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For only having a population of about 2 million people, the Steel City sure has sent a lot of guys to the NFL. This is the best roster that I can assemble with guys who were born within the seven county Pittsburgh metropolitan area using names across all eras: Offense: QB1 Joe Montana: MVP '89,'90 HoF 2000 QB2 Dan Marino: MVP '84 HoF 2005 QB3 Johnny Unitas: MVP '59, 64,' 67 HoF 1974 PS Jim Kelly: HoF 2002 Honorable mentions: Joe Namath HoF 1985, George Blanda HoF 1981 Did you know these guys are Yinzers?: Alex VanPelt, Jeff Hostetler, Gus Frerotte, Marc Bulger, Charlie Batch, Bruce Gradkowski, Terrelle Pryor and Tyler Palko RB1 Tony Dorsett: '77 RotY HoF 1994 RB2 Curtis Martin: '95 RotY HoF 2012 RB3 Chuck Muncie PS Mercury Morris Honorable mention: Dick Hoak, Penn State legend, 10 year NFL vet and long time Steelers RB coach Did you know these guys are Yinzers?: LaRod Howlings-Stevens, Miles Sanders WR1 Brandon Marshall WR2 Tyler Boyd WR3 Steve Breaston TE1 Mike Ditka: RotY '61 HoF 1988 TE2 Jesse James: he caught that ball OT1 Joe Stydahar: 1967 HoF This guy is described as the 1st dominant NFL lineman OT2 Jimbo Covert 2020 HoF lol Swing Brian Baldinger: current NFL commentator (played for: Cowboys, Colts, Eagles) Did you know this guy is a Yinzer: Jonathan Martin of the Richie Incognito bullying incident G1 Russ Grimm: HoF 2010 G2 Bill Fralic: CFB HoF, described as the best guard in CFB history, one of the bigger NFL HoF snubs Swing Jahri Evans Honorable mention: Stephan Wisiniewski C1 Rich Saul: played 12 seasons entirely for the Rams C2 Jeff Christy: started 148 games for AZ, TB and MN Honorable mentions: Steelers legend Chukky Okobi Did you know this guy is a Yinzer: AQ Shipley Defense: DT1 Aaron Donald: 2x DPotY, future HoF DT2 Quinton Jefferson Honorable mention: Sean Gilbert, uncle of former future HoF CB Darrelle Revis, Leon Hart (last lineman to ever win the Heisman 1949, Notre Dame) DE/Edge OLB1 Jack Ham: 6x 1st team all-pro HoF 1988 OLB2 Jason Taylor: DPotY '06 HoF 2017 Swing Jabaal Sheard Honorable mention: Chase Winovich ILB1 Bill George: 8x 1st all-pro for the Bears HoF 1974 ILB2 Joe Schmidt: 8x 1st all-pro for the 50s Lions HoF 1973 ILB3 Randy White 7x 1st all-pro for the Landry dynasty Cowboys HoF 1994 Honorable mention: Sam Huff Giants, WFT HoF 1982 Did you know these guys are Yinzers?: Lavarr Arrington, Paul Posluszny, Sean Lee, Nick Kwiatowski CB1 Darrelle Revis: Future HoF CB2 Ty Law: HoF 2019 CB3 Jack Butler: pre-Noll Steelers legend HoF 2012 S1 Jordan Whitehead S2 Malik Hooker Did you know this guy is a Yinzer?: Barry Church P Pat McAfee Honorable mention: Andy Lee K George Blanda HoF 1981 Coaches: Cowher, Schottenheimer and Knox
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Who would be your long snapper?
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Kobe Bryant from the Lakers
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that’s an impressive roster. lacking a bit of speed at WR/returner but still pretty darn good
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# ? Jan 1, 2021 04:34 |
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pittsburgh loving sucks
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# ? Jan 1, 2021 04:55 |
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Wow 2 good players good job Pittsburgh
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# ? Jan 1, 2021 05:08 |
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looks to me like a lot of people played their rear end off to get the hell outta pittsburgh
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# ? Jan 1, 2021 05:24 |
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Stephan Wisiniewski is the most Pittsburgh name in this list. Tyler Palko is up there, but lacks that pop that an unspellable surname ending with -ski gives you.
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# ? Jan 1, 2021 05:30 |
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So Tyler Boyd and a bunch of scrubs?
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ASAPRockySituation posted:Who would be your long snapper? Looks like it's going to be Luke Rhodes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Rhodes
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indigi posted:that’s an impressive roster. lacking a bit of speed at WR/returner but still pretty darn good Also wish for a better TE than Ditka, but you can't have everything, I guess Eifert Posting posted:So Tyler Boyd and a bunch of scrubs? Tyler Boyd rules, it's true
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMdxpMXFR04
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPX2_OfF2wI
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# ? Jan 1, 2021 19:56 |
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Good roster. It's funny to me that all the best NFL quarterbacks have come from just three general areas of the country: The West Coast, the Gulf Coast, and Western PA. I'm sure that'll change eventually with the passage of time, but right now Canton is stuffed with guys from just these three places!
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Yad Rock posted:Good roster. It's funny to me that all the best NFL quarterbacks have come from just three general areas of the country: The West Coast, the Gulf Coast, and Western PA. I'm sure that'll change eventually with the passage of time, but right now Canton is stuffed with guys from just these three places! Send QB coaches to the Republic of Georgia. People are predisposed to big hands over there it seems and every other kid I gave a football to could huck a perfect spiral 25 yards on like their second attempt. It'd be fun to have half of the teams QBs in 30 years have a name that ends in shvili. "Wait, is it Georgishvili in Chicago and Junghashvili in Minnesota or..."
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Yad Rock posted:Good roster. It's funny to me that all the best NFL quarterbacks have come from just three general areas of the country: The West Coast, the Gulf Coast, and Western PA. I'm sure that'll change eventually with the passage of time, but right now Canton is stuffed with guys from just these three places! I was also shocked by the linebacker talent out of SW PA too. Just insane e; Uh oh new av prank
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it’s a good av
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