Galax Steeler
03-11-2012, 07:02 AM
Both Art Rooney and Kevin Colbert have said publicly that Mike Wallace will be a priority.
"We're going to do everything we can to make sure Mike Wallace remains a Pittsburgh Steeler," Colbert said.
Notice, he did not say for how long, because if they are able to keep him longer than 2012 by signing him to a multiple-year contract, Wallace will enter rare company -- a wide receiver the Steelers were able to keep during the nearly 20-year free agency era by signing them to big contracts.
Among wide receivers who left in free agency were Yancey Thigpen, Plaxico Burress, Antwaan Randle El, Nate Washington, Bobby Shaw, Charles Johnson, Andre Hastings and more.
They also traded Santonio Holmes, Jeff Graham and Troy Edwards.
Here is the list of top wide receivers the Steelers were able to keep by signing them over the long term:
Hines Ward.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12071/1215923-66.stm#ixzz1ooDTrAWL
"We're going to do everything we can to make sure Mike Wallace remains a Pittsburgh Steeler," Colbert said.
Notice, he did not say for how long, because if they are able to keep him longer than 2012 by signing him to a multiple-year contract, Wallace will enter rare company -- a wide receiver the Steelers were able to keep during the nearly 20-year free agency era by signing them to big contracts.
Among wide receivers who left in free agency were Yancey Thigpen, Plaxico Burress, Antwaan Randle El, Nate Washington, Bobby Shaw, Charles Johnson, Andre Hastings and more.
They also traded Santonio Holmes, Jeff Graham and Troy Edwards.
Here is the list of top wide receivers the Steelers were able to keep by signing them over the long term:
Hines Ward.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12071/1215923-66.stm#ixzz1ooDTrAWL