stillers4me
11-18-2010, 05:48 AM
By Joe Starkey (jraystarkey@gmail.com), PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Jeff Reed might have been the worst kicker in the NFL this season.
As such, it really doesn't matter if his silly postgame comments Sunday got him fired. Doesn't matter how much his off-field antics might have prompted the move. His lousy on-field performance justified it — and the situation appeared to be going from bad to hideous.
No doubt, the man affectionately known as "Skippy" could regain his form of the previous three seasons — when he was the NFL's most accurate kicker — with a new team. He also might have returned to form in a Steelers uniform next season, had he re-signed.
But how, exactly, would that have helped Steelers coach Mike Tomlin this Sunday, in a critical conference game against the Oakland Raiders?..............
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_709817.html
Tomlin needed the old Reed right now, a prospect that seemed highly unlikely.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Jeff Reed might have been the worst kicker in the NFL this season.
As such, it really doesn't matter if his silly postgame comments Sunday got him fired. Doesn't matter how much his off-field antics might have prompted the move. His lousy on-field performance justified it — and the situation appeared to be going from bad to hideous.
No doubt, the man affectionately known as "Skippy" could regain his form of the previous three seasons — when he was the NFL's most accurate kicker — with a new team. He also might have returned to form in a Steelers uniform next season, had he re-signed.
But how, exactly, would that have helped Steelers coach Mike Tomlin this Sunday, in a critical conference game against the Oakland Raiders?..............
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_709817.html
Tomlin needed the old Reed right now, a prospect that seemed highly unlikely.