Maybe you're not taking into consideration that the Steelers won games
with Duck freakin' Hodges at QB the year Mason played and he's shown
nothing besides the ability to throw an accurate pass when there's no
pressure on him whatsoever. So far. That means when it's time to re-up
next year there's no guarantee whether he will play or if he will be any
good, making his value on the open market much lower than his value to
the team, and there's a chance that may still be the case next year. It
would be nice to have a starting QB for a few years without being
financially strapped with a big contract. Right now Mason's price/value
ratio is better for the team than either Haskins or Dobbs, so it's not
worth even considering a trade.
Phil
On 04/15/2021 3:58 PM, Joe Dies (Redacted sender oldsrocket455 for
DMARC) wrote:
I don't know if this has any basis in fact, buuuuuut...
Ben is the cornerstone. That's a given. Rudolph could, conceivably, be pissed off and thinking "Jesus, am I going to get my damned shot or what??" Haskins is happy that an esteemed organization has taken a chance on him and is going to give everything his all (best case scenario). Dobbs could find work elsewhere and he knows it. He's cool. So...
One of these things is not like the others. Maybe (cue rampant speculation) Mason sees the Steelers keeping Ben for at LEAST another year, putting his shot off another 365. Then they take a flyer on Haskins. Mason understandably thinks "great, I'm gonna have to sing for my supper AGAIN". In view of this, maybe Mason is fed up and says "look, I'm out, just trade me. I want to play."
Whether or not the team sees this, they look at the situation and think "we GOT Ben; we're gambling on Haskins; and we can have Dobbs for a song. And if we DO that, we got Rudolph, who we can get a pretty good return on in a trade."
The team seems to be in the driver's seat with these four on the payroll. What am I not taking into consideration?
Joe
On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 4:47 PM, David Reid
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Vince coming back is huge, lessens the need for them to find a
partner for Bush as well in the top half of the draft.
Dobbs coming back is interesting, they now have 4 QB’s in the
room, with Haskins as the low risk / high reward outsider.
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On 14 Apr 2021, at 19:52, Streetr <stlrmn1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That's good news in my book! I heard yesterday that Avery
WIlliams was coming back, but that was from a Tweet from him.....
Streetr
On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 11:49 AM David Reid
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Vince Williams and Josh Dobbs are re-signing with the Steelers
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