@unsympathetic said:

This hire might have been the best choice of the offseason before the draft..

Just look at all the ways we COULD have failed this pick:

Brian Daboll
Dowell Loggains
Joe Philbin
Brian [not Marty] Schottenheimer
Greg Olson

Isn't Greg Olsen the Panthers Tight End?   So this is another Greg Olson..Olsen.?

Just look at all the ways we COULD have failed this pick:

Brian Daboll
Dowell Loggains
Joe Philbin
Brian [not Marty] Schottenheimer
Greg Olson

@dick-mellon said:

His father played quarterback for Purdue, and then played defensive back for the Cleveland Browns.

That would be Ross Fichtner... pretty good Safety in his day for us. #smallworld...

Also interesting take on Haley's continuing influence in PTG... makes sense there. Not so much in KC where Reid came in with his system.

@darren15 said:

Mine.....

Rudolph....Rudolph

Donner....Darnold

Blitzen......Mike White  W KY......they were #3 in the country in giving up the most sacks.

Cupid....Allen.....and the target of his arrow is Cal.

Vixen...Rosen....as he is the vixen that vexes.

Dasher....Jackson....dashing....taking off...is what he does.

Dancer....Mayfield....spry on his feet

Prancer...Benkert?

Comet......whichever of the "non-name" QBs has a meteoric rise.  How about JT Barret?

Ccorresponding QBs to match this Class.

@dick-mellon said:

Todd Haley is PIT's new OC.  The more things change, the more they stay the same.  KC did the same thing.  They continued to run the Todd Haley offense after he left.  PIT played KC when they still ran it.  PIT and CLE will now do the same thing twice a year.

A no-name QB coach known as Randy Fichtner will still be the QB coach but he will now be called the OC as well.  He has no past and no resume`.  He is like the Barry Soetoro of OC's. He went to Purdue with Drew Brees so maybe he sucked Drew Brees' dĺck while he was there to get QB experience. 

It's going to be the same plays and the same terminology with Ben calling the plays.  If Ben gets too pass-happy then Tomlin will reign him in.

edit:  Wikipedia has a decent bio on him - Fichtner, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, was a standout high school football player, he then played defensive back for Purdue. His father played quarterback for Purdue, and then played defensive back for the Cleveland Browns.

Well, there you have it.  Cleveland is the mother of all things good in football.  Considering that news, he should be very successful and join the long list of guys who somehow came through Cleveland or the Browns to have success elsewhere. 

We....or at leat I recall Ross Fichtner well.  I believe he was on the 1964 title team.

But...I think it may be premature to say that he has had "success" elsewhere.   He got the job....if that alone is success, so be it.  We shall see about if he runs a successful offense.  If he has BR and AB it probably will be....but then perhaps a potted plant could have success in that case.

Rudolph

Donner

Blitzen

Cupid

Vixen

Dasher

Dancer

Prancer

Comet

@the-gipper said:

By the way...who is the Squeelers new OC...if any yet?

Todd Haley is PIT's new OC.  The more things change, the more they stay the same.  KC did the same thing.  They continued to run the Todd Haley offense after he left.  PIT played KC when they still ran it.  PIT and CLE will now do the same thing twice a year.

A no-name QB coach known as Randy Fichtner will still be the QB coach but he will now be called the OC as well.  He has no past and no resume`.  He is like the Barry Soetoro of OC's. He went to Purdue with Drew Brees so maybe he sucked Drew Brees' dĺck while he was there to get QB experience. 

It's going to be the same plays and the same terminology with Ben calling the plays.  If Ben gets too pass-happy then Tomlin will reign him in.

edit:  Wikipedia has a decent bio on him - Fichtner, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, was a standout high school football player, he then played defensive back for Purdue. His father played quarterback for Purdue, and then played defensive back for the Cleveland Browns.

Well, there you have it.  Cleveland is the mother of all things good in football.  Considering that news, he should be very successful and join the long list of guys who somehow came through Cleveland or the Browns to have success elsewhere. 

Mayfield

Darnold/Rosen (can't split them at present)

Rudolph

Allen

@nickers said:

My list goes...

Mayfield

Rosen

Darnold

Rudolph

Allen

So far I'm feeling

Mayfield 

Allen

Darnald 

Rosen

Rudolph 

@ghoolie said:

CLEVELAND BLOWS

Such insight. Here's a few others you can try next time....

The sun comes up in the East

Water is wet

Mellon give you the inside scoop, and you bash the Browns instead....   

Zombo said:

Is that Gronk? 

@the-gipper said:

@the-gipper said:

I assume that means that we will no longer  mollycoddle lolligaggers.   Which is a good thing. 

Mollycoddle Lolligaggers.      Say that 5 times fast!

By the way...who is the Squeelers new OC...if any yet?

They just hired Bobby Browns Bitchslapper

@dick-mellon said:

My Dear Brother Ghoolie,

The Steelers have never scored so many points in their history than under Haley.

Haley has done great when he had talent.  He is probably an aşshole like Ben is an ąsshole as well,  Things were boiling over between those 2  ąssholes on the field during games. In one game Haley was seen yelling, "Shut the Shmuck up Ben."  Ben was going to quit if Haley stayed.  Now, Ben told the team - "3 more years." The choice was easy.  Haley is fiery and has been seen screaming at people, like at Kurt Warner in the Super Bowl.

Haley got drunk and got thrown out of a bar on New Years Eve and then got attacked on the sidewalk resulting in a fractured pelvis. I lived in Pittsburgh for 25 years and I'm an ąsshole too but I never got thrown out of or banned from anywhere, so you can see what a high degree of ąssholes, Haley and Roethlisberger must be to be getting thrown out and banned from places left and right.

Some QB records will never be broken.  Brett Favre's INT record and Ben's record of getting banned from every restaurant and bar in Pittsburgh will forever stand.  The Hayley non-renewal was just about a battle of ąssholes where Ben won. 

Todd Haley is an ąsshole and Greg Williams paid players to injure guys on the other team.  It's a match made in heaven, or at least a match perfect for Cleveland.

CLEVELAND BLOWS

@tour2ma said:

Never was much of a GNR fan personally... besides...

Zombo said:

That's why I used a slash.

Never was much of a GNR fan personally... besides...

@dick-mellon said:

My Dear Brother Ghoolie,

The Steelers have never scored so many points in their history than under Haley.

Haley has done great when he had talent.  He is probably an aşshole like Ben is an ąsshole as well,  Things were boiling over between those 2  ąssholes on the field during games. In one game Haley was seen yelling, "Shut the Shmuck up Ben."  Ben was going to quit if Haley stayed.  Now, Ben told the team - "3 more years." The choice was easy.  Haley is fiery and has been seen screaming at people, like at Kurt Warner in the Super Bowl.

Haley got drunk and got thrown out of a bar on New Years Eve and then got attacked on the sidewalk resulting in a fractured pelvis. I lived in Pittsburgh for 25 years and I'm an ąsshole too but I never got thrown out of or banned from anywhere, so you can see what a high degree of ąssholes, Haley and Roethlisberger must be to be getting thrown out and banned from places left and right.

Some QB records will never be broken.  Brett Favre's INT record and Ben's record of getting banned from every restaurant and bar in Pittsburgh will forever stand.  The Hayley non-renewal was just about a battle of ąssholes where Ben won. 

Todd Haley is an ąsshole and Greg Williams paid players to injure guys on the other team.  It's a match made in heaven, or at least a match perfect for Cleveland.

I assume that means that we will no longer  mollycoddle lolligaggers.   Which is a good thing. 

Mollycoddle Lolligaggers.      Say that 5 times fast!

By the way...who is the Squeelers new OC...if any yet?

@mark-o said:

I think Mayfield is going to be good.   I think he will be the guy with the attitude who is pissed off forever that teams doubted his talent (Brady, Wilson, Brees for example) and will always play with that chip on his shoulder that scouts or teams said he wasn't good enough or tall enough. 

He's my favorite of the QB's at this point.

1.Mayfield

2.Darnold

3.Rosen

187. Allen

My list:

1. Rosen

2. Darnold

3. Mayfield

134. Allen

I see I like Allen 53 guys better than you.

Zombo

Mayfield

Rosen

Darnold

Rudolph

Allen

Zombo said:

Mayfield is hit and miss to me. Could be "just another guy" at the pro level ... or could be another Watson (or what Watson appeared to be in half a season).  Rosen, I think has the best potential to succeed of all the QB prospects, so if we aren't going the free agent route, then he seems the obvious pick to me. You get Barkley either way. You have to. Even if it means a trade up. We have twice the draft ammo as anybody else.

Zombo

I think Mayfield is going to be good.   I think he will be the guy with the attitude who is pissed off forever that teams doubted his talent (Brady, Wilson, Brees for example) and will always play with that chip on his shoulder that scouts or teams said he wasn't good enough or tall enough. 

He's my favorite of the QB's at this point.

1.Mayfield

2.Darnold

3.Rosen

187. Allen

@dick-mellon said:

My Dear Brother Ghoolie,

The Steelers have never scored so many points in their history than under Haley.

Haley has done great when he had talent.  He is probably an ąsshole like Ben is an ąsshole as well,  Things were boiling over between those 2  ąssholes on the field during games. In one game Haley was seen yelling, "Shut the Shmuck up Ben."  Ben was going to quit if Haley stayed.  Now, Ben told the team - "3 more years." The choice was easy.  Haley is fiery and has been seen screaming at people, like at Kurt Warner in the Super Bowl.

Haley got drunk and got thrown out of a bar on New Years Eve and then got attacked on the sidewalk resulting in a fractured pelvis. I lived in Pittsburgh for 25 years and I'm an ąsshole too but I never got thrown out of or banned from anywhere, so you can see what a high degree of ąssholes, Haley and Roethlisberger must be to be getting thrown out and banned from places left and right.

Some QB records will never be broken.  Brett Favre's INT record and Ben's record of getting banned from every restaurant and bar in Pittsburgh will forever stand.  The Hayley non-renewal was just about a battle of ąssholes where Ben won. 

Todd Haley is an ąsshole and Greg Williams paid players to injure guys on the other team.  It's a match made in heaven, or at least a match perfect for Cleveland.

I gotta say.. This is your best offering yet.. I laughed my Arse off...

@ghoolie said:

The Haley has been problematic for the Steelers for quite awhile. HE IS PURE MARTY/BERNIE...He is gutless, he is SCHIDT. 

Do you really think getting fired from Pittsburgh and winding up in Cleveland the next day is a sign of greatness? How many pieces of schidt from successful teams have we been conned into hiring..............only to suffer Ghoolie's perdictions of COFFEE FECTHER results?

Haley lost his job because he blows. He had nothing to do with the 42 points. That was ALL Ben drawing up his own schemes. A hail Mary pass at the end of the first half? Haley didn't engineer that. But hey, you guys are going to LOVE HIM

My Dear Brother Ghoolie,

The Steelers have never scored so many points in their history than under Haley.

Haley has done great when he had talent.  He is probably an aşshole like Ben is an ąsshole as well,  Things were boiling over between those 2  ąssholes on the field during games. In one game Haley was seen yelling, "Shut the Shmuck up Ben."  Ben was going to quit if Haley stayed.  Now, Ben told the team - "3 more years." The choice was easy.  Haley is fiery and has been seen screaming at people, like at Kurt Warner in the Super Bowl.

Haley got drunk and got thrown out of a bar on New Years Eve and then got attacked on the sidewalk resulting in a fractured pelvis. I lived in Pittsburgh for 25 years and I'm an ąsshole too but I never got thrown out of or banned from anywhere, so you can see what a high degree of ąssholes, Haley and Roethlisberger must be to be getting thrown out and banned from places left and right.

Some QB records will never be broken.  Brett Favre's INT record and Ben's record of getting banned from every restaurant and bar in Pittsburgh will forever stand.  The Hayley non-renewal was just about a battle of ąssholes where Ben won. 

Todd Haley is an ąsshole and Greg Williams paid players to injure guys on the other team.  It's a match made in heaven, or at least a match perfect for Cleveland.