BTSC Weekly Fanpost Round-Up

A whirlwind tour of the slew of fanposts written by y'all this past week here on BTSC. As always, thank you, thank you, thank you for continuing to churn out the great discussion starters week after week.

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I have changed the settings so that there should be double the number of fanposts that show up on your right hand sidebar than previously, but nevertheless, this round-up should keep attention on the more commented and notable contributions from this past week before they get out of sight, out of mind completely.

To the fanposts.

* TURFgeek was the first to note the addition of former USC Trojan fullback Ryan Powdrell to the fold. Restricted free agents Sean McHugh and Carey Davis may be particularly interested in this development, as he could potentially slide into their role next year.

* The sagacious and thoughtful steeler.lifer notes that Mike Tomlin's contract should become a point of emphasis in the Steelers off the field agendas sooner rather than later.

* Also from steeler.lifer was his thorough posting of offensive line statistics from the 2008 season. The numbers themselves are a bit hard to comprehend, but it's useful information when trying to understand exactly how individual members of the line played this past year.

* One of the youngest yet most thoughtful and rational BTSC contributors, HighSchoolSteeler celebrated big #16 this past week. To mark the occasion, he weighed in with his Wish List for this coming year.

* On the NFL Draft front:

• 72Steeler writes about Jordan Gross and Vernon Carey
• tannofsteel84 with a post on Florida Gators WR/KR Percy Harvin and other draft thoughts.
• 13thieves makes the case as to why the Steelers will draft a TE this April.
  

* On the Free Agency front:

• NYSteelersFan4 looks at potential free agent targets floating out there.
• Longtime reader and draft enthusiast belvalle55 with some more under the radar restricted free agents.
• tobiathan doesn't think the Steelers need to be as active in Free Agency and the draft as some might think looking to upgrade the O-Line. He thinks holding tight and letting this young group jel a bit more is an option at least worth considering.
  

* upabob starts a heated debate about the value and future of Fast Willie Parker on the team.

There's others worth including for sure, but I'll leave it there for now. Purposefully not included were the posts that were recommended and subsequently bumped up to the top of the right hand sidebar. Be sure to check those out if you haven't already done so.