Per the talking horse Mr Ed Ed Bouchette @EdBouchette 1m Maurice Jones-Drew's visit with #Steelers ended. No contract. Still no backup RB. Next?
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Per the talking horse Mr Ed Ed Bouchette @EdBouchette 1m Maurice Jones-Drew's visit with #Steelers ended. No contract. Still no backup RB. Next?
Lets wait and see. I believe the jets were the only other team interested in him
No MJD. No Lance Moore. No Cotchery...
Major Fail?
I have a sneaking suspicion Panthers offered Cotch 2.5 mill a year or more , ( probably 3 mill ) he is a very good #3-#4 WR but he is not a #2 at this stage and in Carolina ( look at their roster ) he will be no worse than a #2 and may be looked at by some as the #1 ....they have bigger issues than us at WR and had to land him ...
makes him missed none the less here but at the same time he is not worthy of overpayment either .....
it does hurt ... and places more emphasis on finding a replacement in the draft and makes that more of a priority because we have unknowns everywhere except 84 ... Wheaton was drafted to be a starter but showed very little thus far so we still do not know what we have so if it is ME ... I draft with eye towards starter not #3 and let them battle for the #2 with the loser being the #3
I also believe we will see Plaxico in camp like it or not as we have little exp at WR
Maybe MJD and the Steelers have a "handshake" agreement and the contract gets signed after Woodley's deal comes off the books?
Free agency this year is like death by a thousand paper cuts. There was nobody irreplaceable that we stood to lose ... but we haven't really replaced any of them. Except Clark, I guess.
Ugh...
3 years $6.2 million is why Cotchery left
Not a hell of a lot different than what we were paying him already. We let him walk over $500K? We either have a really good alternate plan, or - judging by the way FA has gone so far - we got caught with our pants down again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dwinsgames
Run Ben run!
we let Al Woods go over 500k too seems to be a reoccurring themeQuote:
Originally Posted by steelreserve
Lets hope so!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mojouw
Doubt it. They can get money anytime by redoing Timmons deal...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mojouw
or extending Ben or finalizing a long term deal with Worilds ..... we have the ability to get coinQuote:
Originally Posted by 86WARD
That seems like the kind of thing that might work with a free agent like James Harrison, who we already know and probably isn't getting too many offers. It wouldn't work with a stranger, and especially not one who is likely to be signed in the meantime. You get a decent offer now, you take it; you don't wait around until June 1 based on a handshake. Not with everything that could happen in the meantime.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mojouw
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Originally Posted by Dwinsgames
We should also see if we can restructure Timmons' contract to be paid in Dogecoin. I doubt that counts against the cap, and he seems like a pretty tech-savvy guy.
Or Keisel.Quote:
Originally Posted by steelreserve
I am tired of all these visits without that don't end in signings. They bring my hopes up that we may be adding depth only to see those dashed without a contract. I hope scheduling a bunch of visits and only making two signings wasn't what they meant by "being more active"
new article up in draft forum if anyone is interested
If that's what he's looking for, he won't be playing for the Steelers.Quote:
Originally Posted by stillers4me
We will offer him $3 mil and let someone else actually give him that extra $500,000. Seems to be par for the course!Quote:
Originally Posted by stillers4me
Is Cotchery really a 2 mil. per season player at 32yo? I don't think so. We will miss him, but I'm glad they didn't get in a bidding war either. I'm not a fan of Lance Moore, so glad he's not signed. And if MJD wants 3.5mil , he has some work to do, but it will not be in Pittsburgh. I could see an offer around 2 mil MAX.
All in all they are doing typical Steelers stuff, holding pat where you can, signing some lesser know players that will help and not being forced into over paying just because there is a need.
Such cap room, very Colbert , many Rooneys, very free agent. Wow http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/21/2yma4a4e.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by steelreserve
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If rather spend that on a WR ,DL, or an ILBQuote:
Originally Posted by stillers4me
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that is the problem when looking at a former star RB when the starter is a 2nd year man , the former star is going to want more than vet min and at that point it makes a mess and potential internal issues with the team , day 1 without ever taking a snap he is being paid to backup the starter at a rate much higher than the starter
While it can burn to lose someone over 500k, you have to figure on a 53 man roster, an extra 500k for everyone amounts to $26.5mm, or enough to sign three to five guys who'd each help the team immensely. Maybe the stench of the salary cap mess the team found itself in has finally made them pennywise.
...and sometimes people over react and the pendulum of common sense swings too far in the other direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelerette
Lately, "typical Steelers stuff" seems like the NFL equivalent of being flat broke and living on ramen and hose water until you can hit up the payday loan place. Our WR corps just got repo'd.Quote:
Originally Posted by NCSteeler
Then we bring in ... Cam Thomas: The poor man's defensive tackle. Guy Whimper: The homeless man's offensive lineman.
CHAMPIONSHIP!
Mark Kaboly @MarkKaboly_Trib 1m According to @RavensInsider, RB LeGarrette Blount will visit #Steelers
this is a more likely signing IMO
We'll just let him walk without a contractQuote:
Originally Posted by Dwinsgames