Timmons???

[Eddie Spaghetti]

Re: Timmons???

No one has been asked to eat crow although I'm sure a few have feather between their teeth right now.

maybe you can tell us how pouncey crow tastes. since you told everyone for MONTHS what a terrible pick it would be.

phillyesq is right on the money here. Ovi constantly produces the same type of behavior he mocks others for. makes his posts far less enjoyable than they should be.

[feltdizz]

Re: Timmons???

No one has been asked to eat crow although I'm sure a few have feather between their teeth right now.

maybe you can tell us how pouncey crow tastes. since you told everyone for MONTHS what a terrible pick it would be.

phillyesq is right on the money here. Ovi constantly produces the same type of behavior he mocks others for. makes his posts far less enjoyable than they should be.

LOL... draft hounds are funny. I can't see how people can hold a grudge against a Steeler pick because it isn't their guy.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Re: Timmons???

No one has been asked to eat crow although I'm sure a few have feather between their teeth right now.

maybe you can tell us how pouncey crow tastes. since you told everyone for MONTHS what a terrible pick it would be.

phillyesq is right on the money here. Ovi constantly produces the same type of behavior he mocks others for. makes his posts far less enjoyable than they should be.

LOL... draft hounds are funny. I can't see how people can hold a grudge against a Steeler pick because it isn't their guy.

The only draft pick that I truly hated was the Troy Edwards pick. I wanted a WR that year, and would have gladly taken Torry Holt (yeah!) or David Boston (ugh!), but when those two guys were gone, I couldn't believe that we made a stupendous reach for Edwards instead of going with the B.P.A. such as John Tait or Jevon Kearse. That was the only guy who I would consider to be a personal "grudge" pick for me.

There were other picks that I were not entirely thrilled about at the time (Hampton, Simmons, Timmons, Hood), but they eventually grew on me over time...once they became Steelers, they got my support. There were others that I was really psyched for (Faneca, Burress, Roethlisberger, Miller, Mendenhall), so they did not need to grow on me since I was already there. I really liked the Polamalu and Holmes picks as individual players, since each was the best player in those drafts at a position of big need at the time, but I was also concerned at the time that we may have given up too much to move up to get them, so I was somewhat torn in my immediate emotions for those particular picks.

[stlrz d]

Re: Timmons???

Many here criticized Redmen saying he couldn't run against the 1st string defense. Of course nobody knew whether he could or couldn't because he hadn't had the chance. Given the chance he has done alright so far.

Actually what was said is we didn't know if he could do it because we hadn't seen it. And that was said in response to people who were certain he could do it despite not having seen it.

I always take a "wait and see" approach with players and I was waiting to see with Redman. He's now had his shot in one game and looked decent. I'm curious to see how he'll perform against better defenses and my hopes are that he'll produce.

As for Timmons, someone else pointed out that he not only came to the team very young but also had to change positions...all while coming to a team that didn't have an immediate need at the LB position.

He's justified 1.15 thus far and will continue to do so...I believe anyway.

[BURGH86STEEL]

Re: Timmons???

Many here criticized Redmen saying he couldn't run against the 1st string defense. Of course nobody knew whether he could or couldn't because he hadn't had the chance. Given the chance he has done alright so far.

Actually what was said is we didn't know if he could do it because we hadn't seen it. And that was said in response to people who were certain he could do it despite not having seen it.

I always take a "wait and see" approach with players and I was waiting to see with Redman. He's now had his shot in one game and looked decent. I'm curious to see how he'll perform against better defenses and my hopes are that he'll produce.

As for Timmons, someone else pointed out that he not only came to the team very young but also had to change positions...all while coming to a team that didn't have an immediate need at the LB position.

He's justified 1.15 thus far and will continue to do so...I believe anyway.

+1

[phillyesq]

Re: Timmons???

As for Timmons, someone else pointed out that he not only came to the team very young but also had to change positions...all while coming to a team that didn't have an immediate need at the LB position.

When Timmons came to the team, there was actually a glaring need at OLB. Porter was gone. Harrison, at that point, was a special teams player who made some amazing plays in his limited opportunity. Harrison and Timmons were competing at ROLB, with Woodley being worked at LOLB.

Timmons wasn't moved to ILB until after the Steelers determined that there wasn't a place for him on the outside with Harrison and Woodley.

[phillyesq]

Re: Timmons???

He's justified 1.15 thus far and will continue to do so...I believe anyway.

This is a point on which we can agree to disagree. This year, he seems poised to do so, but, IMO, he didn't do so in the past. I enjoy respectful disagreements and different opinions - otherwise, the board would just be a boring mutual admiration society.

I take issue with the OP, who apparently feels the need to repeatedly call out other posters, and who makes inflammatory posts (such as his original post here) for no other purpose than to do that.

[ikestops85]

Re: Timmons???

Many here criticized Redmen saying he couldn't run against the 1st string defense. Of course nobody knew whether he could or couldn't because he hadn't had the chance. Given the chance he has done alright so far.

Actually what was said is we didn't know if he could do it because we hadn't seen it. And that was said in response to people who were certain he could do it despite not having seen it.

I always take a "wait and see" approach with players and I was waiting to see with Redman. He's now had his shot in one game and looked decent. I'm curious to see how he'll perform against better defenses and my hopes are that he'll produce.

As for Timmons, someone else pointed out that he not only came to the team very young but also had to change positions...all while coming to a team that didn't have an immediate need at the LB position.

He's justified 1.15 thus far and will continue to do so...I believe anyway.

Well I never saw anybody say they were certain he could do it ... just that he had success against whom he played against and deserved a chance. Some probably bolstered his abilities to compensate for those who called him a "camp wonder" and would never make the squad.

I do agree we should all take a 'wait and see' approach to all players. It shouldn't matter if they are 1.1 or Mr. Irrelevant. Just don't give a guy a job because he is a 1.1 pick and don't exclude a guy because he is a late rounder.

As far as Timmons goes I am happy we seem to have picked up a helluva dynamic linebacker.