BTSC Daily Six Pack - Silent in Free Agency Edition
by John Stephens on Mar 8, 2010 10:23 AM EST
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PrintIX- As usual, the Steelers remained pretty silent in the open of free agency as many teams made big splashes. Most notably for the Steelers is that the Baltimore Ravens signed Anquan Boldin This news is disconcerting considering the poor year our secondary had in the 2009 season. I would argue that this is one of the toughest times to be a Steelers fan. Essentially, we see every team "get better" as the Steelers make little to no moves. However, you have to remember that the Steelers build through the draft and have done so with great success for many years now. I have faith in the Steelers organization.
X- Keep your eyes peeled on news about FS Ryan Clark today. Fans over at the Phinsider believe he will be signed onto a contract today. I still believe there is an outside chance he could remain a Steeler, but my gut feeling says both sides are ready to move on. Regardless of what happens, I would like to thank Ryan for everything he has given this organization. No one should feel any bad blood toward Clark if he does leave.
XIII- I am not sure if this is a good sign or a bad sign, but Ben Roethlisberger has hired Ed Garland as his lawyer. Who is that, you ask? Garland is the same lawyer that defended the Baltimore Ravens star LB, Ray Lewis, over a decade ago. One thing is for certain though, Ben Roethlisberger makes terrible decisions off the field. It is time to grow up Ben and make decisions like a mature adult, that will not put you in vulnerable positions.
XIV- Well this one went under my radar. Apparently, James Farrior had surgery on his elbow this off season. I cannot even find a story on the report, but allegedly it was nothing serious. Directly from SteelersDepot:
Steelers linebacker James Farrior recently had elbow surgery to clean up some bone fragments according to his agent Ralph Cindrich. Cindrich told me the process was nothing special.
XL- It might have gotten lost in all of the free agency hub-bub on Friday, but the Steelers did make one move in FA. They resigned ERFA Patrick Bailey to the minimum 3rd year player deal of 470,000. Bailey was one of our better ST players on the year and keeping him on board for a cheap price will be good for that unit.
XLIII- This last one has nothing to do with football. If you dislike College Basketball, you can stop reading here. I was wondering if I could garner enough interest from people to do a BTSC March Madness "Pick-em" group on Yahoo. There would be no money involved, but it would be a fun competition. If you are interested let me know and I will put together a group.
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Count me in on the basketball bracket. I usually run the one at my work so it’ll be nice to sit back and let someone else do it.
by Cannon36 on Mar 8, 2010 10:36 AM EST via mobile reply actions
throw me as well
nothing better than thowing random names out and hoping they work. sounds fun.
On the FA according to NFL network we are interested in Bodden
I'm getting tired of saying this: Dick LeBeau’s system is so complex very few rookies can make an impact.
I am in on the
bracket too. Thanks for doing this!
hhhheaaattttthhhhh!
"You have to under promise and over deliver." Mike Tomlin
Count me in for the bracket tourney
Go Pitt!
"He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant." I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."
- Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983).
Yes, but...
They’ll have to pay the man. The Cards wanted out from that contract…
by Chicago Steeler on Mar 8, 2010 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
- The Steelers draft they don’t over pay FA. While boring, it has worked.
- As previously stated I thank 25 for his years of service, the body parts he left in Denver and XLIII. Hope he steals millions from Philly or Miami.
- Glad to see “Stupid Ben” signed a good lawyer. Now the “Big Stupid” needs to sign a couple body guards worth a crap that will keep him out of trouble. Bradshaw may not have been able to spell cat given the C and the A but he knew how to avoid blitzers and the law.
- Patrick Bailey won the Joe Greene award as ROTY in 08. In 2009 his play slipped considerably. I noticed him missing tackle after tackle. Hope with the new contract and the added off season training he gets better. We could use a special teams ace. Where are they now Clint Krierwalt?
- Go Pitt Panthers!
When You Run The Ball Good Things Happen
Ben is like a trashy version of Broadway Joe.
by Phantaskippy on Mar 8, 2010 11:46 AM EST up reply actions
Shaq-Like
Always liked how Shaq was Big Diesel, then Big Aristotle, then Big something else. That’s where Big Stupid comes from. I kinda like it too and it fits Ben.
When You Run The Ball Good Things Happen
Big Stupid
actually has a couple rings to it….
Along with Battle, Steelers will meet with Safety FA Will Allen
That makes it seem even more likely that he is gone.
"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want them to bury me upside down, so that my critics can kiss my a**!"
-Bobby Knight
The 6-1, 200-pound Allen has spent the last six season with the Tampa Bay Buccanners.
So another Tomlin guy?
Darren Sharper also has a connection with Tomlin, they played together in college.
by Phantaskippy on Mar 8, 2010 11:51 AM EST up reply actions
Sharper will probably cost way too much
"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want them to bury me upside down, so that my critics can kiss my a**!"
-Bobby Knight
by John Stephens on Mar 8, 2010 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
If it's between Sharper and Allen
No bet. Allen will (see what I did there? LOL) be much cheaper than Sharper.
"OOH! A piece of candy. OOH! A piece of candy."
-James Woods
Allen isn't Sharper
(see what I did there?) haha. What was That SNL skit about anyway?
To try and fail may be unacceptable, but failing to try, is accepting failure.
Clark is Out
I thank him for his service, but it is safe to say I won’t miss him. Also don’t forget there is always the possibility that we have to play a playoff game in denver which could cost us a starter for the game. What gets lost in he shuffle amongst all the draft talk and FA talk is Ryan Mundy. I would love to see Will Allen come in and compete with Mundy for the job. The best part about Allen is that he is a special teams ace.
by TheCommish on Mar 8, 2010 12:17 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
hmmm
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
Twice the legal limit
and you’re rolling down your window to tell a cop that you need to get through so please open the barricade?
Alcohol and Football players, maybe the NFL should start a chapter of Saferides through M.A.D.D
Wrong Will Allen
"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want them to bury me upside down, so that my critics can kiss my a**!"
-Bobby Knight
by John Stephens on Mar 8, 2010 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
Ha!
I suspected you would investigate well. Good job.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
Not me
Props to sparco
"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want them to bury me upside down, so that my critics can kiss my a**!"
-Bobby Knight
by John Stephens on Mar 8, 2010 1:06 PM EST up reply actions
Saw this today
Adam_SchefterFiled to ESPN: Former Bucs S Will Allen will sign a three-year contract today with the Steelers — all while S Ryan Clark is in Miami.
hhhheaaattttthhhhh!
"You have to under promise and over deliver." Mike Tomlin
now if....
we could just get rid of Gay. he plays softer than an air mattress
Tweet from Adam Schefter
Filed to ESPN: Former Bucs S Will Allen will sign a 3-year contract today with the Steelers — all while S Ryan Clark is in Miami
"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want them to bury me upside down, so that my critics can kiss my a**!"
-Bobby Knight
NOOOO...
Just what we need now, another distraction. Somebody please call Dan and tell him that Ireland can fend for itself for a while…
"You learn more in failure than you do in success." - Mike Tomlin
by Rebecca Rollett on Mar 8, 2010 12:42 PM EST up reply actions
Just saw that above.
Thank goodness…
"You learn more in failure than you do in success." - Mike Tomlin
by Rebecca Rollett on Mar 8, 2010 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
Wrong Will Allen
"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want them to bury me upside down, so that my critics can kiss my a**!"
-Bobby Knight
by John Stephens on Mar 8, 2010 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
No I was agreeing
"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want them to bury me upside down, so that my critics can kiss my a**!"
-Bobby Knight
by John Stephens on Mar 8, 2010 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
the new Ryan Clark
and that’s how we roll – Hope replaced by Clark (vet with 4 yrs exp), and now Clark replaced by W Allen (vet w 6 yrs exp) …
And let him compete with Mundy.
Conclusion: Steelers aren’t going to reach for E Thomas at #18? But who knows – Thomas is probably better CB than anybody other than Ike on the current roster.
count me in the tournament to Johnny
I always have pretty good luck with the brackets. Do you think Ben is going to be suspended by Sheriff Goodell. Should we look at Drafting a QB a bit higher..maybe 4th round as a compensatory pick. or 5th.
Tourney=count me in!
sorry guys but i’ll be pulling for CUSE!!!!!
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who place everyone into two groups, and those who don't.
by syracusepittfan on Mar 8, 2010 12:57 PM EST reply actions
I wouldn't ...
read too much into hiring a hogh-priced lawyer. If one can afford it, it would be the smart thing to do … guilty or not. Further, hiring a mouthpiece will allow him to return to duty and not have to be in GA any longer than he must.
On Big Ben...
Ben, by all outward appearances, you are a serial rapist, or a dumb-ass — which is it?
I’m uncomfortable with either as my long-term solution at QB (as much as that pains me to say). Do we go QB at some point in the draft?
Go Steelers!
Count me in the bracket pool too
I haven’t done one of those since high school.
And hopefully Will Allen can be half as good as Clark. We don’t need a superstar player at that position, just a solid guy. Now that we have depth at that position it really gives us some flexibility on draft day.
Did you ever think you'd see the day.....
when the Quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers had to retain the same criminal attorney as Ray"The Felon" Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens?
Oh the irony
Steelers football is 60 mins.
by tannofsteel84 on Mar 9, 2010 9:46 AM EST up reply actions
I wonder if the FA tackle
they picked up will be going after Colon or is just depth? He started 9 games last year.
My heros have always been Steelers...
what his name
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
Personally I hate to say this is that I really believe he guilty of doing this.
Something about this story stinks and it is not the girls story. I believe her story.
by steeler_in_maryland on Mar 8, 2010 5:23 PM EST reply actions
what even is her story?
All I know is something happened in a bathroom that wasn’t rape.
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
No stories have really come out?
"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want them to bury me upside down, so that my critics can kiss my a**!"
-Bobby Knight
by John Stephens on Mar 9, 2010 8:49 AM EST up reply actions
+1
how can you believe a story when the story itself hasn’t even been released? at this point, everything we’ve heard is pure conjecture unless you rely on TMZ.com as your primary news source. and, gina, just to add one thing, all we know is something allegedly happened in a bathroom that wasn’t rape.
well said re: Ben
If Ben is shown to be guilty of what he’s accused of, you will not hear a word out of me in his defense. If he’s guilty, he’s no hero and deserves whatever punishment he has coming. That said, the man is still innocent until proven guilty, and I’ll refrain from forming an opinion on the accusations until the facts are known.
But you’re right that Ben needs to grow up and realize that he has both a public profile and big responsibilities now. Being an NFL franchise QB is about more than just the massive paycheck and the accolades from success on the field; it’s about the relationship you have with your city, and the fact that you’re a public figure who represents the team, the city, and the league to the broader public. He needs to realize that certain situations need to be avoided, simply because he’s a public figure. Even if nothing happened that night in GA, he has to understand that being in a compromising situation like, well, barhopping into the morning hours always has the potential to damage him and his image.
P is for Latrobe.
count me in on tourney bracket
usually have my heels winning it all but they got infected by the same championship hangover as our Steelers.
Don’t know who i’m picking this year but the Dookies will go out early :)
PS 2005- Steelers win superbowl , 3 mo later Heels win ncaa tourney
2009 – Steelers win superbowl , 3 mo later Heels win ncaa tourney
translation – WHEN the steelers win their next superbowl , pick Carolina to win it all
You can join
Its in the recommended fanposts
"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want them to bury me upside down, so that my critics can kiss my a**!"
-Bobby Knight
by John Stephens on Mar 10, 2010 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
Big Ben - not the sharpest tool in the shed
It’s time to face facts guys: Ben makes some really dumb decisions with his life.
Even the best case scenario for this nightclub thing makes him look like a creep and a moron. So, he and some girl are drunk off their asses. He apparently manages to leave a DNA sample behind without intercourse. She hits her head and ends up going to the hospital.
Even allowing for the possibility that Ben is as innocent as the situation can allow (basically, he’s a perv, she’s a perv, they were both drunk as a skunk), is this how you want this guy spending his time? The giant pile of cash he has been given?
This is why every signing bonus should come with a conduct unbecoming clause.
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