Sweed

[chiken]

So lets say it is mental with this kid. I mean physically he is the real deal. He has speed, Size and Decent hands, its just in his head. It's like every one of his catches in his Career have been "oh okay, its about time" and every drop has been like WHOOAAA NO!! "that was a wide open Touchdown11" or "OMG, We arent in the playoffs now!! Holy Cow We needed that Game!!! " Its no wonder the kid has mental issues.. We have set him up with no room to fail.

I say IF the steelers really want him they do this. 1st preason game - "If" we throw the ball 20 times I say make him the Target 15 of those times.. Let him feel what it feels like to be the man on the NFL level for this team.. I know its only preseaon but I really think for him it is more than that.

As it was pointed out before on a number of occassions. In his first Season both Ward and Holmes Dropped a buttload of passes.. Heck we have watched Wallace and Sanders drop them as well - but never did they recieve the "OMG he is a second round Draft pick!! HOw can he do that to us!" You guys know the Drill.

Target the guy, early and often. I think this will solve his mental problem. What do we have to lose? Ward is hurt, Sanders is Limping, Wallace is established and Plex aint walking through those doors... Get the guy off and let him come back to the side lines with everybody slapping his back and jumping up and down. I think he just needs to remember what that was like back in Texas.

[Eich]

Re: Sweed

I agree that Sweed hasn't been given enough opportunities to get past the mental aspect of the game. Targeting him much more often could defintely help with that.

I just wonder how well you can recover physically from a torn achilles. Serious question... Have there been any other good receivers in recent history that came back from a torn achilles to do well?

[Notleadpoisoned]

Re: Sweed

"So lets say it is mental with this kid."

Mental...as in...lack of committment? or mental...as in...crazy?

[flippy]

Re: Sweed

Clearly this guy has the size, speed, and route running that can't be covered. I'd get him involved early and often too. Let Ward sit out all the preseason and give Sweed his reps.

[chiken]

Re: Sweed

"So lets say it is mental with this kid."

Mental...as in...lack of committment? or mental...as in...crazy?

I don't think its committment at all.. I think its a Guy who sees the whole world in the air when the ball it thrown at him. A guy who is Afraid of letting every one down and not living up to the # 2 pick. A guy afraid of going back into the doghouse and getting laughed at by his peers.
Everybody gets punched in the mouth - Its getting back up and taking the next Puinch that defines a man.

I can only imagine how much love a player gets from the "Nation" when they are balling - but whats the opposite of that? Something tells me this kid knows.

[chiken]

Re: Sweed

I agree that Sweed hasn't been given enough opportunities to get past the mental aspect of the game. Targeting him much more often could defintely help with that.

I just wonder how well you can recover physically from a torn achilles. Serious question... Have there been any other good receivers in recent history that came back from a torn achilles to do well?

Thats a great Question - and honestly none that I know of. But man that kid was so freaking wide open that losing a step for him might just have as simply Wide open. Physically he is blessed and he is young.

In a way maybe the Injury helps him.. Maybe now he doesnt feel like he has to be a Star but just another cat coming off an injury trying to make the team.. could be an angle..

[Oviedo]

Re: Sweed

Sweed will prove that he is the real deal this season. He is exactly what we need opposite of Wallace.

I agree that Ben needs to show him that he has confidence in him and get him the ball alot in the preseason.

[Slapstick]

Re: Sweed

I have an idea:

Why don't we see if he can make it through an entire training camp and play well in some preseason games...

It's no secret that he had some non-football problems in the past as well as a serious injury....

But, he claims that all of that is behind him...he doesn't have a history as a big talker nor one as a pathological liar, so I see no reason not to take him at his word...

Most of us have seen the physical gifts that he showed at the college level...the only person who can translate those gifts to the pro level is Sweed himself...

Now, I disagree with doing anything special in a game plan for him...the Steelers don't generally game plan extensively for these preseason games...the Steelers have been more than generous and more than supportive in presenting him with this opportunity...he needs to find his place on the team...

I'm definitely pulling for him...

[Chadman]

Re: Sweed

Get the guy off and let him come

I nominate you for this duty.

[Ghost]

Re: Sweed

I'm curious about the level of confidence the Steelers have in this guy. If it were not for salary cap woes, Plex would be a Steeler today and Sweed would have been cut. If they were ready for LS to be the man, why actively go after the exact same type of player?

Hopefully this can be the year but the NFL is littered with guys who had massive amounts of college talent and could never convert it to the NFL. So far that's been Sweed.

[Slapstick]

Re: Sweed

Target the guy, early and often

This is kind of fun, Chadman...

[Slapstick]

Re: Sweed

a buttload slapping up and down. I think he just needs to remember what that was like

[Notleadpoisoned]

Re: Sweed



Dropping an easy TD pass I can forgive but faking an injury afterwards? Can't do it. Dudes's a malingerer.

[ikestops85]

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All I can say is I'm rooting hard for Sweed to put it all together. He has a unique skill set that our team is missing ... someone that can go up in the air and take the ball away from the defender. If we get a receiver with that ability it would be funny to listen to people who would say how Ben is throwing a much better deep ball.

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

Re: Sweed

Okay, I will start off by not giving a dime store psychological evaluation of a person I have never spoken to. Whatever his problems may have been, we just have to hope that they are behind him.

On the plus side, here is something that I always noticed about his drops - he was wide open every time. A guy with that kind of size should not be able to evade coverage like that, and he did. If he can just hold onto the ball then he can be an impact player.