Josh Dobbs (merged)

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

But you said preaseason games don't matter yo! Also....the kettle says hello.

The stats or game result don't matter but how you look physically does. And boy did Josh look good last night.

I think the white Steelers jersey suits him better than the black ones cause of the undershirt he wears. His gear looked clean out there on the field last night. He also looked tall. I know he's listed at 6'3" and Rudolph listed at 6'5" but you wouldn't know that watching on TV. Dobbs looked taller than him on the field. Dobbs also looked more explosive than he did last year. He outran a very athletic safety (Josh Jones) to the edge last night on the read option run at the goal line. That was very exciting to see. Cause last year he did not look as fast on an NFL field as he did in college. This year he looks as fast as he did in college. Dobbs arm also looked great on the deep balls. He was letting it loose effortlessly and the accuracy was great.

It was the best Josh has looked to date in the NFL. I hope he continues to look like this.

 

[TDawg]

This.

They are rooting for him to fail and when he shows out (like he did last night), they will either ignore it or downplay it.

SHOW OUT!?!?!? OMG!!?!?!?!? That by no definition was SHOWING OUT.

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

So is Paxton Lynch and he will be on the street in a few weeks. Dobbs can have a solid career in the NFL, but not as a starter. I'm not rooting for Dobbs to fail, I am just being realistic.

Paxton Lynch is trash. Josh showed more in one half last night than Lynch has in 2 years. Stop being so disrespectful and comparing him to that guy.

Lynch is only in the league right now because of where he was drafted. Dobbs has earned the chance to be at least a backup based on merit.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Here's a live look in at D4H watching game tape...

 

[TDawg]

The stats or game result don't matter but how you look physically does. And boy did Josh look good last night.

I think the white Steelers jersey suits him better than the black ones cause of the undershirt he wears. His gear looked clean out there on the field last night. He also looked tall. I know he's listed at 6'3" and Rudolph listed at 6'5" but you wouldn't know that watching on TV. Dobbs looked taller than him on the field. Dobbs also looked more explosive than he did last year. He outran a very athletic safety (Josh Jones) to the edge last night on the read option run at the goal line. That was very exciting to see. Cause last year he did not look as fast on an NFL field as he did in college. This year he looks as fast as he did in college. Dobbs arm also looked great on the deep balls. He was letting it loose effortlessly and the accuracy was great.

It was the best Josh has looked to date in the NFL. I hope he continues to look like this.

Your posts are pure comedy. The stat sheet last night didn't look too bad but watching that didn't look like a guy who was intent on taking out the number 2 guy at all. He is a great athlete but Dobbs doesn't have the passing skills, plain and simple. He underthrew the TD to Washington BADLY and Washington bailed him out like the stud he is. The pick 6 is exactly the stuff I have been telling you about. He doesn't have the arm strength to make that throw anyway but to do it with Jackson hanging 5 yards off? REALLY?

 

[TDawg]

The stats or game result don't matter but how you look physically does. And boy did Josh look good last night.

I think the white Steelers jersey suits him better than the black ones cause of the undershirt he wears. His gear looked clean out there on the field last night. He also looked tall. I know he's listed at 6'3" and Rudolph listed at 6'5" but you wouldn't know that watching on TV. Dobbs looked taller than him on the field. Dobbs also looked more explosive than he did last year. He outran a very athletic safety (Josh Jones) to the edge last night on the read option run at the goal line. That was very exciting to see. Cause last year he did not look as fast on an NFL field as he did in college. This year he looks as fast as he did in college. Dobbs arm also looked great on the deep balls. He was letting it loose effortlessly and the accuracy was great.

It was the best Josh has looked to date in the NFL. I hope he continues to look like this.

Your posts are pure comedy. The stat sheet last night didn't look too bad but watching that didn't look like a guy who was intent on taking out the number 2 guy at all. He is a great athlete but Dobbs doesn't have the passing skills, plain and simple. He underthrew the TD to Washington BADLY and Washington bailed him out like the stud he is. The pick 6 is exactly the stuff I have been telling you about. He doesn't have the arm strength to make that throw anyway but to do it with Jackson hanging 5 yards off? REALLY?

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

SHOW OUT!?!?!? OMG!!?!?!?!? That by no definition was SHOWING OUT.

12-18
195 passing yards
2 pass TDs

in just 2 quarters of action.

If those were Rudolph or Landry Jones numbers and Dobbs put up Mason's stat line, you guys would be posting it incessantly. But because it was Dobbs that put up the great stat line while Rudolph's line was pure trash, its on me to be the first to post it today.

I'm the guy who doesn't care about preseason stat lines. Why do I have to be the first to post those stats 12 hours after the game ended? Why didn't one of you stat geeks post it? Cause I remember last year you guys enjoyed posting Josh's stat line when he struggled. But now when the stats look good, you guys ignore and avoid them.

Now tell me again you ain't rooting against Dobbs?

 

[VolsSportsFan]

12-18
195 passing yards
2 pass TDs

in just 2 quarters of action.

If those were Rudolph or Landry Jones numbers and Dobbs put up Mason's stat line, you guys would be posting it incessantly. But because it was Dobbs that put up the great stat line while Rudolph's line was pure trash, its on me to be the first to post it today.

I'm the guy who doesn't care about preseason stat lines. Why do I have to be the first to post those stats 12 hours after the game ended? Why didn't one of you stat geeks post it? Cause I remember last year you guys enjoyed posting Josh's stat line when he struggled. But now when the stats look good, you guys ignore and avoid them.

Now tell me again you ain't rooting against Dobbs?

I'm not rooting against Dobbs. #ThatWasEasy

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Paxton Lynch is trash. Josh showed more in one half last night than Lynch has in 2 years. Stop being so disrespectful and comparing him to that guy.

Lynch is only in the league right now because of where he was drafted. Dobbs has earned the chance to be at least a backup based on merit.

The Steelers apparently disagree, because he's not the backup.

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

Your posts are pure comedy. The stat sheet last night didn't look too bad but watching that didn't look like a guy who was intent on taking out the number 2 guy at all. He is a great athlete but Dobbs doesn't have the passing skills, plain and simple. He underthrew the TD to Washington BADLY and Washington bailed him out like the stud he is. The pick 6 is exactly the stuff I have been telling you about. He doesn't have the arm strength to make that throw anyway but to do it with Jackson hanging 5 yards off? REALLY?

No. He put air under the ball and gave his guy a chance. That was a jump ball in the endzone. If Dobbs threw it farther, it goes out of the endzone. Was it a perfect pass? No. It was a hair underthrown. But still a great pass cause the CB had his back to the QB and Josh gave his WR a chance to make a play.

In the first preseason game Landry Jones underthrew JuJu on that long 70 yard TD pass. JuJu out jumped the corner and ran it in to the end zone. Did you crap on Landry Jones for that pass? Cause that's the only productive pass he's thrown the entire preseason.

 

[bamawriter]

Dobbs has earned the chance to be at least a backup based on merit.

And yet he is headed toward the practice squad or another team.

 

[barknoxbrawler]

Stud in the CFL. Change your name D4H.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Stud in the CFL. Change your name D4H.

Dobbs4Backup

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Dobbs4Backup

Dobbs4PracticeSquad

 

[hndog609]

The stats or game result don't matter but how you look physically does. And boy did Josh look good last night.

I think the white Steelers jersey suits him better than the black ones cause of the undershirt he wears. His gear looked clean out there on the field last night. He also looked tall. I know he's listed at 6'3" and Rudolph listed at 6'5" but you wouldn't know that watching on TV. Dobbs looked taller than him on the field. Dobbs also looked more explosive than he did last year. He outran a very athletic safety (Josh Jones) to the edge last night on the read option run at the goal line. That was very exciting to see. Cause last year he did not look as fast on an NFL field as he did in college. This year he looks as fast as he did in college. Dobbs arm also looked great on the deep balls. He was letting it loose effortlessly and the accuracy was great.

It was the best Josh has looked to date in the NFL. I hope he continues to look like this.

First, what the hell is this fashion hangup? You watch football games with a ouija board so you can get input from Joan Rivers ghost or something? And I don't know if you're really thinking this through but when you say someone shorter (an actual vettable measurement) "looks" taller you are, quite literally, saying "my eyes suck at determining reality".

Josh made some nice throws last night but even in success things were iffy in places. Both his TD's had the receiver (and if you want someone that's showing out in preseason for the Steelers it's James Washington) have to beat the defender for the football. On the 1st TD the throw is going to hit the defender right in the numbers but Washington takes the ball away.



On the 2nd TD it's essentially the same thing. In fact in the 2nd pic the defender arguably has the ball more than Washington.



Finally Josh badly under throws this long completion. Washington completely burns the defender and a good throw is an easy TD but he has to pull up and turn around for the catch.



If those TD's had been defended by the likes of Jalen Ramsey/Patrick Peterson/Casey Hayward/et al we're likely looking at picks and not TD's. I think Josh played better than most of the times I've seen him as a Steeler but there was nothing that a sane (or honest) person would call "showing out".

 

[BeardedVol]

The stats or game result don't matter but how you look physically does. And boy did Josh look good last night.

I think the white Steelers jersey suits him better than the black ones cause of the undershirt he wears. His gear looked clean out there on the field last night. He also looked tall. I know he's listed at 6'3" and Rudolph listed at 6'5" but you wouldn't know that watching on TV. Dobbs looked taller than him on the field. Dobbs also looked more explosive than he did last year. He outran a very athletic safety (Josh Jones) to the edge last night on the read option run at the goal line. That was very exciting to see. Cause last year he did not look as fast on an NFL field as he did in college. This year he looks as fast as he did in college. Dobbs arm also looked great on the deep balls. He was letting it loose effortlessly and the accuracy was great.

It was the best Josh has looked to date in the NFL. I hope he continues to look like this.

Did you even watch the game? He looked better than his 2017 preseason outings, but he's still exhibiting the same issue that he has entire career, he floats his long balls, he doesn't read the defenses very well, and makes poor judgment calls on a lot of his throws, like the one he was dumping off to receivers at or behind the LOS last night.

This was all against Green Bay's rookies and scrubs. A 1st string NFL defense would feast on Dobbs in his current state, that's just the reality of the situation.

 

[superdave1984]

Paxton Lynch is trash. Josh showed more in one half last night than Lynch has in 2 years. Stop being so disrespectful and comparing him to that guy.

Lynch is only in the league right now because of where he was drafted. Dobbs has earned the chance to be at least a backup based on merit.

Sorry, I was just pointing out the obvious. That being tall, athletic and a big arm does not equal NFL success. Being a good NFL QB does though. Dobbs simply hasn't proven that he is. Maybe he will, maybe he won't. So until he actually proves it, just stop. If and when he wins an MVP you can (and will) come back and giggle and gloat like some giddy high school girl who just saw her first penis.

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

And yet he is headed toward the practice squad or another team.

Are you in the Steelers coaches meetings? You have no idea what they will do. Just like I have no idea. All I've said is the Steelers would be idiots to let Josh go. But I also said they would be idiots to draft Mason Rudolph and they did that. So I don't count on the Steelers to actually make smart decisions. But neither of us know what they are going to do so stop acting like you know that Dobbs is already done. Mason Rudolph hasn't exactly shown anything to lead anyone to believe he has any potential to be the successor to Big Ben. If anything, Josh has shown more potential.

And for the record here is at least one Steelers writer who agrees with me that Dobbs has more potential long-term than Mason Rudolph:



Unless the Steelers are complete morons, they're not releasing Dobbs after how AWFUL Mason Rudolph has looked. They're gonna either trade Landry Jones or keep 4 QBs and try to safe face rather than admit the Mason Rudolph pick was a mistake.

 

[TDawg]

The stats or game result don't matter but how you look physically does. And boy did Josh look good last night.

I think the white Steelers jersey suits him better than the black ones cause of the undershirt he wears. His gear looked clean out there on the field last night. He also looked tall. I know he's listed at 6'3" and Rudolph listed at 6'5" but you wouldn't know that watching on TV. Dobbs looked taller than him on the field. Dobbs also looked more explosive than he did last year. He outran a very athletic safety (Josh Jones) to the edge last night on the read option run at the goal line. That was very exciting to see. Cause last year he did not look as fast on an NFL field as he did in college. This year he looks as fast as he did in college. Dobbs arm also looked great on the deep balls. He was letting it loose effortlessly and the accuracy was great.

It was the best Josh has looked to date in the NFL. I hope he continues to look like this.

Your posts are pure comedy. The stat sheet last night didn't look too bad but watching that didn't look like a guy who was intent on taking out the number 2 guy at all. He is a great athlete but Dobbs doesn't have the passing skills, plain and simple. He underthrew the TD to Washington BADLY and Washington bailed him out like the stud he is. The pick 6 is exactly the stuff I have been telling you about. He doesn't have the arm strength to make that throw anyway but to do it with Jackson hanging 5 yards off? REALLY?

 

[TDawg]

Unless the Steelers are complete morons, they're not releasing Dobbs after how AWFUL Mason Rudolph has looked. They're gonna either trade Landry Jones or keep 4 QBs and try to safe face rather than admit the Mason Rudolph pick was a mistake.

No, they will let Josh go because he is in year 2 and hasn't shown any improvement in decision making and is certainly not making strides like a guy who is fighting for a roster spot. Last year you tried to justify Dobbs crazy mistakes as just being a rookie but you won't extend that excuse to Rudolph. Fact is, you can't out athlete your way to success in the NFL at the QB position, you just have to be a QB and that involves being a passer. Mason Rudolph is a far better passer than Dobbs and it really isn't close.
Dobbs=Akili Smith
Rudolph=Andy Dalton (if I want to play your game)

 

[bamawriter]

Are you in the Steelers coaches meetings? You have no idea what they will do.

Nope, I'm not in their meetings. But it's not hard to read the situation based upon how they're handling the preseason. I've said all along that Dobbs has to beat out Landry Jones. Every move the Steelers have made so far indicates that Jones is still the backup.

Just like I have no idea.

I would accuse you of dishonesty, but I actually believe that you have no idea. You've admitted to your own remedial understanding of how football works, so I find it plausible that you'll just have to take another lesson from this.

Unless the Steelers are complete morons, they're not releasing Dobbs after how AWFUL Mason Rudolph has looked.

They may not release Dobbs. They may try to get him on the practice squad. Either way, he's not going to make the 53 man roster, barring injury.

They're gonna either trade Landry Jones

Jones has little to no trade value.

or keep 4 QBs and try to safe face rather than admit the Mason Rudolph pick was a mistake.

There is absolutely no scenario in which the Steelers will keep 4 QBs. You might as well argue for the possibility that the sun is going to rise in the West tomorrow morning.

 

[bamawriter]

The pick 6 is exactly the stuff I have been telling you about. He doesn't have the arm strength to make that throw anyway but to do it with Jackson hanging 5 yards off? REALLY?

The real issue with the pick 6 was that it was the same play that Rudolph had to start the game. The Steelers were in the same formation, Dobbs had the same reads to make as Rudolph, and the Packers were giving Dobbs the same look. Despite everything telling him not to throw that pass, he did it anyway. It was a bad throw and a bad decision that is made all the more baffling by the fact that Dobbs had already seen it happen.

 

[TDawg]

12-18
195 passing yards
2 pass TDs

in just 2 quarters of action.

If those were Rudolph or Landry Jones numbers and Dobbs put up Mason's stat line, you guys would be posting it incessantly. But because it was Dobbs that put up the great stat line while Rudolph's line was pure trash, its on me to be the first to post it today.

I'm the guy who doesn't care about preseason stat lines. Why do I have to be the first to post those stats 12 hours after the game ended? Why didn't one of you stat geeks post it? Cause I remember last year you guys enjoyed posting Josh's stat line when he struggled. But now when the stats look good, you guys ignore and avoid them.

Now tell me again you ain't rooting against Dobbs?

No, especially if it was to start the second quarter against 2/3s scrubs, guys who may be bagging groceries at the end of pre-season. As I said, his first TD would have been a red-zone pic if not for a great play by the WR. Your dribble about stats is just asinine ... pre-season stats? Nope, you never heard me say anything about that, but if you want to hang your hat on it, go for it. Dobbs should have had at least 2 pics last night against rookies and 2/3/4th teamers but somehow, he is all that as a passer? No, you just don't know anything about being a passing QB. He doesn't have enough arm strength or talent to make the tough throws on a consistent basis and he sacrifices mechanics for more power and it affects his accuracy.

 

[TDawg]

The real issue with the pick 6 was that it was the same play that Rudolph had to start the game. The Steelers were in the same formation, Dobbs had the same reads to make as Rudolph, and the Packers were giving Dobbs the same look. Despite everything telling him not to throw that pass, he did it anyway. It was a bad throw and a bad decision that is made all the more baffling by the fact that Dobbs had already seen it happen.

Which is more evidence that he hasn't progressed in his ability to make quality decisions on the field. You have a point that even with a Peyton Manning type arm, that ball is at least deflected, maybe even still picked. But Dobbs arm isn't in the same zip code as Manning's so it's a throw that should never be made and definitely not to the inside if you don't have a cannon.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Are you in the Steelers coaches meetings? You have no idea what they will do. Just like I have no idea. All I've said is the Steelers would be idiots to let Josh go. But I also said they would be idiots to draft Mason Rudolph and they did that. So I don't count on the Steelers to actually make smart decisions. But neither of us know what they are going to do so stop acting like you know that Dobbs is already done. Mason Rudolph hasn't exactly shown anything to lead anyone to believe he has any potential to be the successor to Big Ben. If anything, Josh has shown more potential.

And for the record here is at least one Steelers writer who agrees with me that Dobbs has more potential long-term than Mason Rudolph:



Unless the Steelers are complete morons, they're not releasing Dobbs after how AWFUL Mason Rudolph has looked. They're gonna either trade Landry Jones or keep 4 QBs and try to safe face rather than admit the Mason Rudolph pick was a mistake.

Considering this Tommy Jaggi is literally the ONLY guy I've seen holding a torch for Dobbs, I'm starting to believe you are him.

Since you're either ignoring the obvious or you're too stupid to figure it out, I'll spell it out for you. Jones isn't playing because he is already the #2 and they don't want him to get hurt.