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stillers4me
08-05-2010, 05:21 AM
Thursday, August 05, 2010
By Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/images/201008/20100805sanders2_160.jpg
Matt Freed/Post-Gazette
Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders pulls in a pass at training camp at St. Vincent College in Latrobe Wednesday.


Make no mistake, Emmanuel Sanders is no Dez Bryant, at least not when it comes to exhibiting training-camp protocol.
Sanders, a rookie wide receiver from pass-happy Southern Methodist, was more than happy to carry Hines Ward's shoulder pads off the practice field at St. Vincent College -- something Bryant, a rookie, refused to do for veterans at the Dallas Cowboys training camp.
"It's like a rite of passage," said Sanders, a third-round draft choice. "That's what rookies do."
Sanders is hoping to do something else that a rookie wide receiver did last year for the Steelers: Be a big contributor in the offense.



Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10217/1077856-66.stm#ixzz0vj2mUUM8

stillers4me
08-05-2010, 05:44 AM
Sanders more experienced than many other rookies

By Mark Kaboly (mkaboly@dailynewsemail.com), TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, August 5, 2010

Rookie wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders hasn't looked overwhelmed despite going up against the likes of Ike Taylor and Bryant McFadden through the first several days of training camp.
It turns out there is a good reason for that.
The Steelers' third-round draft choice out of SMU has been going up against NFL cornerbacks for quite a while now.
Every summer for the past three years, Sanders worked out with Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders (not related) at his Prime U. camp in Texas...............

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_693472.html

SteelMember
08-05-2010, 08:21 AM
"He's ahead of where Michael was as a route-runner," said offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, who called Wallace the best rookie receiver he has had in 12 years.


"He has it," Wallace said. "You can see it in him. He has that swagger about himself. He has a great feel for the game. You can see it already. He can find holes [in the coverage], he can run great routes already. He just has the hips to do it."

These are the types of things we, as Steelers fans, enjoy reading about "our" rookies.

hotrodder07
08-05-2010, 08:31 AM
Impressing the coaches...and has no problem carrying Ward's pads. Great! I hope he can have the kind of impact that Wallace had in his rookie season.

Man, will the preseason start, already?!

Texasteel
08-05-2010, 08:33 AM
The few games I got to here, Sanders looked very good, and does everything pretty well. I still think he is going to be a huge surprise to a lot of people.

Shoes
08-05-2010, 08:49 AM
Good read S4M....thanks for this!

Psycho Ward 86
08-05-2010, 08:58 AM
"Emmanuel Sanders routinely would go up against NFL cornerbacks Pacman Jones (Cincinnati), Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (Arizona), Chris Johnson (Oakland), Devin Hester (Chicago), Darius Butler (New England) and Captain Munnerlyn (Carolina)."

Now that's how you get primed for the NFL

Killer
08-05-2010, 09:09 AM
Sanders is hoping to do something else that a rookie wide receiver did last year for the Steelers: Be a big contributor in the offense.



just catch the ball first and we be happy

http://files.pittsburghlive.com/photos/2010-08-04/sanders2-a.jpg

vrabinec
08-05-2010, 09:10 AM
I saw him in camp, and he looks great. Outstanding hands (of course, that's without the DB's being allowed to hit him, so we'll see how he holds up under contact). Randel El hasn't gotten any better since he was here, and looks like he lost a little of that jiggy thing he used to do in the open field, so I think this kid should be the #3 at some point this year.

Nadroj 20
08-05-2010, 09:23 AM
I saw him in camp, and he looks great. Outstanding hands (of course, that's without the DB's being allowed to hit him, so we'll see how he holds up under contact). Randel El hasn't gotten any better since he was here, and looks like he lost a little of that jiggy thing he used to do in the open field, so I think this kid should be the #3 at some point this year.

I saw him at camp too and was impressed. Im glad we have him..he will contribute some.

SteelGhost
08-05-2010, 09:40 AM
I hope this kid honors the great number he's wearing :thumbsup:

vrabinec
08-05-2010, 09:52 AM
I hope this kid honors the great number he's wearing :thumbsup:

He actually resembles him in the way he moves. Very fluid. Of course, Swannie could hold onto it when he got popped, and that's what we have to wait and see if Sanders can do.

SteelGhost
08-05-2010, 10:16 AM
:drink:

Wallace108
08-05-2010, 11:20 AM
I still think he is going to be a huge surprise to a lot of people.

I agree. He's got the talent and the perfect attitude.

Chidi29
08-05-2010, 12:57 PM
Glad to hear about his route running. That was my biggest concern.

stillers4me
08-05-2010, 12:59 PM
And he's smokin' hot......:chuckle:

Austin87
08-05-2010, 01:00 PM
I like Sander's work ethic, seems like he really wants to succeed in the NFL. I'm liking this draft class more and more.

MULLDOG24
08-05-2010, 01:03 PM
Glad to hear about his route running. That was my biggest concern.

Same here! It's great to here good things about Sanders and really encourages me for the upcoming season.

vrabinec
08-05-2010, 01:32 PM
I like Sander's work ethic, seems like he really wants to succeed in the NFL. I'm liking this draft class more and more.

Yeah, this is one of the better draft classes we've had in a while IMO. I was just telling someone about the class with Mendy and Sweed. After those two, I really had to search for what the front office saw in the draft picks that compelled them to draft the guy. This year, what they bring is very clear in almost every one of them, and it's more a matter of whether or not they can fix a few flaws. I really think that, with the exception of a couple guys, every pick this year will end up either on our roster or some other NFL roster. Even guys like Sylvester, who have almost no chance of making our roster because of numbers have some nice qualities that'll make them really hard to cut.

steeldevil
08-05-2010, 01:36 PM
Good to hear he is performing well and knows his stuff!

vrabinec
08-05-2010, 01:46 PM
And he's smokin' hot......:chuckle:

Troy's gonna be jealous...

stillers4me
08-05-2010, 03:01 PM
Troy's gonna be jealous...

There's room in my bed...I mean, heart for both. :heh:

ALLD
08-05-2010, 03:09 PM
Carrying the pads of Hines Ward is an honor and carrying the pads of Roy Williams is a joke. Have to side with Bryant on this one.

vrabinec
08-05-2010, 03:15 PM
Carrying the pads of Hines Ward is an honor and carrying the pads of Roy Williams is a joke. Have to side with Bryant on this one.

Bryant's a head case. They'll be lucky to get 2 semi-useful years out of him before he implodes in some way.

salamander
08-05-2010, 03:23 PM
I can't wait to see what this guy can do for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

cold-hard-steel
08-05-2010, 03:35 PM
There's room in my bed...I mean, heart for both. :heh:

LOL, get a room!

vrabinec
08-05-2010, 03:57 PM
Someone reported that Sanders dropped a pass today. It is newsworthy, because it's the first one I know of that he dropped. (Not saying there weren't others he dropped.)

stillers4me
08-05-2010, 03:58 PM
Someone reported that Sanders dropped a pass today. It is newsworthy, because it's the first one I know of that he dropped. (Not saying there weren't others he dropped.)

He's a bust.

I called it first. :heh:

vrabinec
08-05-2010, 04:05 PM
He's a bust.

I called it first. :heh:
+1

steelerdude15
08-05-2010, 04:47 PM
This is great to hear that the is playing well in camp. Hopefully he can make a huge contribution this upcoming season.

SMR
08-05-2010, 06:28 PM
Thursday, August 05, 2010
By Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/images/201008/20100805sanders2_160.jpg
Matt Freed/Post-Gazette
Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders pulls in a pass at training camp at St. Vincent College in Latrobe Wednesday.


Make no mistake, Emmanuel Sanders is no Dez Bryant, at least not when it comes to exhibiting training-camp protocol.
Sanders, a rookie wide receiver from pass-happy Southern Methodist, was more than happy to carry Hines Ward's shoulder pads off the practice field at St. Vincent College -- something Bryant, a rookie, refused to do for veterans at the Dallas Cowboys training camp.
"It's like a rite of passage," said Sanders, a third-round draft choice. "That's what rookies do."
Sanders is hoping to do something else that a rookie wide receiver did last year for the Steelers: Be a big contributor in the offense.



Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10217/1077856-66.stm#ixzz0vj2mUUM8

Great post, doll. Thanks for the heads up. Come season, start ALREADY!!!!

Soufjerzz
08-05-2010, 09:50 PM
I guess Sanders is this years Frank Summers or the year before lasts Issac Redman, or the year before thats Anthony Smith....Every year there is a training camp champ who turns out to regular season chump.

Psycho Ward 86
08-05-2010, 09:52 PM
I guess Sanders is this years Frank Summers or the year before lasts Issac Redman, or the year before thats Anthony Smith....Every year there is a training camp champ who turns out to regular season chump.

How does that hater-ade taste?

Chidi29
08-05-2010, 09:54 PM
How does that hater-ade taste?

Just speaking the truth. Maybe he's wrong about Sanders, but there's always a guy that gets overhyped. It happens with every fan on every team.

Killer
08-05-2010, 09:58 PM
The dude has a camp to show what he got.

now's the time to feel positive


Just catch the ball in the EZ when you're wide open and you'll beat what we had in Sweed.

Soufjerzz
08-05-2010, 09:58 PM
Just speaking the truth. Maybe he's wrong about Sanders, but there's always a guy that gets overhyped. It happens with every fan on every team.
+1
Thank you, not hating I learned my lesson from previous camps. The local media always finds one or two players to hype up get us in frenzy.

Psycho Ward 86
08-05-2010, 10:01 PM
Just speaking the truth. Maybe he's wrong about Sanders, but there's always a guy that gets overhyped. It happens with every fan on every team.

Absolutes. Pshhh....throw 'em away. Or he could be this year's Mike Wallace (in the way that he might have a great training camp/preseason and a great rookie year).

Chidi29
08-05-2010, 10:08 PM
Absolutes. Pshhh....throw 'em away. Or he could be this year's Mike Wallace (in the way that he might have a great training camp/preseason and a great rookie year).

Very possible. The inverse of what I said is true. Always one guy that is dismissed that takes the world by storm.

I'm not agreeing with his player selection (Though if sanders' route running is 'meh' like I think it could be) but I'm agreeing with his thought process.

If someone would have come in last year during the preseason and said, "Isaac Redman will do nothing for us. He'll be on the practice squad most of the year, get released once, and only be on the 53 one game', that person would have been blasted. He also would have been right.

Soufjerzz
08-05-2010, 10:10 PM
Psych Ward hopefully ur right that would be awesome. Being a star during training camp is cool but he has to prove it during the regular season.

Galax Steeler
08-06-2010, 03:38 AM
Nice read about Sanders I hope he turns out to be a jem just like Wallace. I am reall excited about our recievers this year.

BuddhaBus
08-06-2010, 07:28 AM
I am reall excited about our recievers this year.

Me too. I'm flabbergasted that we are making this statement about our receiving corps after losing both Holmes and Sweed. Whoda thunk it!

SteelerFanInStl
08-06-2010, 08:05 AM
Good to hear. Hopefully he'll be able to step right in and contribute this year like Wallace did last year.

vrabinec
08-06-2010, 08:47 AM
I guess Sanders is this years Frank Summers or the year before lasts Issac Redman, or the year before thats Anthony Smith....Every year there is a training camp champ who turns out to regular season chump.

2005 the hype was about Parker and Ced Wilson. One turned out to be good, the other couldn;t get off the line in real games

2006 there wasn't really any hype about anyone

2007 the hype was about Woodley

2008 the hype was about Sweed

2009 the hype was about Wallace and Redman

Sometimes they pan out, and sometimes they don't. Just because the reporters say that a guy like Sweed is impressive, and he flames out like he did in games, doesn't mean they were wrong about what they reported about him in camp. I still insist that Limas Sweed was the best receiver we had in the last two camps. Unfortunately, something happens to him when he gets into games. I don't remember any hype about Summers or Smith. Redman may turn out to be a good player after all. Sometimes the hype pans out, sometimes it doesn't.

p.s. Jim Wexell Tweeted this yesterday: Yes, Sanders looked incredible today. This morning he made another Catch of the Day along sideline. So the "hype" continues.

SteelMember
08-06-2010, 09:10 AM
I'm not agreeing with his player selection (Though if sanders' route running is 'meh' like I think it could be) but I'm agreeing with his thought process.

Why would you think that when scouts, coaches and his teammates have been saying the opposite?

They are not "the media" looking to hype anything.

Chidi29
08-06-2010, 01:11 PM
Why would you think that when scouts, coaches and his teammates have been saying the opposite?

They are not "the media" looking to hype anything.

Oh, now you guys start to back what Arians says. :lol:

It's just one of those things I have to see for myself. I'm still nervous over the comments about how he hadn't run a comeback route until now and in general, the lack of precise route running that exists in a spread.

SteelMember
08-06-2010, 02:06 PM
Oh, now you guys start to back what Arians says. :lol:

It's just one of those things I have to see for myself. I'm still nervous over the comments about how he hadn't run a comeback route until now and in general, the lack of precise route running that exists in a spread.

Ahhh, no.

Although that was a pretty good response... but it has nothing to do with his redzone issues. That's my problem, but if it's easier to make a blanket statement and say "you guys" that's fine. :drink:

The question was more to how "you" would think that. I can't say that I've watched many of his college games besides highlights, so I was wondering how you came to that conclusion more than anything. You touched on it a bit, but you can't blame him just because he was never asked to run a certain route in a June Jones, run-and-shoot can you? I think it should be more about how well he did processing and executing new information too. If he played the slot in college, I'm sure there is a difference in routes simply playing the X in general, but it still all comes down to his technique/body control... and that is what's being praised so far. So I can't honestly say I'm worried about his route running at this point.

Yes, we still have to see if he can absorb the inevitable contact in full speed competition with non-friendlies and hold on to the ball, but that will be determined soon enough... but that is a different issue, imo.

Chidi29
08-06-2010, 05:35 PM
Ahhh, no.

Although that was a pretty good response... but it has nothing to do with his redzone issues. That's my problem, but if it's easier to make a blanket statement and say "you guys" that's fine. :drink:

The question was more to how "you" would think that. I can't say that I've watched many of his college games besides highlights, so I was wondering how you came to that conclusion more than anything. You touched on it a bit, but you can't blame him just because he was never asked to run a certain route in a June Jones, run-and-shoot can you? I think it should be more about how well he did processing and executing new information too. If he played the slot in college, I'm sure there is a difference in routes simply playing the X in general, but it still all comes down to his technique/body control... and that is what's being praised so far. So I can't honestly say I'm worried about his route running at this point.

Yes, we still have to see if he can absorb the inevitable contact in full speed competition with non-friendlies and hold on to the ball, but that will be determined soon enough... but that is a different issue, imo.

I was making a joke....I wasn't going to get too technical about who I was referring to.

I didn't watch him in college either, but I know he's talked about never running a comeback route before. And in a spread that doesn't face bump-and-run coverage, the route tree is simplified. Not saying that he can't overcome this in time, and I'm not blaming him for not running the whole tree, but it's an adjustment. I know they're two completely different players, but the best example off the top of my head from last year is Patrick Turner. He rarely or never dressed because his route running was too raw and he didn't make crisp cuts. Wallace had so much success last year partly due to his great field awareness and ability to break off routes at the right moment. That's something I saw week after week.

Not saying that Sanders can't do it, but this is a legitimate concern of any wide receiver coming into the NFL. Especially out of a spread offense.

Let's just watch a little bit of the actual games before getting too high on any one player. Which is right around the corner. How awesome is that!?!?

Killer
08-06-2010, 05:45 PM
Beat writer Ed Bouchette predicts that rookie Antonio Brown will "make it hard" for the Steelers to keep fewer than six receivers this year.

Brown and third-rounder Emmanuel Sanders have surpassed expectations early in camp, providing unexpected depth at a position in flux.

Both rookies are fluid route runners catching everything that comes their way.

Their emergence also means trouble for specialist Stefan Logan, as both players are more than capable on kick returns.

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playernews.aspx?sport=NFL&line=177232

Soufjerzz
08-06-2010, 06:12 PM
2005 the hype was about Parker and Ced Wilson. One turned out to be good, the other couldn;t get off the line in real games

2006 there wasn't really any hype about anyone

2007 the hype was about Woodley

2008 the hype was about Sweed

2009 the hype was about Wallace and Redman

Sometimes they pan out, and sometimes they don't. Just because the reporters say that a guy like Sweed is impressive, and he flames out like he did in games, doesn't mean they were wrong about what they reported about him in camp. I still insist that Limas Sweed was the best receiver we had in the last two camps. Unfortunately, something happens to him when he gets into games. I don't remember any hype about Summers or Smith. Redman may turn out to be a good player after all. Sometimes the hype pans out, sometimes it doesn't.

p.s. Jim Wexell Tweeted this yesterday: Yes, Sanders looked incredible today. This morning he made another Catch of the Day along sideline. So the "hype" continues.

Exactly my point, actually your entire post proves my point. Every year there is a different player that gets hyped. I'm not gonna get whipped into a frenzy this year about a player in shorts playing like Lynn Swann during non contact drills.

wootawnee
08-06-2010, 10:20 PM
I gotta feeling if Hines Ward asks Dez Bryant to carry his pads he does so happily.......What did Roy Williams ever do?....

Shoes
08-06-2010, 10:42 PM
bu...bu ...but Golden Tate :chuckle: