Poll - Cook: Steelers should look into bringing back Plax

the biggest deciding factor is whether or not we sign him. (as weird as that sounds) if we did sign him, i would be relatively confident that he had legitimately turned things around. i voted in favor of signing him, but really i only want the FO to at least look into it.

signing plax would only hurt us. he’s a locker room cancer who would only hurt the development of sanders and brown (and sweed). people forget that before he put a hole in his own leg he was skipping meetings and being a huge pain in the ass for the giants. coughlin was getting sick of him and there’s no way tomlin would tolerate him. id rather bring willie parker back than plax, and i dont even want parker.

We don’t run the same offense we ran when Plex was last here, so he’d have to learn it all again like a rookie. He’s an extremely talented WR if he can come back to what he was, but that’s risky, and with the WR corps that we have I don’t think we need to gamble at that position. I hope the best for him, I’d love to see what he could do in say, STL or Detroit, but if the Steelers have the ability to take on that kinda salary, I’d rather see it go towards resigning Ike Taylor.

Man, now that I think about it, Detroit would be perfect for him. He’s a big target, which is a favorite of young QB’s, he’d be the clear #2 receiver there whereas everywhere else he’s played he’s been kinda the #1 but kinda not the #1. He’d allow Titus Young to slide naturally into the slot where he could be an absolute demon. Add to that a solid running game and an up and coming defense led by Suh and Fairley and that would be a pretty nice team.

Plax can go to the Patriots.

I don’t see him as an upgrade over any of the front four: Hines, Wallace, Sanders & Brown.

So i’d pass. If you’re gonna open the wallet- get some secondary or O-Line.

i think other teams like the Giants wants him back, or another option is he signs with the Eagles. That would make sense Vick and Plaxico on the same team. the only way it might happen if Sweed did not make roster. But i would rather take a chance on getting a wr on the next draft and stick with the receiving core of last season.

I’m not really sure what Antonio Brown has done that has him entrenched as a bonafied receiving option in some’s minds. He showed promise, and speed, but the guy caught nine passes last year total, and had one really big one against Baltimore. That’s it. He’s shown potental as a returner. Let’s not over-state his prowess just yet.

I would also pass on Plax though. I wish him the best, but I never really cared for Plax personally. He’s got great talent, and he’s a good player, but he didn’t want to be here when he left last time and I don’t want someone who isn’t fully on board. I’m sure he’s a better person now, prison will do that. I know some of the guards who work where he is, and they say he’s still working out and running and looks good, but they’re prison guards and not proffessional scouts. It will take some time for Plax to bounce back, and he can try to make that comeback elsewhere, somewhere he wants to be.