Source: Steelers wont franchise WR Wallace

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Re: Source: Steelers wont franchise WR Wallace

The more I think about this, the more I worry we might end up regretting this.

Wallace is an emerging beast. He's 25. And he's way better than anyone you're likely going to get at the end of the first round. And there are teams that need a WR.

At the same time, I put really minimal value in the WR position. We'll find another. No problem.

But I have this weird feeling, if he lands in NE for example, we've officially created a Tecmo Bowl offense. It doesn't even matter if NE can play D at that point. I do not see how you could possibly stop Wallace, Gronkowski, Hernandez, and Welker with Brady throwing to them.

There's a lot of teams later in the draft that would be major matchup problems if they got Wallace. In SF, it would be tough to stop Wallace, Davis, and Gore. In Houston you'd have Johsnon, Foster, and Wallace.

Heck, we're practically on the path to having 32 QBs throw for 5000 yards. Why not make it easy for one of these teams to throw for 6000.

The one saving grace may be that these teams aren't the type of teams that would likely overspend on another WR.

devil's advocate, but with wallace, brown, cotchery, miller and mendy with ben throwing to them also would seem to be unstoppable................and we sure were stopped often

Ben's never gonna play like Brady, or Brees or Rodgers or any of those other QBs with the high calibre offenses. He's a different animal with a different skill set.

Play calling and his Oline haven't helped him either.

i agree about ben not being the caliber of those other qbs, but 21st in scoring with wallace doesnt warrant walleace being paid 10-12 million or so. we said we couldnt survive without plax, we did. we said we couldnt survive without holmes, we did. im not overly concerned if we lose wallace.