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This injury is just going to be a crutch on perriman career now. People will say he cant get separation with that 4.2 - 4.3 speed cause of this "sprain". Perriman will play like a 4.5 - 4.6 players. Bust.

I believe in urschel to replace KO, and I don't think Monroe has been average, he has been average for the most part with the potential to have horrid games like tonight, those horrid games skew the meter to below average/bad. I think he is AT BEST below average, and that's when he actually suits up. The Monroe trade, in hindsight, wasn't great, we gave up 2 picks and a ton of long term cap space for him to get injured and play bad.

However I have similar sentiments on guys like bosa and nkemdiche, but I'm just not sure man, a franchise LT always will be the 2nd most valuable asset after a qb

Move Urschel to center and keep Osemele. i still like KO a lot.

Thoughts on Jayron Kearse ?

The Good - Its was nice seeing Torrey and Anquan do work.  maybe this will teach Ozzie not to get rid of weapons that made Joe Flacco successful.

The Bad - After seeing Justin Tucker slip on the field goal i knew something was up.  Joe Flacco jinxed the team with his expectations of winning the division , which would take at least 12 wins. 

The Ugly - I feel so bad for Steve Smith playing his last season on this team.

Charles James on the 53! im stoked.

wow! one catch...

yea, more than none

i remember saying sammie coates will be better than perriman and i took all the negs . I guess i was right. coates can get on the field and catch a pass. 

Any news on campanaro injury? i hope he;s ok

Gilmore is a beast..

i can't even

its a concussion guys. i dont understand the hate SMH

People...

bad idea? he's undersized but we know he has the speed.

Arthur Brown on the outside?

lets get charles james. im a fan

i think i watched that flacco practice video like 50 times now.

How many of you noticed in the backround of the meet the rookies video with Maxx Williams when big ole quadzilla walks by shakin his head of broccoli? Cracked me up

you slayed me with the broccoli . lol 

Do the coaches even trust elam on special teams? 

never said 4.42 is slow, im saying he is a straight line burner, while perriman is a much more well rounded receiver, and is still faster than coates. 

 

and to the post you quoted me on earlier, "not even close is like saying coates is 5'9 slow cant catch anything. hahah im done" 

 

really? youre just reaching now to stir the pot. you said they are literally the same player, ok so they are similar heights, fast, are considered raw, and have dreads, that makes them literally the same player? how about the part where perriman catches with his hands and coates is almost completely unable to? how about the part where coates has no ability to go in and out of breaks? how about the part where coates struggles greatly to adjust to the ball? how about the total lack of body control? 

 

youre right, same exact player, zero differences, and if i say otherwise then coates must be 5'9" and slow...

Disappointing hands that led to too many drops in college

Lacks polish and technique to the position

Raw in his routes, relying on speed and athleticism over precision

Fights the ball at times, especially when working back to the quarterback

Redirected in his routes more than expected for a receiver his size

Similar

perriman is that much better than coates, im not saying coates is bad, but he belonged in the 3rd round for a reason. there is a chance that coates becomes absolutely nothing, he isnt running a 4.2 or 4.3, he ran a 4.42, and watching the tape you can see that perriman is faster. coates is a big strong man for sure, but all that muscle mass doesnt do much for him if he lacks the body control to turn himself around and highpoint the ball, he will make his living by hoping he can outrun db's and having the qb deliver the ball perfectly to him in stride, and if that doesnt work out for him on a regular basis(like it did for torrey) then he will bust, if it does work out for him, well then that appears to be his ceiling, a straight line burner who body catches. 

 

perriman has a complete skillset and better athletic traits overall, better hands, and he has alot of the things that seperate a trackstar from a real wr. 

 

dont get me wrong, if we were to get a guy like agholor or dorsett, someone who was a very safe pick to play a possession role with some speed, then i would have had coates on my radar just to pair the 2 up, but i would take perriman and williams over one of those combinations any day

 4.42 is slow now?

youre the one who said, and i quote, "to me they are the same player" 

 

thats just not true, not even close.

 

not even close is like saying coates is 5'9 slow cant catch anything. hahah im done

Just no on the Sammie coates comparison .

Tell me how much better Perriman is then?i know Perriman is better than Coates but by how much in your eyes? The gap isnt that huge that people make it seem. Coates is the Torrey Smith clone but he fights and goes up for balls with bad hands. i was just saying the steelers got another players that CAN boom thats what im worried about.

gregory has some veryyyy deep issues that dont seem like theyll be fixed anytime soon, doubt he was on our board, he was high at the draft, his career will be a total trainwreck, idk about dgb though it seems like they did their due dilligence on him. 

 

on the comparison of perriman and coates, its off. people keep comparing perriman to torrey and that is off as well, if you wanna compare torrey smith to a wr from this class, the obvious candidate is coates, sub 4.5 40 speed, no suddenness or shiftiness, no knowledge of the route tree and shows no physical aptitude to be able to run good routes due to pure straight line speed, absolutely refusing to catch with their hands and letting every ball thrown their way fall into their arms and/or body. perriman is head and shoulders above coates, higher floor, higher ceiling, perriman has astounding body control, and is tenacious attacking the ball, he really makes some absurd midair adjustments to catch poorly placed throws, he attacks the ball with his hands and grabs it, he drops it occasionally but the drops are overblown, the 2nd half of his season i dont think he dropped a single catchable ball, he shows a clear ability to stop and go and shift at high speeds, and a basic understanding of the full route tree and really all he needs is a little refinement and some teaching of the nuances of it all. 

 

all the talk you hear about perrimans "negative traits", is the kind of talk that should be applied to coates, all the talk about being too raw and a straight line burner with bad hands, thats coates, not perriman. perriman isnt perfect, but these "concerns" have been far overblown by misinformed people.

And that why coates is a 3rd rounder. 

 Im happy Oz pulled the trigger finally on WR early in the draft but guess who drafted another wr similar to Perriman? The steelers in the 3rd round got sammie coates.

To me they are the same player. On tape Coates looks faster, more physical , made bigger catches in bigger games, and plays with more heart. Look at that stiff arm he did vs Texas A&M thats some Vernon Davis like stuff and he's a WR. 

i dont know I just see Coates and Perriman having the same potential going into the NFL. Perriman is going to get more playing time cause he a 1st rounder and all that and Coates is on a stacked WR group and a 3rd rounder. im hoping perriman is a stud and i believe he'll be great for us. Its just in the back of my mind that the steelers drafted another WR that can turn out to be pretty good in the 3rd round.

i wonder if Randy Gregory or Dgb was even on their board. hmm

go ravens!

Steelers drafted another WR with potential in the 3rd. i hope Perriman works out before Coates 

can we  land hakeem nick and maybe get a speedy slot in the draft.