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If we retain Wallace for the 2012 season at 2.7 million (this is assuming no one gives us their 1st rd pick this year, we refuse to match salaries) meaning we dont agree to a long term contract, who do you want to keep and sign to a long term deal in 2013, Wallace or Brown? It is slightly possible we keep both receivers and sign them to high paying contracts, but I believe not. I think we only keep one of these guys for the 2013 season unless our salary cap situation is in decent shape following next season and even then there may be a good chance one is still let go. However, we could place the franchise tag on Wallace after next season which would be in the double digits and sign Brown. There are a few different scenarios but I'm not going to list all of them because all of them require big money. So, the question remains. Who do you keep and why?
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With Manning going to the Broncos, I bet they get in the mix for Mike Wallace, meaning we would end up with their 1st round pick, #25. -
Yep. I expect Denver to go get Wallace.Comment
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Wallace or Brown? Hoping that we have them both in 2012, I think Wallace is going to "blow-up" even more under Todd Haley. I think last year Wallace was misused and grossly under utilized. Wallace is a game breaker. He's always a touchdown waiting to happen if you get him the ball where it needs to be thrown. I love Brown too but if there is a choice to be made, I'm taking Wallace. His skill-set makes the entire WR core better. I think Brown is more replaceable.Comment
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If Wallace is retained this year on the RFA tender, we can franchise him or give him a long term contract next season and give Brown the high tender. So for 12.5 million or so we keep both for 2013. Brown likely will not be as coveted as Wallace would as an RFA.Even if Bill Belichick was getting an atomic wedgie, his face would look exactly the same.Comment
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I agree, with a guy like Haley who will play to the teams strengths they will both excel this year. I say lock them both up for 5+ years now if we can. I think the way the NFL is going you can afford to keep both since you wont break the bank on a RB. But we need 2 legitimate WR1. CB – Marcus Peters – Washington – 6/190
2. OG – Josue Matias – Florida State – 6-6/320
3. OLB – Geneo Grissom – Oklahoma – 6-4/250
4. DL – Ellis McCarthy – UCLA – 6-5/330
5. TE – Jeff Heurman – Ohio State – 6-5/255
6. FS – Adrian Amos – Penn State – 6/200
7. DT – Terry Williams – East Carolina – 6-1/340
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DB – Justin Cox – Mississippi St. – 6-2/190
OLB – Davis Tull – Chattanooga – 6-2/242Comment
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Never gonna happen!! You guys act like you just woke up and became football fans. This doesnt happen in the NFL. No team is going to pay WR money then have to give up a first round pick as well. Pipe dream.
To answer the post question....we keep them both.
Look past the trees and see the forest. There is going to be a boat load up fat trimmed of of this current roster this time next year. Just like this year.Steelers 2015 Draft???....Go Freak! As in....
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Steelers 2015 Draft???....Go Freak! As in....
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Colbert/Khan will figure out a way to keep both (unless one of them morphs into a Burress or Holmes by pouting, getting to legal troubles, etc.). If I was forced to choose, I'd take Wallace, because he has more pelts on the wall than Brown and has one elite skill that comes around only once or twice per generation. While I love Brown, he skill set could be replaced...Wallace's skill set? Not so much.Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.
Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.
We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.
We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.Comment
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You need to learn the history of the Denver Broncos. If they sign Wallace it would be the 3rd (at least) high profile WR from another club they signed to an offer sheet since real free agency began in 1993.Never gonna happen!! You guys act like you just woke up and became football fans. This doesnt happen in the NFL. No team is going to pay WR money then have to give up a first round pick as well. Pipe dream.Comment
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Dee Dub, I see your point and I think you have swayed my thinking. I really didnt think it out much because between family and work who has time to think about the Steelers 2013 pre-season? However, you're right and the Steelers will try to keep both, but I still think there is a good chance we lose 1 of them after this season.2019 Mock
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When you get Manning, you don't overpay to WRs. You get good ones that he can work with. They have Thomas and we all saw what he did to Ike last year. He will upgrade the WRs they have.
It is a low chance that someone takes Wallace. And when noone comes, he'll have to sign a solid contract or risk getting hurt over the FA dollars. Big risk for someone not wealthy yet. He'll sign a solid deal. Then we'll do the same thing with Brown next year. We'll have 2 top WRs for good but not back breaking money.
We'll pay Ben and the 2 WRs and Pouncey on offense, maybe Gilbert if he becomes studly and that's it. Then we'll pay our LBs, Ike and the DL will get solid contracts when they are due. But we won't see any of them look like Mario Williams because our schedule doesn't allow it. They will be paid well but not back breaking.
Omar has mapped this our faaar into the future. He has known this plan for a long time.Comment
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Manning's really never dealt with 2nd tier WRs. He had both Harrison and Wayne together for years. Wayne and Dallas Clark together for years.
Unlike Ben, who's had a constant change around him at WR since he showed up in 2004.Comment
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