Pittsburg, PA
CBS Sports Plays Match Maker And Has Ryan Tannehill Signing With Pittsburgh
Since the end of the season the rumors surrounding how the Pittsburgh Steelers will move forward at quarterback has been never ending. Despite almost everyone in the Steelers organization publicly stating their support for QB Kenny Pickett, many different outlets have linked different quarterbacks with Pittsburgh. Recently, Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports played quarterback matchmaker and has the Steelers signing Ryan Tannehill in free agency.
“The Steelers are in an awkward position of wanting to give former first-rounder Kenny Pickett another audition while also knowing full well they can’t gloss over a Plan B,” wrote Benjamin. “A splashier upgrade, such as a trade for the dynamic Justin Fields, would be more invigorating. But Ryan Tannehill is precisely the kind of plug-and-play veteran for their predicament, providing immediate starting competition and/or premium insurance. He’s likely past his prime, more reliant on his setup than most, but in an old-school offense now run by old friend Arthur Smith, he might at least raise the ceiling of a notoriously sluggish wild-card contender.”
Tannehill would make sense given his connection to offensive coordinator Arthur Smith and the need for quarterbacks on the roster with only Pickett signed for next season. However, if Tannehill does sign he will not be gifted the starting role, instead likely competing for it. The big question is if he would be okay with this and if he would be willing to help Pickett.
The addition of Tannehill would be an upgrade over Pittsburgh’s previous backup, Mitchell Trubisky, and he has shown to be successful in Smith’s offensive system. In Tannehill’s two years with Smith as offensive coordinator Tannehill made his only Pro Bowl and threw for 6,561 yards, 55 touchdowns, and only 13 interceptions. In those two years, he also had the two highest yards per attempt in his career, with 9,6 in 2019 and 7.9 in 2020.
The main hope is for Smith to get Pickett to put up those numbers, but if Pickett still struggles next season having a back up like Tannehill who knows the system and has proven to be successful in it would be a luxury to have.
Last year, Americans received nearly 30 billion scam robocalls and text messages. Now, leaders in Pennsylvania are taking a new approach to try to crack down on them.
“It’s not just certain audiences that are targeted in this space. It’s really everybody,” said Kate Sullivan, CEO of Better Business Bureau of Western Pennsylvania. “Robocalling is just faster and more aggressive than it’s ever been,” Sullivan said.
The prevalence, exacerbated by artificial intelligence, is why 49 attorneys general across the country sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission to strengthen its rules to prevent scammers from accessing legitimate phone numbers.
“You have individuals that will purchase maybe 100,000 different phone numbers,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said. “Those numbers will land somewhere where you have a nefarious actor who will use those numbers to do the robocalls.”
Sunday is part of the Anti-Robocall Task Force, along with West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey. Last year, the coalition sent warning letters to major phone service providers to stop allowing illegal robocalls to reach consumers. Now they’re building on this by going directly to the FCC.
“The consumer matters, and we want to make sure that our constituents, the consumers that are in our states’ voices, are being heard at the highest level as loudly as they can be,” McCuskey said.
Sunday said they want to put more onus on companies to not sell these numbers, and if they do, to have documentation that can be provided to law enforcement so they can trace back and hold the scammers accountable.
KDKA-TV reached out to the FCC for comment. A spokesperson said in part that they “welcome this input from state leaders.” They also mentioned, “The Commission proposed expanding certification and disclosure requirements to all providers that receive telephone numbering resources… to stop scammers from exploiting gaps in the system.”
“Getting ahead of it and more protections for the consumers, I think, does have quite a bit of value,” Sullivan said.
As for what you can do, the BBB and AGs said it’s better to let a robocall go to voicemail. If you decline it, that indicates you’re a real person and may get more calls. Also, make sure to report robocalls to the BBB or the Federal Trade Commission.
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