Defensive linemen: Steelers building on a fault line

[stillers4me]

Two National Football League teams committed $21 million to sign a pair of defensive ends from a run defense that ranked in the bottom half of the league in 2013.

And while the Steelers weren't interested in chasing Ziggy Hood in free agency -- especially at the price the Jacksonville Jaguars paid for his services (four years, $16 million) -- they would have preferred to keep backup Al Woods from signing a two-year, $5 million contract with the Tennessee Titans.

But they didn't know Woods was all but sneaking out the back door on them.

The Steelers, apparently, were unaware Woods -- an unrestricted free agent -- was going to visit other NFL teams. According to a team source, they had told Woods to let them know if he were planning to shop himself around because they would have preferred to re-sign him and keep him from visiting other teams........


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[Godfather]

Hate to see Woods go, but if they really wanted to keep him they would have been proactive and not let him become an unrestricted free agent.

"Tell us if you're going to shop yourself around" was basically the same as saying "We'll lowball you if we can get away with it".

[Count Steeler]

If that is true and not just media BS, that is quite disappointing.

Maybe Lewis would have signed if we at least made an offer.

This FO needs a clean out.