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Gerry Dulac's Steelers chat: 08.25.21
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Gerry Dulac
10:46
OK kids, we're going to start our chat in just a few minutes, so get those questions ready....
10:54
OK kids, let's get started.... Go!!
Jackson
10:54
Do you think Benny Snell is going to be traded?  They seem to be intentionally keeping him from action, which would seem to indicate they want to keep him from injury to move him.
Gerry Dulac
10:55
No., He's their top backup. Putting someone else in that role, when Snell has shown he's fully capable, is a big leap of faith. They kept from action because he's been injured.
18DaysToGo
10:55
What’s the one area of this team the public & national media seems concerned about, but from your point of view, they’ll be alright. Personally, I liked how the Oline looked.
Gerry Dulac
10:56
That's the area everyone is worried about after losing three former Pro Bowlers. Look, I'm not going to say it's fine, but I'm also willing to wait to see how different coaching, different scheme, different technique and different personnel work out.
Guest
10:56
I’m concerned about the o-line…what are your thoughts and what is their weak link?
Gerry Dulac
10:58
I think the right side of the line is more worrisome than the left side. Trai Turner is not the player he was and Zach Banner is basically a new starter. But I'm not going to start taking Xanax worrying about it.
Hersh M
10:58
Hi Gerry, thanks for answering all our questions and providing insight!
Gerry Dulac
10:58
Gee, I like this guy
Jackson
10:58
Every year I go through the preseason prognostications and shake my head as I see Ben absent from most top QB lists. Is Ben the most underrated QB ever in the history of the NFL?  Who is another QB who was always curiously overlooked by the national media?
Gerry Dulac
10:59
Troy Aikman. He might have Ben beat. He won three Super Bowls and nobody ever mentions him among the top 20 QBs of all time
REID
10:59
Gerry, heard from a moronic local talking head over the weekend the reason the offense tanked late last year was bc Ben changed the entire offense to pass every down. This, after running game had 4 100 yd rushers in first six games.  I thought Steelers went to more pass was because running game was averaging 2.1 yds per carry and couldn't sustain drives and O line was playing very poorly? and didn't Ben win 12 games last year?
Gerry Dulac
11:00
I agree with you on both fronts, especially the part about the moron.
Yates
11:00
Gerry -  You were big fan of Pat F draft selection on draft day whereas most of the fan base was disappointed.  How do you see his role progressing as the season unfolds?
Gerry Dulac
11:01
I bet that fan base that was skeptical or disappointed is probably thrilled right now.
Steelersfanslc
11:01
How many games you think before Muth takes over as TE1?
Gerry Dulac
11:02
I don't really see that happening, but I will also point up who is 1 and who is 2 is just a number. I bet Freiermuth ends up playing almost as many snaps as Ebron, maybe more.
Hersh M
11:02
Hi Gerry! Thanks for all your great insight.
With our recently acquired cap flexibility through restructures and cuts, do we anticipate a signing of a big name FA? Maybe a OT or CB?
Gerry Dulac
11:03
I wouldn't hold your breath on that. They are done after bringing in Ingram and Turner and trading for Schobert. The only way that happens is if there is a significant season-ending injury early.
MG
11:04
So as I understand it, if Antoine Brooks clears waivers, he goes on the Steelers' IR list. Why couldn't they just place him directly on their Injured list, what does waiving him first gain them?
Gerry Dulac
11:06
Only players on the 53-man roster can be designated for the IR. Brooks can be resigned after a period of time in which his injury is considered healed, placed on the 53-man roster and then out on IR. And what's the point of that???
Wayward
11:06
With some of the skill guys sitting out Friday how much do we see the perceived starting oline play?
Gerry Dulac
11:07
I think that's the one area you will see most, if not all, of those guys play a couple series, especially against Carolina's starters. Plus you don't want to have Haskins get beat up either
Gerry's PA Army
11:07
Which one word from each pair best describes Coach Tomlin's overall relationship and interactions with the media:  Warm/Cold, Professional/Clumsy, Respectful/Dismissive, Buddy Movie/Breakup Movie
Gerry Dulac
11:07
I don't judge that stuff
Guest
11:07
hey dulac,,,,,,,,why all thehype over ben when he plays ok against the lowly lions?  you like to praise his glory over that lowly team,i'll see what your comments are after he plays buffalo, he hasn't won a playoff game in 4 years,,,,,,i think i know as much as you do in football with my back ground,,,,,,i see maybe 7 wins and ben not finishing the season !!!!!!
Gerry Dulac
11:08
Hey guest, I got as far as your greeting and didn't read any more.
George in OKC
11:08
Me. Dulac! Good morning sir. After what you have seen so far during training and the pre season games, are you more optimistic, less optimistic, or about the same as to how this team will do this season?
Gerry Dulac
11:09
I'm assuming that was supposed to say "Mr." so I will answer .... I'm more optimistic because I think the defense is going to be much better, almost as good as last year, with the additions of Ingram and Schobert.
Ryan
11:10
Why are so many people picking the Steelers to finish 3rd in the division? We won it last year and with the additions of Najee and Pat on offense and Ben looking better already I can't see how were worse? Yeah we lost Bud and Hilton but we also added Schobert and Ingram plus the development of Alex.
Gerry Dulac
11:10
And there ya go...just what I said
Jesse G
11:10
hello Gerry , 2 questions. 1. When will mike tomlin and Keith butler  learn that you can’t cover WR with LB, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” 2. Do you think Steelers will draft true center next year and have green move to natural guard position ?
Gerry Dulac
11:10
I'll ask them.
TS
11:11
Could Samuel, Ballage or Snell help get another trade done with Jaguars, since they lost Etienne, to get CJ Henderson?  Like maybe a RB and a 3rd rd pick for CJ?   Move Sutton inside and solidify CB for the next few years, relatively cheaply.
Gerry Dulac
11:11
I wouldn't hold your breath.
david-
11:11
is signing watt to a huge extension the no-brainer it seems? teams that have given out massive contracts to defensive players aren't rolling in championships. suh/mia, watt/hou, mack/chi, donald/rams, bosa/sd.
Gerry Dulac
11:13
I will admit, it's a lot of money for a defensive player. But he is also the best player on the defense at the most important position on the defense. It's the price of doing business. Just look at the money tossed as mediocre QBs around the league.
Eric in TN
11:13
First of all, thank you for your insight into the Black & Gold! Why do people and merchandisers refer to the Steeles as the Black & Yellow when Mr. Rooney, the owner of this team, refer to his organization as the Black & Gold? This is annoying for this life long Steelers fan.
Gerry Dulac
11:14
They are the black and gold, and I don't know the answer to that, except for Wiz Khalifa making it popular to say that
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