Former Steelers OT Willie Colon signs with NY Jets

[hawaiiansteel]

Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter:

Former Steelers OT Willie Colon to Jets on a one-year, $1.2 million deal.

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[lloydroid]

Hahahahahaha, yet even more evidence that the Jets are in deep doo doo. What is the over-under on how long until blob gets hurt for the year? I give him until week 4. And it may be much quicker than that.

[supersteeler]

I have a different take, whether fans liked him or his play or not I wish him well and would never wish injury on any player even if he wasn't a Steeler. He's just trying to make a living in the NFL and was willing to take a pay cut to stay with the Steelers, but no offer was made.
Good luck Willie!

[lloydroid]

I have a different take, whether fans liked him or his play or not I wish him well and would never wish injury on any player even if he wasn't a Steeler. He's just trying to make a living in the NFL and was willing to take a pay cut to stay with the Steelers, but no offer was made.
Good luck Willie!

Sorry. His injury history is somewhat on him; had he not played 50 lbs overweight, he might have had a lot more fortune on the injury front. He was not a good player for the Steelers, period, even though they paid him like he was.

[phillyesq]

That is a good price for Colon. Quite frankly, at that number, I would have minded seeing him back with the Steelers. For all his shortcomings, he does add some nasty to the offensive line.

[Siggy00]

Nasty my ass. He got in one post play fight.

Yippee.

He can't block, his feet are in cement all of the time and he commits too many penalties.

[lloydroid]

nasty my ass. He got in one post play fight.

Yippee.

He can't block, his feet are in cement all of the time and he commits too many penalties.

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[phillyesq]

Nasty my ass. He got in one post play fight.

Yippee.

He can't block, his feet are in cement all of the time and he commits too many penalties.

Agree on the penalties, but disagree on the blocking. This year, when healthy, he was a big part of the success of the running game. I know, I know, you abhor the running game, but even passing teams run in excess of 40% of the time.

Besides, Crash, Willie is best friends with your boy. I'm shocked that you approve of him being released without first clearing this with Ben.

[Siggy00]

Success? Where were they ranked?

They need to listen to Ben. He'a right far more than the golf coach and the lawyer.

But we can't have that. We have to put him in his place.

I don't mind the run game at all. What I do mind is running every play up the middle and having a below average fullback on the field simply to appease 1970's loving assclowns.

[lloydroid]

Success? Where were they ranked?

They need to listen to Ben. He'a right far more than the golf coach and the lawyer.

But we can't have that. We have to put him in his place.

I don't mind the run game at all. What I do mind is running every play up the middle and having a below average fullback on the field simply to appease 1970's loving assclowns.

26th rated rushing attack. 26th, on a team that places rushing the ball as a higher priority than any other team in the NFL. What rushing success?

[Rara]

Watch him have a career year next year and STAY HEALTHY all year.

[Dee Dub]

Sorry. His injury history is somewhat on him; had he not played 50 lbs overweight, he might have had a lot more fortune on the injury front. He was not a good player for the Steelers, period, even though they paid him like he was.

Dude..most all linemen are over-weight. It is the nature of the position. I once saw a lineman built like Adonis (Tony Mandarich), who played like Madonna.

[lloydroid]

Dude..most all linemen are over-weight. It is the nature of the position. I once saw a lineman built like Adonis (Tony Mandarich), who played like Madonna.

No, when I say "overweight" I mean overweight FOR AN NFL LINEMAN. Of course OLmen are going to be overweight compared to normal, regular weight people. But Colon was fat even by NFL OLmen standards. He was so fat, he couldn't even move. He had cinder blocks for feet. If he had dropped 40 lbs he would have been a better player. Look at Max Starks, Pouncy and DeCastro: They are not super thin but their guts don't hang a foot over their belt line either. Typical of Tomlin last year, there was a lack of discipline all over this team, and Colon was the poster boy for it. You think Tuna or Tom Coughlin would allow for that?

[deljzc]

Watch him have a career year next year and STAY HEALTHY all year.

When healthy, Colon is obviously better than Foster (the coaches decided that last year by who started). Does Colon's injury history really make him HALF the price as Foster? Because we paid Foster twice as much for a longer time frame and some guaranteed money.

I've said this for five years. I am very worried with how this organization is self-evaluating their talent and deciding their worth with contracts. In almost every case where a player ends up on the open market after a huge deal with the Steelers, he gets practically nothing. Foote, Colon, Starks, Kemoeatu. Watch Hampton be valued at $1-2 million on the open market when we valued him at $4-5 million just a couple years ago. I know age and injury matter, but not as much as what is showing up in the free market.

We see occasionally what 31 other GM's think of our middle talent that gets really good money, long-term deals and are often renegotiated here in Pittsburgh. And it's often not flattering.

Take out the offers of some of our free agents to ex-Steeler coaches in Indianapolis and Arizona and you get even a worse view.

[squidkid]

That is a good price for Colon. Quite frankly, at that number, I would have minded seeing him back with the Steelers. For all his shortcomings, he does add some nasty to the offensive line.

i agree but i bet colon never would have taken that pay from us. im sure he thought he was all that and would command alot more as a FA. when nobody came calling, he decided something was better than nothing and took the offer.
similar to what is happening to harrrison.