Seeking a quick fix in free agency wasn’t an option this time. But trading Sidney Crosby might be if the Pens are to contend again sooner rather than later.
Bob Nutting may be saying the right things. But until Ben Cherington does the right thing the Bucs are in danger of wasting the type of opportunity that doesn’t come around very often.
It’s sensory overload whenever the Buccos’ latest pitching phenom takes the mound. Such is the extent to which the franchise’s latest savior has already delivered.
The Steelers have been making changes at a furious rate for some time now. But changing head coaches clearly isn’t on team president Art Rooney II’s agenda.
It’s clear the teams that are still playing are doing so for a reason. And it’s just as clear what the Pens lack and how far away they are from a championship.
Their latest savior can’t and won’t solve all of the Bucs’ problems. But the long-awaited promotion of last season’s first-overall pick has nonetheless changed the game.
They appear to have won free agency and the draft. But team president Art Rooney II and head coach Mike Tomlin know that’s a long way from winning the Super Bowl.
There’s a chance they can drastically improve the offensive line, and thus the offense, in the first two rounds of the NFL Draft. But their focus should be on a center — first and foremost.
Mike Sullivan deserves scrutiny but apparently won’t get it from Kyle Dubas. The latter is potentially a bigger issue amid the team’s late-season collapse.
The men’s and women’s programs were taken away and then reinstated. The men’s team has made the most of the re-boot with a playoff victory to remember.
He wasn’t a Penguin for life, but he was the second-best Penguin ever to lace up a pair of skates. And it’s about time his Penguins career is celebrated.
Hiring new offensive coordinator Arthur Smith won't make much of a difference without a significant improvement from a quarterback yet to be determined.
There’s a huge question mark looming over the quarterback position. But beyond that it’s easy to see the potential for growth and even explosiveness, if only the Steelers would notice.
Mason Rudolph is in the conversation for a change and Kenny Pickett is still in the organization’s good graces. But there are layers of variables to resolve on the way to determining 2024’s starter.
