Mendenhall Suspended

[SS Laser]

Are you serious? He was demoted for fumbling, just like the rest of the RB's on the team did. The Steelers sit him at the 3rd spot and then the next week they dont even dress him? He stays home and he gets suspended? Why does he have to be there if he isnt dressing and is 100% healthy? Hold a clip board? APPEAL!

There is more to it then just fumbling. He is a cry baby now at this point. How many real Steelers have had to sit the pine not hurt? I am sure a few. I was a mendy fan even with his stupid off the field stuff. But this is disrespect toward the steelers. No player is worth that. I will give him props up till now. No stupid tweets yet. Maybe he learned something? We will see. Keep an eye on twitter.

[SteelCrazy]

I find not dressing your best back and getting mad and suspending him when he doesnt show up to hold a clip board is stupid.

[SteelBucks]

Cant believe someone is calling it an action

Why should he show up when he is healthy and they do not dress him. That seems childish to me....not dressing your best back because he fumbled twice, all the while the rest of of your RB's did the same thing

Why show up? Because it's his job....whether he plays or not.

[Eddie Spaghetti]

what part of professional football player do you not understand?

hint: he still cashed a check last week.

[SteelCrazy]

If you drive a truck for a living and your boss tells you he found another driver for 1 day because you been late on deliveries would you still show up and ride shotgun?

[SteelCrazy]

I see your point and maybe he should have been there, but suspending him? Seems obsessive.....

[Chadman]

There's a real feeling of pettiness this season in Pittsburgh- most notably in the reaction to Wallace not signing his contract offer, and then seeing Brown offered essentially mike's money in a "well, if you won't sign, we'll give it to this guy" kind of deal... and now having Mendenhall sit as a healthy inactive even though he wasn't the Lone Ranger in the fumbleathon.

Does he deserve suspension? Yeah, why not. He's gone next year. So is Wallace. But the treatment both have recieved from the FO has been really petty, and not overly proffesional.

[Lebsteel]

what part of professional football player do you not understand?

hint: he still cashed a check last week.

But not this week!

[eniparadoxgma]

There's obviously more to this than just the fumbles. Since his return from injury he has shown nothing at all. Suspend him and let him walk this year. It definitely doesn't seem as if we're losing anything.

Maybe he'll go on to be a good RB elsewhere. However, it seems obvious it's not going to happen here.

[Eddie Spaghetti]

looking back at that 2008 draft is enough to make a man puke.

what a disaster.

[steelz09]

How about showing up to support your fellow teammates?

This is the equivalent to Cam Newton pouting on the bench when he was benched after a horrific day. And his fellow teammate (i.e. Steve Smith) didn't appreciate it and called him out on it. Smith's comments towards Cam would hold true in this scenario as well.

[phillyesq]

How about showing up to support your fellow teammates?

This is the equivalent to Cam Newton pouting on the bench when he was benched after a horrific day. And his fellow teammate (i.e. Steve Smith) didn't appreciate it and called him out on it. Smith's comments towards Cam would hold true in this scenario as well.

Excellent point. The first game on the sideline, Mendenhall seemed somewhat disengaged, but he could at least have the decency to show up.

He is paid to be part of the team and part of that is showing up. He's paid to be there.

[Shoe]

There's obviously more to this than just the fumbles. Since his return from injury he has shown nothing at all. Suspend him and let him walk this year. It definitely doesn't seem as if we're losing anything.

That's what I was going to say. Y'all are acting like it's all about the fumbles. That may be the impetus, but who knows what else there is involved--maybe the way he reacted, maybe actions that preceded it, maybe it's an attitude that has always be an issue...

Everyone else can call it petty, etc. But in the grand scheme (i.e. if Dwyer can stay healthy), who cares about his fumbling-in-the-Super-Bowl-@s$.

(And BTW lloydroid: Don't hurt yourself patting yourself on the back.)

[DukieBoy]

Disappointing. Sad, really. I imagine the background has more to it than will be known here. It's been an uncomfortable fit between the Steelers and Mendy. Hope he finds a better fit elsewhere.

[NorthCoast]

Cant believe someone is calling it an action

Why should he show up when he is healthy and they do not dress him. That seems childish to me....not dressing your best back because he fumbled twice, all the while the rest of of your RB's did the same thing

uhh, maybe it has something to do with the fact that the Steelers are paying him millions so he should be interested enough to follow team rules and show up as required, whether dressing or not.