Spaeth May Be More Likely Former Bears TE

[phillyesq]

I would prefer Kellen Davis as a stop gap.

[URL]http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-former-bears-tight-end-could-land-with-steelers-20130315,0,4624545.story[/URL]

[Siggy00]

Good God Waste of Speath returns?

[lloydroid]

Good God Waste of Speath returns?

Say it ain't so. No F-ing way

[supersteeler]

So we only have cap space for players like Speath. I'll tell ya Chadman K-Mart is almost looking good right now, seems were trying to put a team together shopping at the flea market.

[Siggy00]

Should have given Ben permission to talk contract with the Cards.

He then agrees to a contract.

We then release him.

Then we make a trade for "future considerations" to get the draft picks from them.

If we are going to gut this team anyway, do it right.

Art II has ruined this team.

[hawaiiansteel]

I never thought Spaeth was that good of a blocker...


"Spaeth received what might be a misleading grade from Pro Football Focus. Of the 62 graded tight ends, Spaeth ranked seventh overall. He caught only six passes for 28 yards and one touchdown, but PFF ranked him as the No. 1 run blocker for the position in the NFL and the 16th-best pass blocker. He is effective on the edge as a blocker and the Steelers know what he is capable of doing."

[URL]http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-former-bears-tight-end-could-land-with-steelers-20130315,0,4624545.story[/URL]

[Mister Pittsburgh]

Nteresting on the blocking ranking.

[lloydroid]

Everyone thinks Spaeth must be a good blocker because he is so tall. That might be true for an OT, but not for a TE. Low man wins the blocking war. He has a high center of gravity. He was basically as worthless here as he was in Chicago. Big deal; so he is 6-7. He is not a good receiver or blocker, period.

[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

As posted yesterday here: [url]http://www.planetsteelers.com/forums/showthread.php/40243-Spaeth-Cut-now-available[/url]

If we get him on the cheap, why not let him come to TC.

He wasn't one of the guys who went paper-towel dispenser punching with Skippy, was he?

[SteelerOfDeVille]

I'd be ok with spaeth... and one of those "pass catching" TEs...

[hawaiiansteel]

He wasn't one of the guys who went paper-towel dispenser punching with Skippy, was he?

The Steelers do everything as a team, including urination

By MJD

The Pittsburgh Steelers' tradition of success is often credited to a family-style, all-for one, one-for-all type of attitude that runs from the top of the organization down to the bottom.

It appears that that attitude spreads off the field, too. Into bars, even. Into the parking lots of those bars. And to the vehicles next to which backup tight ends are urinating.

Steelers kicker Jeff Reed(notes), never noted for his shy behavior, was arrested last night and charged with simple assault and resisting arrest. According to Pittsburgh's TribLive, Reed was coming to the aid of teammate Matt Spaeth, who was urinating next to a white SUV.

Here's the report:

Police responded to an unrelated incident at McFadden's, a North Shore bar and restaurant across a parking lot from Heinz Field, around 9 p.m., [police Sargeant Tina] Davidson said. While there, officers spotted a man urinating outside a white sport utility vehicle and began to give the man — identified as Steelers tight end Matt Spaeth(notes) — a ticket when Reed exited the vehicle, Davidson said.

"The officers told him several times to get back in the vehicle, but he did not listen," Davidson said. "Mr. Reed then squared up with an officer by bringing his fists up."

Officers tackled Reed and cuffed him at the scene, Davidson said.

"He smelled of a strong odor of alcohol and appeared to be intoxicated," Davidson said.

Ah, Jeff Reed. Leave it to him to get in trouble when he's not even the one doing the public urinating. Exactly how was he defending Spaeth? Police saw him peeing. What can he possibly say? Was it the old, "Come on, officer, this guy's got really clean pee" defense?

Kicker or not, no one can ever say that Jeff Reed isn't there for his teammates.

[URL]http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/The-Steelers-do-everything-as-a-team-including-?urn=nfl,196894[/URL]

[Siggy00]

When they said Skippy got in a battle stance IMO he was so loaded he probably did the Daniel LaRusso crane kick.

[fordfixer]

they said Skippy got in a battle stance IMO he was so loaded he probably did the Daniel LaRusso crane kick.

Can not defend if done properly

[Rara]

Getting so pissed its former Steelers and their own free agents they signed. Foote and Burress were okay signings...but David Johnson? Greg Warren? We can draft Warren's replacement..

[SidSmythe]

I always thought Spaeth was a good blocker.