Re: Pittsburgh Steelers County - Vol. 2

[pandu86]

ancora grazie

"Big Target? We WILL have one!"

pensiamo prima alla OL e alla DL...quanto mi piacerebbe ritornare ad essere quella squadra che un tempo dominava le trincee...

[rowiz]

auguri pandu!

ancora grazie

pensiamo prima alla OL e alla DL...quanto mi piacerebbe ritornare ad essere quella squadra che un tempo dominava le trincee...

poi dopo aver visto la pass rush dei giants ieri sera...

[Paperone]

c'è l'apposito topic
:gazza: :pandu:

[Peyton_Manning18]

Auguroni in colpevole ritardo...  :gazza:

[Rocky]

http://postgazette.com/pg/08037/855414-66.stm

Three weeks after Ben Roethlisberger publicly proclaimed he'd like a tall receiver in 2008, the Steelers acquired one.

Matt Trannon, a 6-foot-6 receiver who played at Michigan State, signed with the Steelers, as did quarterback Jared Zabransky of Boise State.

Trannon signed with the Arizona Cardinals last year as an undrafted rookie and was cut in training camp. He spent time on the practice squads of the Cardinals, Chiefs and Raiders last season. He weighs 235 pounds.

Abbiamo trovato il WR per Ben, forse...  :lol2:

[pandu86]

Walter Young...Dallas Baker...Matt Trannon...who's next?  :D

[rowiz]

Walter Young...Dallas Baker...Matt Trannon...who's next?  :D

ma di questi ce n'è uno capace di prende na palla?

[Rocky]

E che erba sia. Il terreno dell'Heinz rimarrà così com'è, non si passerà al sintetico.

The Steelers have decided to stick with grass at Heinz Field, but they have not yet determined what kind it will be, sources confirmed.

Although Steelers President Art Rooney and chairman Dan Rooney each declined to comment, sources told the Post-Gazette that during meetings the past week, they decided not to install any kind of artificial turf.

And on Thursday, Jimmie Sacco, Heinz Field executive director of stadium development, said at a Stadium Managers Association conference, that the Steelers want to stick with grass.

"That's what the players want," Sports Business Daily quoted him as saying.

They may stay with the DDGrassMaster that has been the playing surface for most of Heinz Field's seven years, or switch to some sort of pure grass or sod.

Dan Rooney has been in favor of grass since Heinz Field opened, citing his players' overwhelming support for such a surface and surveys he says indicate fewer and less serious injuries occur on grass fields. DDGrassMaster is grass that is secured with fibers.

However, NFL Players Association surveys consistently put Heinz Field near the bottom of the league in playing surfaces.

[pandu86]

Expect contract talks to begin this week with Ben Roethlisberger
Sunday, February 10, 2008

The Steelers this week will open contract talks with some of their players who can become unrestricted free agents and one who cannot -- quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

Roethlisberger has two years left on the contract he signed as a rookie in 2004, but both sides have expressed a desire to reach a contract extension this year.

Getting a contract extension and getting one quickly was one of three wishes Roethlisberger said he had for the offseason during a Jan. 15 interview.

"I'm eager, anxious, because I want to get it done with. I want to say let's go, let's get it over with so the talks can stop, people can stop bugging me about it," he said. "Because I just want to play football.''

His other two desires were to keep guard Alan Faneca from leaving as a free agent and to find a tall wide receiver. Finding a tall, talented wide receiver would be difficult enough, but keeping Faneca is seen as near impossible. Nevertheless, the Steelers plan to make at least one more phone call to Faneca's agent.

They also may make a pitch for tackle Max Starks, but they believe he will leave in free agency. Other Steelers who would become unrestricted Feb. 29 are linebacker Clark Haggans, defensive ends Travis Kirschke and Nick Eason, fullback Dan Kreider, quarterback Brian St. Pierre, running back Verron Haynes and linebacker Marquis Cooper.

Their restricted free agents are tackle Trai Essex, guard Chris Kemoeatu, receiver Nate Washington, linebacker Andre Frazier and long snapper Greg Warren. The interesting part will come when the team must tender one-year offers to maintain their rights; the higher the offer, the more they protect themselves from losing the player.

Kemoeatu, for example, should command a high offer because he's likely to replace Faneca as the starting left guard.

The choice is still grass
While negotiations on contracts for their players begin, an end finally occured this past week to a truly on-field matter: the playing surface at Heinz Field.

The Steelers had several meetings on the topic -- including one big one -- before making it known Friday that they would stick with grass. That could still mean staying with the DDGrassMaster that has been the playing surface for most of Heinz Field's seven years, or ditching it for sod or some other type of grass system.

Dan Rooney has been in favor of grass since Heinz Field opened, citing his players' overwhelming support for such a surface and surveys he says indicate fewer and less serious injuries occur on grass fields. DDGrassMaster is grass that is secured with fibers.

Why not give Madden a chance?
Today's Pro Bowl may be a last of its kind as the NFL tries to find ways to boost interest in its all-star game, not only among the public but its own stars.

At least those two Steelers among the 14 NFL players who backed out of the game had legitimate injury excuses -- Willie Parker and Troy Polamalu. Many others are dubious withdrawals.

But even if everyone picked played, including Tom Brady, interest in the game might not have improved much; it has waned for years.

The NFL may move the game out of Hawaii and bring it to the mainland to generate more interest by the media and the public. One stumbling block to that idea is the players' wives; the free trip to Hawaii is a perk they supposedly do not want to give up.

Here's an idea: Move the game around to cities over here as they do the Super Bowl, and send the wives to Hawaii for the week. Everyone wins!

The better idea might be to select an all-star team but play no game. Plug the players into Madden 2009 and let them go at it.

In this case, walking the walk frowned upon
Could you imagine Chuck Noll, Bill Cowher or Mike Tomlin leaving his team on the sideline and running into the locker room with time left on the clock in a losing cause?

Even in a regular-season game?

No, you can't. Who can remember any coach pulling what Bill Belichick did, in the Super Bowl no less? Roger Goodell should hit him with as high a fine as he can, if for no other reason than to prevent any other coach from doing it.

It is as good an example as any why probably 90 percent of America outside of New England was giddy over the New York Giants' upset of the Patriots.

Now, Spygate is creeping back into Belichick's world. The commissioner needs to do everything in his power to ferret the evidence that, NFL sources continue to tell me, Belichick cheated long before last year's game against the New York Jets.

He probably even had the audacity to tape NFC practices when he was coach of the AFC for the Pro Bowl last year, a tape that would have been watched more closely than the tedious game itself.

[Whatarush]

Quanti anni sono che non diamo via qualcuno via trade!?

Io un candidato eccellente ce l'avrei.



Va verso i 31, viene dalla sua peggior stagione, against the cap nel 2008 pari a $ 6.337.083.
Ha sicuramente mercato, anzi credo che qualcuno in giro disposto a fare una mezza follia lo si trova.

E poi noi si va o no verso la 4-3? Oppure sono solo chiacchiere da forum, cui la vittoria dei Giants ha dato nuova linfa?

[Whatarush]

http://www.steelersalarycap.com/articles/2008Projection.htm

lettura molto ma moooolto interessante

[rowiz]

Quanti anni sono che non diamo via qualcuno via trade!?

Io un candidato eccellente ce l'avrei.



Va verso i 31, viene dalla sua peggior stagione, against the cap nel 2008 pari a $ 6.337.083.
Ha sicuramente mercato, anzi credo che qualcuno in giro disposto a fare una mezza follia lo si trova.

E poi noi si va o no verso la 4-3? Oppure sono solo chiacchiere da forum, cui la vittoria dei Giants ha dato nuova linfa?

l'alternativa quale sarebbe?

[Paperone]

http://www.steelersalarycap.com/articles/2008Projection.htm

lettura molto ma moooolto interessante

io l'ho letto molto velocemente, ma non mi sembra una situazione molto rosea.

[Whatarush]

io l'ho letto molto velocemente, ma non mi sembra una situazione molto rosea.

non molto rosea, ma con un pò di spazio salariale in più rispetto al solito
poi ci sono diverse cose che possono variare rispetto allo scenario prospettato...qualche esempio:
a) Ben non firma l'estensione quest'anno e gioca ancora col suo contratto da rookie - molto più economico
b) taglio di qualche giocatore solamente prospettato, ma come cap ancora previsto a roster 2008
c) eventuali trade

l'alternativa quale sarebbe?

l'alternativa sarebbe che Hampton resta col suo contrattone e noi draftiamo un DE...questo tra l'altro è lo scenario più probabile; gli Steelers tradizionalmente non sono molto "creativi": Casey Hampton resta sulla carta uno delle 3 NT più forti della Lega...se la qualità del suo gioco torna ai livelli che gli competono siamo tutti più contenti 

[rowiz]

non molto rosea, ma con un pò di spazio salariale in più rispetto al solito
poi ci sono diverse cose che possono variare rispetto allo scenario prospettato...qualche esempio:
a) Ben non firma l'estensione quest'anno e gioca ancora col suo contratto da rookie - molto più economico
b) taglio di qualche giocatore solamente prospettato, ma come cap ancora previsto a roster 2008
c) eventuali trade

l'alternativa sarebbe che Hampton resta col suo contrattone e noi draftiamo un DE...questo tra l'altro è lo scenario più probabile; gli Steelers tradizionalmente non sono molto "creativi": Casey Hampton resta sulla carta uno delle 3 NT più forti della Lega...se la qualità del suo gioco torna ai livelli che gli competono siamo tutti più contenti 

No, chiedevo quale sarebbe l'alternativa a lui.
Si passerebbe a una 4 3 o si rimarrebbe a una 3 4? In entrambi i casi, chi sarebbero i DL?