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  • RuthlessBurgher
    Legend
    • May 2008
    • 33208

    Cortez Allen Released

    Steelers release CB Allen

    Posted 19 minutes ago


    CB Cortez Allen appeared in 56 career regular-season games.


    The Steelers have released cornerback Cortez Allen, the team announced today.


    Allen entered the NFL as a fourth-round (128th overall) draft selection of the Steelers in 2011. He appeared in 56 career regular-season games (18 starts) and totaled 150 tackles (25 solo), 34 passes defensed and six interceptions.

    [URL]http://www.steelers.com/news/transactions/article-1/Steelers-release-CB-Allen/837bcab1-be75-40cd-916f-1e20d0347f90[/URL]
    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.
  • RuthlessBurgher
    Legend
    • May 2008
    • 33208

    #2
    It doesn't appear to be a post-June 1 designation, so we only save $1.7M rather than $4.4M on this year's cap, but this way, he will count nothing against our cap next year (when we'll likely be trying to extend Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell to long term deals).

    Steelers cut CB Cortez Allen

    Posted by Zac Jackson on April 15, 2016, 4:20 PM EDT


    The Steelers released veteran cornerback Cortez Allen on Friday.

    Allen was due to make $4.4 million in 2016 and was signed through 2018 after the Steelers signed him to a five-year deal worth almost $25 million in 2014.


    A knee injury limited Allen, 27, to one game last season, and the team asked him to take a pay cut last month. The team saves $1.7 million in salary cap room this year by releasing him.


    The Steelers drafted Allen in the fourth round in 2011. He started 18 of the 56 games he played and had six interceptions. If he’s healthy, he’ll draw interest on the open market.


    The Steelers have focused plenty of pre-draft attention on defensive back prospects.


    [URL]http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/04/15/steelers-cut-cb-cortez-allen/[/URL]
    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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    • Eddie Spaghetti
      Hall of Famer
      • Jul 2008
      • 4123

      #3
      the worst extension in recent memory. you would think the people who saw him everyday would make a better decision on that one

      I'm OK with cutting bait now. eat the cap space and move on

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      • SteelBucks
        Legend
        • Aug 2008
        • 8075

        #4
        One less sub-par CB for me to complain about.

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        • squidkid
          Legend
          • Feb 2012
          • 5847

          #5
          Originally posted by Eddie Spaghetti
          the worst extension in recent memory. you would think the people who saw him everyday would make a better decision on that one

          I'm OK with cutting bait now. eat the cap space and move on

          woodley?......
          steelers = 3 ring circus with tomlin being the head clown

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          • squidkid
            Legend
            • Feb 2012
            • 5847

            #6
            gonna have to sign a vet now
            steelers = 3 ring circus with tomlin being the head clown

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            • BradshawsHairdresser
              Legend
              • Dec 2008
              • 7056

              #7
              Originally posted by Eddie Spaghetti
              the worst extension in recent memory. you would think the people who saw him everyday would make a better decision on that one
              $$$$$$$$$

              Steelers have sucked at evaluating and developing DBs for nearly a decade now. Let's hope this is the start of a turnaround in that department.

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              • squidkid
                Legend
                • Feb 2012
                • 5847

                #8
                Originally posted by BradshawsHairdresser
                $$$$$$$$$

                Steelers have sucked at evaluating and developing DBs for nearly a decade now. Let's hope this is the start of a turnaround in that department.
                yet tomlin is suppose to be some secondary guru..................odd
                steelers = 3 ring circus with tomlin being the head clown

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                • SidSmythe
                  Hall of Famer
                  • Sep 2008
                  • 4708

                  #9
                  Cortez Allen had a lot of promise. He was durable and capable.
                  All the hindsight is laughable.

                  Allen was usually in very good position however he couldn't adjust to the ball in the air. His problems were mental, not physical.
                  Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...
                  Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...
                  Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...!!!

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                  • SteelCrazy
                    Legend
                    • Aug 2008
                    • 5049

                    #10
                    He will be a very good player for someone. Hopefully we re-sign him.
                    2019 Mock

                    1. ILB
                    2. CB
                    3. ILB
                    4. S
                    5. CB
                    6. ILB
                    7. S

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                    • squidkid
                      Legend
                      • Feb 2012
                      • 5847

                      #11
                      Originally posted by SteelCrazy
                      He will be a very good player for someone. Hopefully we re-sign him.

                      im assuming he declined to take a pay cut, thats why he was cut
                      steelers = 3 ring circus with tomlin being the head clown

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                      • Steelhere10
                        Hall of Famer
                        • May 2008
                        • 3849

                        #12
                        I hate to say I told you so years ago.
                        [url]http://www.planetsteelers.com/forums/showthread.php/43162-I-still-don-t-see-the-love-affair-for-Cortez[/url]!
                        [url=http://img525.imageshack.us/i/steelers2010.jpg/]http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2...eelers2010.jpg[/url]

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                        • feltdizz
                          Legend
                          • May 2008
                          • 27531

                          #13
                          Originally posted by SidSmythe
                          Cortez Allen had a lot of promise. He was durable and capable.
                          All the hindsight is laughable.

                          Allen was usually in very good position however he couldn't adjust to the ball in the air. His problems were mental, not physical.
                          He physically couldnt put his hands up and knock the ball down...
                          Steelers 27
                          Rats 16

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                          • RuthlessBurgher
                            Legend
                            • May 2008
                            • 33208

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Steelhere10
                            I'm overjoyed to say I told you so years ago.
                            [URL]http://www.planetsteelers.com/forums/showthread.php/43162-I-still-don-t-see-the-love-affair-for-Cortez[/URL]!
                            Fixed that for you.
                            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

                              #15
                              I wish that had worked out...
                              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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