#&@%!!!! Maurkice Pouncey has setback, more surgery coming

[Shawn]

Yeah, center might be a draft need next year. This could well be a career ender.

There is zero reason to believe that at this point. We do not have enough information to make any sort of determination.

[fezziwig]

It's nice that the Steeler's have had great centers in the past and people like the tradition. I believe the Steeler's place too much emphasis on centers. Having a good center should be enough for a team. To pay your center elite money is a waste of money. Spend it upon elite offensive tackles, guys that can ring up the sacks, defend the pass. Spend it on weapon type players, not a center. And not on a center for whatever the reason, can't usually get off injured reserve.

[birtikidis]

It's nice that the Steeler's have had great centers in the past and people like the tradition. I believe the Steeler's place too much emphasis on centers. Having a good center should be enough for a team. To pay your center elite money is a waste of money. Spend it upon elite offensive tackles, guys that can ring up the sacks, defend the pass. Spend it on weapon type players, not a center. And not on a center for whatever the reason, can't usually get off injured reserve.

When your qb likes to step up into the pocket, you need to have a good center.

[RuthlessBurgher]

When your qb likes to step up into the pocket, you need to have a good center.

And when you have a patient runner like Le'Veon Bell, guys like Pouncey and DeCastro, who can get to the second level as run blockers and dominate, are invaluable.

[papillon]

When your qb likes to step up into the pocket, you need to have a good center.

Doesn't every pocket passing quarterback like to step up in the pocket to deliver an accurate throw?

Pappy

[NorthCoast]

While baseball has the Mendoza line, I wish there was some objective measure of bad offensive line play in football that we could refer to as the "Mahan line."

Cody Wallace has not been Mahan bad yet, but he has been close.

No one noticed who the 2nd player behind Brown was to greet Bryant in the endzone after his 88 yd run..... yea, that would be Wallace.

[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

No one noticed who the 2nd player behind Brown was to greet Bryant in the endzone after his 88 yd run..... yea, that would be Wallace.

I noticed! I had to play it back 2 or 3 times. If he was there that quickly, that only means one thing ... he was blocking way way downfield. Excellent!

[WindyCitySteel]

There is zero reason to believe that at this point. We do not have enough information to make any sort of determination.

Which is why I didn't make a determination, I just said it's a possibility.

[RuthlessBurgher]

No one noticed who the 2nd player behind Brown was to greet Bryant in the endzone after his 88 yd run..... yea, that would be Wallace.

That's because Wallace is a one trick pony whose only relevant attribute is his speed.

Wait...wrong Wallace. Nevermind.

[phillyesq]

Have we ever learned what type of infection it was? I haven't seen that anywhere.

[Ghost]

Haven't seen anywhere that listed exactly what type of infection it was but I did find that the second surgery was to go in and remove the metal plate put in during the first. He's also visiting an ankle specialist in North Carolina to assist in the recovery.

[Snatch98]

Haven't seen anywhere that listed exactly what type of infection it was but I did find that the second surgery was to go in and remove the metal plate put in during the first. He's also visiting an ankle specialist in North Carolina to assist in the recovery.

Espn is reporting he didn't have a second surgery and still could be back this season.

[WindyCitySteel]

Steve: Did Pouncey need/have the second surgery ? Will he possibly be back this season?
Ed Bouchette: Mike Tomlin said today he did not and that he could return. It's semantics. He had an infection cleaned out and the plate removed.

[WindyCitySteel]

Espn is reporting he didn't have a second surgery and still could be back this season.

They're just parroting what Tomlin said.