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Acho is always talking some nonsense. I swear. He is hard to listen to.

Last time I checked Steelers went 5-1 in that division

The same guy that says Trevor Lawrence deserves his pay day says Russ isn’t an upgrade lol lol lol

Thank you Shady and James!!!

Sean Payton must have a helluva PR team.

Just some facts... Steelers gave up an average of 19.7 PPG last season... 2 games they lost were by the opponent scoring less than 21 points... So if they manage to get just the "SAME" production from Russ as they did Kenny Pickett than they would have been a 12 win team. Mind you, this is a team the went 5-1 in the division. The only loss in the division was to Cleveland when the score was 13-10, and Kenny Pickett had 77 total passing yards

His first year in Denver he had a new incompetent head coach then had a coach that didn’t want him there

Idk how the season shakes out, but if they truly think that russ and arthur smith isnt an upgrade over kenny and canada... thats insane. Also they went 5 - 1 in this same division last year lol.

Interesting because under Kenny Pickett, Mitchell trubisky and Mason Rudolph the Steelers were 5 and 1 in a division. They almost swept the division so I'm confused on what makes you think they can't win the division.

Who looks good under Hackett besides Aaron Roger's

James is a real one for this. Acho sounds like such a Jagoff.

No Joy, no me.

ACHO SHOULD BE BANNED FROM TALKING SPORTS AFTER THE LAST TIME THEY TALKED ABOUT RUSSELL

It would be nice if James could yell more. 😂😂😂

Why do people think the Bills are going to be good lol

FIELD GOALS WIN GAMES AND THE TALENT IN PIT WAYYYYY BETTER THEN DEN

The problem people seem to forget is nobody is expecting Wilson to ball at all. He is legit on a Seahawks 2.0 team right now. Let's compare the Seahawks V Broncos V Steelers. Stability at HC: Broncos have changed coaches annually since Manning retired which means new coordinators which means no identity which means issues. Steelers have had the same HC for over 17 years which brings stability, same with Pete Carroll before he got fired this past off season. Offense: Broncos like that fast passing game with a bunch of screens like the Saints did a decade ago (which doesn't work anymore, teams are pushing the ball down the field nowadays). Seahawks were a run first team which opened up the medium and long ball passing game where Wilson is elite at, rolling out the pocket and finding Lockett, DK, or Baldwin for huge gain. Steelers have two solid RB's that will open up that playbook plus you look at Arthur Smith's play calling, it's pretty decent but he mf's like Taylor Ketchup and Desmond Ridder throwing the ball. Defense: Seahawks defense speaks for itself. The Broncos literally gave up 70 points to Tua, had the Jets running back run for 200 yards on the ground, and had Sam Howell looking like primetime Brady. The Steelers literally have a top 5 defense when healthy, they went 5-1 in the division last year and their division has gotten weaker if we are being honest. Ravens lost two playmakers on defense to their rivals, Bengals may be losing Higgins and we don't know how Burrow will be coming off that hand injury, and the browns...well their QB is iffy. Russell Wilson doesn't need to go to the Steelers and be the hero like he was expected too in Denver. He doesn't need too, that running game and defense will set him up like it did in Seattle. He was never a throw the ball 400 times a game kind of QB.

“I don’t think the Steelers will compete with the ravens or bengals” *swept both last year with Pickett and Rudolph under center*

Dave is really hung up on the 21 points per game by Russ and the Broncos. Somebody should let Dave know that the Chiefs averaged 22 points per game. And also if you actually take away the last 2 games that Russ didn't play, Russ actually averaged 21.8 PPG. So Russ was actually pretty much averaging the same points per game as Mahomes, but according to Dave that won't get him anywhere.

The way Russ looks, Mahomes wouldn’t beat him out right now! Russ has that focus he had 2013-2015 but is showing the skills of 2017-2020. Nobody could beat him out with that.

Anytime Russ looked great last season was when the play deviated from Sean Payton's game plan. James is correct on that. Payton is a one trick pony, outdated coach. He refused to work with Wilson because he is a control freak who likes it his way or the highway. He'd have rather lost games forcing his way than win letting Russ be Russ.

Arthur smith turned Ryan tannehill to a top 10 passer in the league.

Ben should have been a 4 time Superbowl champion 05 08 10 and 16 16 and the jessie James dive TD and Superbowl

Just because Arthur smith was a bad head coach, doesn’t mean he won’t be a good coordinator. We forgetting that Arthur smith had Ryan tannehill looking like he was supposed to be a starter.

I’m so tired of hearing the Steelers are the fourth best team in the division when Pittsburgh constantly dominates Baltimore Cleveland Joe Burrow is the only competition

The Steelers play pretty well against the Ravens. Every year, remember that? This guy says we can’t “take down the Ravens”?

Zach Galifianakis is going to eat his words this season lol

I’m browns fan and I think Russ is actually perfect for what the Steelers is tryna build offensively with fields as a backup and I hate I’m saying this lol

Last time I checked Steelers do very well against our division..

Pittsburgh Steelers let's weld 🤣

Russ was not brought to Pittsburgh to fix or reach anything. Pittsburgh got him because they pay him the same amount as their long snapper!

I swear James Jones be sounding too hostile at times.

The fact he brings up the division when they went 5-1 in the division is crazy

I’m definitely not as stylish as Shady, but quick tip. When you sit down, unbutton the jacket. When you stand up, button it back up.

What is your problem Acho?

Russell going against Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson and.Watson, what you think?

Wait yall back to this? Y'all went a few days without bringing this up. Here we go again.

One time i disagree with James, did people forget the broncos vs bills last season, yes the broncos won but the Broncos defense causes 5 turnovers overs giving the broncos short field all game, Wilson could only squeak out a win by 2 points, Wilson is trash

Too short and he’s not mobile like he used to be. He was brought in because he’s a former SB champion and costs only 1 million. Hopefully he’s benched so Justin gets to shine and show he can be a franchise QB when placed in a better offense.

Russ don’t have to come have all pro season. He needs to be serviceable. Pickett had 13 TD’s and 13 INt’s in 2 seasons.

I cant wait till the season start

Told you so. It's coming Pitt

Where's Marcellus

Russell was in Sean Paytons offense & they paid him to leave!

If the Steelers went 10-7 with a rotation of Kenny, Mitch, and Mason.....I think having Russ and an improved defense puts them at the same record if not slightly better. They handled their division quite well last year too. Like Russ is by far better than the other QBs that were in the room last year and if you think he can't win them at least one playoff game then just wow lol

I love how Dave just called them out on how dumb these constant Russ topics are rignt to they're face. 😂

Acho wet for Sean Payton. jeez. How does Payton get credit for making a 1st round pick Teddy B look good when he had talent already. How does he get credit for Taysom looking good. He was a QB in college and only plays like 10% of the season in relevance. Brees is the only QB Ive seen Payton be responsible for, legitimately. 1 Season does not make a QB wizard

Was it just me, but I couldn't concentrate on what Dave was saying after Shady tried to fix his jacket. The thing was still Hella sloppy looking!!! Lol!!!😂

sean payton is overrated

The Steelers swept the Ravens, Bengals and almost swept the Browns(3 points). They beat the Packers and the Rams(=playoffs teams). And made the playoffs. All with unproven less than mediocre QB play. Wilson's stats last year in 15 games. 3070 yds, 26 tds, 8 ints, 341 rush, 3 tds rush. It's safe to say they if he plays all 17 games he has 3500 pass, 30 tds, 9ints , 400 rush 4 rush tds...with the sorry Broncos. I'm not even a Steelers fan. It doesn't take a genius to know that the Steelers if they stay healthy will be a better team than last year and have a legitimate chance of being AFC conference contenders.

Acho the only one using logic. When Russ played poorly it was hackette’s fault. When Russ plays better statistically, it has nothing to do w the coach lol ok

Why is Sean Payton given so much credit like he's done nothing without brees.

Russell Wilson has been cooked for 2 years and somehow people think he'll be different in the same style team as the last 2. No difference means its all on Russ, and he folds as usual.

ACHO….needs a vacation more than anyone else on national television! Let’s go to the Philippines!!!!

Pittsburgh's gonna win that division....Tomlin generally does his best coaching against his division opps! Also, their roster is loaded with talent....and that narrative that every team in the AFC got significantly better is just not true. 🙄

I don’t think Russ is going to do anything tbh . And Mike Tomlin should retire .

Was nice to hear actual analysis from dave and not feelings like we get from the rest of this group.

Russ will prove haters wrong. 9 probowls 100 QB rating 43k yards passing 5300 rushing 338 Tds 106 int. 39 game winning drives. Superbowl champion

Whoever this guy is seems to have missed Russ beating Chicago, Green Bay, the Chiefs (first time in 8 years for Denver) , Buffalo, Minnesota, and Cleveland with a much worse team than the present Steelers. 26 TDs, 8 INTs, and passer rating of 98. Whoever this guy is...

Steelers schedule at the end of the year is brutal

No. The answer is no. Didn't watch the video and didnt need to to know the answer. Say it with me, "Nooooo." Say nope to hope! 😂

they went 5-1 in their division last year and they got legit better this off-season on both sides of the ball so if healthy they're going to be a pure problem n probably only lose to the chief's that 3peat seems realistic

They drafted 3 offensive linemen. Two of which will start, if not all 3. Another WR. 2 new excellent LB's. 2 new QB's which have won a lot of games in this league. A new proven OC. And they were 10-7 without all that. What is it these guys are missing?

At least the conversation has transitioned from the ridiculousness of Fields starting over Russ to questions about how good Russ will be this year. By season’s open, maybe the convo will go back to where it should be: whether Russ can lead the Steelers to the SB and/or win the MVP.

LOL wow the negativity about my Steelers is crazy. I was not a fan of Russ coming in either in the beginning. But I think the way we can run the ball, and the new players and coaches we have - we will do much better than people think.

Kind of ironic he started with did anyone watch Russ last year, because he apparently didnt. He had 29 TDs, one of the better stat lines in the league..

Dave doesnt understand the question. It was two different teams last year. Russ was on the Broncos who had ish on their offense. The Steelers had way more talented offensive players but had ish at the QB position. Russ will have the Steelers scoring more than 18 points per game this year.

"Russell wilson was making plays outside the pocket on broken plays". Seahawks fan here. That's all Russell can do. He's below average at making the scheduled pocket throws, mainly due to his size. He creates broken plays by not making the easy throw. Geno Smith is a better pocket QB than Russ for instance

What ever Dave is smoking I need to share it. If your telling me the production Russell Wilson brought last season on a terrible Broncos team won’t drastically improve on a much better Pittsburgh team and catapult them to being able to win a playoff game if they make the playoffs is wild

The boy Russ is a Legend, but what he gives you now u can get from any Qb just manage the game don't go out and don't lose it

Titanup 😅

Imma say this Russ could’ve played better in Denver idc both years he could’ve will he idk I doubt it but SP is a GREAT coach

Tell Em JAMES !!! STEELERS

Russell Wilson's last season with the Broncos gets overstated alot on this show. They essentially had him on training wheels, relying on their defense and hoping Russ didn't throw the game away. There's a reason they're taking the biggest cap hit in history by far to have him not play for them this year. His style of offense just didn't mesh well with Sean Payton's.

Russ is an upgrade from Kenny Pickett, but Kenny Pickett was basically rock bottom.

Denver didn’t have a scoring game changing DEFENSE!!!!! That’s the difference Russ or Fields🤷🏿‍♂️ will make the plays when we are on the 30 yard line????? They went 5-1 in the afc north yes without Burrow but it still happen Under Kenny????? Can’t make this up🥴

Steelers are 🐐

Thanks Shady

James jones makes the show good

Acho giving sean payton credit for russell wilson’s season. Wilson could have 15 more TDs if Payton wasn’t handicapping him ALL SEASON. Are we forgetting Sean payton tried to FORCE russell wilson to restructure his contract? or that payton was the one who was 1000% okay letting Wilson walk with eating a $40 mill cap penalty? Payton didn’t want Wilson and it was evident all last season. You can’t say that coach is fully responsible for Wilson’s season without possibly considering, he wasn’t doing Russ any favors with the play calling.

Without Joy....It's just PAIN. Acho makes me sick🤢

Sean Payton didnt want Wilson he didnt care for Russ as a person …

Why is this still a conversation?? All Russ has to do is play like he played his last season in Denver (26TDs - 8Ints), with the team Pittsburgh already has, they just needed an upgrade at QB

no1 talks about pit was without their best player in that playoff loss last yr

Now do how many touchdown PASSES we had vs what Russ threw

Oh man . The only reason Kenny Picket has a high win percentage is because of the steelers defense. You TWO guys are Sleeping on Russ AND THE STEELERS.

what is Acho crediting Sean payton for doing ? they didnt win that many more games from when nathaniel hackett was the coach. hackett was only there because the broncos wanted aaron rodgers but couldnt get him. sean payton had proven anything outside of having a HOF QB for all those years in the NFC. he hasnt done anythig outside of that one super bowl imo. Arthur smith needs to realize its not the old days. a good wr2 helps the offense open up even more. thats what can help TJ's concerns become the past

Great to hear somebody talk about the Steelers without Joy.

Great team work today cool

I can’t wait for Russ to prove these bums wrong

7-1 against the ravens

If russel's steelers cap it is really 1.5 milion, that should leave Pittsburgh lots of money to stack a team around him.

I hate how they overrate Sean Payton smh

Facts! He b soundin smart yet idiotic at the same time lol

Afc North record 41-18-1, have never been last in AFC north.

This season is called "The Home Coming Bowl" because Joe & Ja'Marr went to LSU and The Super Bowl is in New Orleans. The Cincinnati Bengals are going 20-0

Acho must be having amnesia that Peyton paid his players to injure opponents. Greatest offensive mind my foot

As someone that lives in Pittsburgh I will rather see Justin fields playing the whole season maybe he can be our new version of kordell Stewart

Ok Acho you back on my good side with this one for giving Sean payton his credit from what he did with my saints