that he would agree with a total piece of human filth on anything lol
wow…dude cmon…white happened in virgina was wrong KKK Nazi’s white supremacists…thats not good…black lives matter is different they are speaking out against police brutality…these idiots are wanting to hurt people because of the color of their skin or nationality… dont be stupid
unless you a white trash with three teeth that lives in a trailor in the south.. wake up. its 2017.
Black Lives Matter is a racist hate induced dumpster fire, that got five cops murdered. What happened in Virginia was abhorrent. That doesn’t make Black Lives Matter better. Be opposed to this kind of action or don’t – but don’t f’ing cherry pick, Yogurt.
maybe if white cops stop targeting and brutalizing every black man that walks or has a hoodie…there wouldnt be a black lives matter group.damn i saw two white police cops with the knees on the head of a sixty year old black grandma on the side of the free way out here in California….really two trained big buff police cops are brutalizing this 60 year old black women cmon
That’s right. Every black man. I guess that’s why it was ok to kill 5 of them in cold blood. You proved my point. Like most of the left, you don’t disavow hate – just the hate that you dont’ like. Suck a bag of dicks, bigot.
RIP Prince.
RIP Bryan Murray.
Day old news from the French bath virgin.
And your point. Showing respect .Something that you never learned in your life. Now get lost and make some donuts fatso
Sam’s got a point.
WHo respects a person that washes their balls in a public sink and has never touched a vaginaa?
Dude how old are you man over and over none sense jokes. You and Npl. Then pretend you are some rich guy that has time to kill. You are probably some fat kid that lives under mom’s basement and plays GTA all day pretending his rich
None sense. RIP Gordie Howe.
You do pretty much the same except when you need to freshen up you wash your dick, balls and tar star in a sink lol
Don’t worry thumbs down crew will arrive in shortly .unless if they haven’t already
When the news of Murray passing hit the sammich was using the time to go to the old article for what he thought would be an unchallenged barb instead. Luckily I’ve been ill and sending a lot of time on the throne so the extra minutes had me checking so he was challenged haha
If they get to their backup. They’re done. Doesn’t matter. Who cares.
Because Big Overrated is so clutch come playoff time.
If Landry Jones was our starter for 16 games, we might win 6. Guess someone has to troll with yogurt gone.
This is probably where Maloni tells you he played in a flag football tournament once, making him uniquely qualified to give you a fresh perspective on the quarterback situation.
That makes two sports I know immensely more about than you.
WNBA and darts?
dont forget ping pong.
Maybe now. I’d have owned you at ping pong in college.
Beer pong or ping pong?
ping pong – i actually sucked at beer pong – which means i just got drunker, so…i guess “sucked” depends on the point of view.
Stain is better then you in 2 other sports thumbs downing and eating
Probably, but misses my point that Ben will inevitable come up small when the playoffs come around again.
Correct me if I’m wrong but… doesn’t Ben have two Superbowls and the highest QB rating of any QB for the franchise in the post season alltime?
I’m genuinely curious about the perception tho as I’m not a Steelers fan in any capacity but I’ve never really understood why Roethlisberger takes the heat for team failure despite his successes and supporting statistical data. I also notice another correlation to another former Pittsburgh area athlete who recently left.
“I’ve never really understood” should be the opening clause of every single one of your posts.
This guy who has stated both MAF and Murray suck telling others they don’t understand hahaha. Classic samdiegopittfan, I knew this village was missing one of its idiots lol
Nonetheless, “I’ve never really understood” fits you like a glove.
Coming from you? this is why the term consider the source exists.
Yes but Ben was average in the super bowl win versus Seattle..was terrific in the super bowl win over Arizona and god awful in the loss in the super bowl to the Green bay Packers and we still only lost 31-25…he isnt the best big time qb great regular season…even in our 18-16 win at KC last year nice win, but the greats QB’s get touchdowns not field goals…
My point is, at least statistically, from a rating pov he’s outperformed anyone to put the jersey on. While I’m not arguing he is Tom Brady I thinks it’s fair to say the team isn’t losing simply because of Ben either which was the point. He plays a role win or lose, like a lit do but there are small minds that can’t see beyond certain positions when this argument comes up.
“Statisticallly” BoxScore is back! Another sport he’s completely ignorant about without a stat line.
It’s called reality you dip shit, as I have tried to explain to sam that there are times when the box score mattersyou’re capable of being that level of idiot haha . When you have the most effeicient playoff QB in the history of your franchise making plays how do you simply say.. It’s all Bens fault, if they had (Insert who ever you think is better here) they would have won 7 more. Samdiegopittfan couldnt be more fitting
Also please clarify… which “boxscore” am I as you have tossed that term at a handful
Someone needs to remind the Steeler organization of the Kent Graham days when allowing that Jones is “locked in” for any position that would be called the heir to the QB throne.