ESPN: Steelers will 'explore' signing veteran safety Eric Weddle

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  • RuthlessBurgher
    Legend
    • May 2008
    • 33208

    #61
    Kickers net 6th or 7th rounders at best.
    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.

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    • RuthlessBurgher
      Legend
      • May 2008
      • 33208

      #62
      By Mike Florio
      March 13, 2016, 2:35 PM EDT
      Clarity on Eric Weddle’s next destination coming this week

      With free agency firmly in phase two, safety Eric Weddle has moved to the top of the list of available talent. Later this week, more clarity about his next destination will emerge.

      As noted by Michael Gehlken of the San Diego Union-Tribune, Weddle has four offers on the table. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Weddle has decided to keep the identity of all interested teams secret.

      Two of the offers are expected to be rejected without a counter, reducing the final field to two franchises. Apparently, Weddle’s discretion is aimed at ensuring fans and players on teams that are (or aren’t) in the hunt won’t react negatively toward that franchise (or, possibly, to him) once he chooses another destination.

      Of course, that type of unusual secrecy will prompt some to suggest that, if Weddle isn’t naming the interested teams, one or more of them are fictitious, aimed at squeezing perhaps the one team that is interested. Regardless, an answer seems to be coming soon from the well-respect 30-year-old who has made it to three Pro Bowls and who has been named a first-team All Pro twice.
      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.

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      • Slapstick
        Rookie
        • May 2008
        • 0

        #63
        The Weddle problem is this: No NFL team has been willing to pay top dollar to a thirtysomething safety...

        If you look at the top ten safety salaries, the oldest age at signing the contract was 28. Charles Woodson for example, was barely in the top 20 safety salaries...

        There is nothing comparable on the market if Weddle wants big $$$...
        Actually, my post was NOT about you...but, if the shoe fits, feel free to lace that &!+€# up and wear it.

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        • pittpete
          Legend
          • Aug 2008
          • 6825

          #64
          Let him go to Oakland or LA or wherever this joke of a team plays ball now..LOL
          They're due to win a Super Bowl, its been 33 years.
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          • buccoray61
            Starter
            • Jul 2009
            • 945

            #65
            Weddle to sign with the Ravens per NFL.com

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            • Steelwolf
              Pro Bowler
              • Jul 2014
              • 1294

              #66
              Signed with the ravens.

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              • Steelhere10
                Hall of Famer
                • May 2008
                • 3849

                #67
                Good, we don't sign players in the 30s
                [url=http://img525.imageshack.us/i/steelers2010.jpg/]http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2...eelers2010.jpg[/url]

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                • Steelwolf
                  Pro Bowler
                  • Jul 2014
                  • 1294

                  #68
                  26 mil 4 years...

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                  • RuthlessBurgher
                    Legend
                    • May 2008
                    • 33208

                    #69
                    I'd turn my attention to formal Cardinals FS Rashad Johnson now.
                    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.

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                    • Slapstick
                      Rookie
                      • May 2008
                      • 0

                      #70
                      So much for choosing based upon the strength of the roster, the city, and school options...
                      Actually, my post was NOT about you...but, if the shoe fits, feel free to lace that &!+€# up and wear it.

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                      • squidkid
                        Legend
                        • Feb 2012
                        • 5847

                        #71
                        i thought he wanted to win..............we must have low balled the sh!t out of him
                        steelers = 3 ring circus with tomlin being the head clown

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                        • SteelBucks
                          Legend
                          • Aug 2008
                          • 8075

                          #72
                          Originally posted by squidkid
                          i thought he wanted to win..............we must have low balled the sh!t out of him
                          Jagr also wanted to finish his career in Pittsburgh. Money always wins out....most of the time anyway.

                          Glad this drama is over.

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                          • RuthlessBurgher
                            Legend
                            • May 2008
                            • 33208

                            #73
                            Originally posted by Slapstick
                            So much for choosing based upon the strength of the roster, the city, and school options...
                            I know based on watching The Wire, that Baltimore is somewhere I want to raise my kids.
                            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.

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                            • Oviedo
                              Legend
                              • May 2008
                              • 23824

                              #74
                              Weddle sucks. I hope he blows out his Achilles
                              "My team, may they always be right, but right or wrong...MY TEAM!"

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                              • squidkid
                                Legend
                                • Feb 2012
                                • 5847

                                #75
                                Originally posted by Oviedo
                                Weddle sucks. I hope he blows out his Achilles
                                now you're talkin..............
                                of course i would be more pissed if the steelers would have paid him that much
                                steelers = 3 ring circus with tomlin being the head clown

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