Offensive Line Makeup after Simmons goes down

Honestly I like stapleton getting in there. Maybe starks/colon would be a mild upgrade this season, but I like stapleton because that’s looking towards the future. Lets see what we have in him because Starks is gone at the end of this season.

Ween stapleton into a full-time starting guard and then maybe get him some action at center in the future. Smart move, I like it.

The temptation is to rejoice that the banes of our existence last year (Simmons and Mahan) are gone, but that really does give us depth problems. I’ve said elsewhere that we don’t have a great starting 5, but we have a solid top 8. Well, after the Mahan trade and the Simmons injury, we now have a solid top 6 and no backups on the interior. We need to find some quality backups from somewhere, and preferably not by trading draft picks.

Considering Colon’s poor start to the season, I would be fine with bringing in Starks and seeing what Colon can do in Simmons’ place over the bye week. I think you keep Stapleton in there for this week and see how he holds up against Henderson and co.

I’ve actually seen it several places that Trai Essex is the front runner to start in Simmon’s place. He was inactive last night so he wasn’t an option, but he’s got more experience and his forte is pass blocking.

Tomlin said Darnell Stapleton, who filled in for Simmons Monday night, and Trai Essex will compete for the starting job at right guard.

Tomlin said the team has not ruled out giving starting right tackle Willie Colon a look at right guard but added that Stapleton or Essex is the short-term solution for now.

Sounds like they’ll give Colon a serious look at guard over the bye week. I’m hoping they stick with Stapleton, but we’ll see if that’s really the best option.

…is a troll. Dude, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I can respect that, but if you are so negative in you thoughts on the Steelers, why do you even call yourself a Steelers fan! It’d be one thing if your retarded posts made any sense, but they dont. Which leaves me with the opinion that you are a troll or just plain stupid!
Go root for another squad!

Tober ethan’s contant bitching about everything about the team and having nothing positive about themis not a fan and is indeed grounds for Troll consideration. The term fan is short for fanatic…if youre forever the pessimist, you are not a fan of said team. It would be one thing if he really ever made sense, but he doesnt. Being negative and babbling off bs is just that,,,bullshit!
To me, he’s more troll than fan. Thats all Im saying~

Yancy Thigpen, Chad Scott, Kimo Von Olhoffen, Mark Bruner, Carnel Lake, Dan Krieder, Joel Steed, Clark Haggans, and many many more.

We get rid of them when the getting’s good, and Peezy is not a good example, he had a shitty year last year, and one good game this season does not a mistake on our part make. You’re argument is retarded. He may still be done.

Plaxico Burress was a thug-bitch. A thug bitch who wanted too much money. Steelers don’t keep thug-bitches no matter how good they are. Look at that douche bag now, he’s suspended for blowing off work for fighting with his baby’s mama.

Wayne Gandy and Rod Woodson would be about the only decent arguments that you could make (Vrable never really showed us anything). Chad Brown, maybe.

RE, I was actually thinking that everyone was being a little too hard on you until I read your last item. You really aren’t that smart are you. I can deal with someone who is dour, but not someone who is dour and dumb. That is just too much for me.