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per Pittsburgh Steelers facebook. No details yet on how much the deal is.
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That's great news.
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The Beast is signed!!!Comment
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The kid means business. I think he'll start week one of LeBeau doesn't make him "pay his dues".Comment
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The more I read and see about Ta'amu, the more I am loving this pick.sigpic
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[URL]http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Steelers-Sign-Fourth-Round-Pick-Alameda-Ta’amu/73dedc38-ae89-49b3-961b-0a19bfcb5167[/URL]Steelers Sign Fourth-Round Pick Alameda Ta’amu
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The Steelers have signed their fourth-round draft pick from the 2012 NFL Draft, nose tackle Alameda Ta’amu (al-uh-MEE-duh tah-AH-moo). Financial terms of the four-year deal were not disclosed.
Ta’amu (6-2, 34
, who was the 109th overall pick, played collegiately at the University of Washington. He started 42-of-50 games at left defensive tackle, producing 109 tackles (57 solo) with 7.5 sacks and 16.5 tackles for loss. He was named All-Pac 12 Conference honorable mention in each of his last two seasons and was the team’s Defensive Lineman of the Year in 2010 after recording a career-high 39 tackles.
[URL]http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d828e6d61/article/pittsburgh-steelers-sign-nt-alameda-taamu[/URL]Pittsburgh Steelers sign NT Alameda Ta'amu
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Published: May 6, 2012 at 10:13 a.m.
Updated: May 6, 2012 at 10:40 a.m.
Alameda Ta'amu has become the first of the Pittsburgh Steelers' NFL draft picks to sign a contract, the team announced Sunday.
Ta'amu, drafted in the fourth round, signed a four-year contract. Exact terms of the deal were not disclosed by the team. A nose tackle out of the University of Washington, Ta'amu had 3.5 sacks and 30 tackles in 2011.
Ta'amu could see plenty of action during his rookie season as veteran defensive lineman Casey Hampton is working to come back from a torn anterior cruciate ligament he suffered during the Steelers' playoff loss to the Denver Broncos. Hampton, a five-time Pro Bowl selection, had surgery in January.
A few days after the NFL draft, Ta'amu got a phone call from Steelers leader and fellow Polynesian -- Troy Polamalu.
"At first, I didn't even know it was him," Ta'Amu told The Beaver County Times. "When I answered the phone, I didn't know whose number it was. I was kind of awestruck when I figured out it was Troy Polamalu. It's nice to have another ‘Poly' looking out for you. We are brothers."
Both players are of Samoan descent.
"He said that if there's anything I need, to hit him up ... just having him out there and him calling me makes me feel better."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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I'm happy to see what Ta'amu can do. I hope he can step right in and make an immediate impact. I hope he's the beast I think he can be.Comment
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Hampton will come in and be put on the PUP. He will have time to deal with any weight issue uunder the supervision of the team's trainers. I'm interested to see what kind of condition he comes in for the upcoming OTAs. That will be a good indication as to whether he is doing all he can do."My team, may they always be right, but right or wrong...MY TEAM!"Comment
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