Sides far apart on Starks' deal

[steelers43]

Re: Sides far apart on Starks' deal

They wanted Unger only if they couldn't get Loadholt. I would have loved Loadholt. Beatty is years away.

It be nice to get Loadholt -- as a right tackle. I don't think he would be a good fit on the left side. Beatty has a lot of upside. He might be "years away," but for all I know, so might Hills and Capizzi.

IF Beatty gets there at all.

Max on the left and Loadholt on the right would be great if you ask me.

Max - Kemo - Shipley - Colon - Loadholt would have been a nice future line.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Re: Sides far apart on Starks' deal

They wanted Unger only if they couldn't get Loadholt. I would have loved Loadholt. Beatty is years away.

It be nice to get Loadholt -- as a right tackle. I don't think he would be a good fit on the left side. Beatty has a lot of upside. He might be "years away," but for all I know, so might Hills and Capizzi.

IF Beatty gets there at all.

Max on the left and Loadholt on the right would be great if you ask me.

Max - Kemo - Shipley - Colon - Loadholt would have been a nice future line.

I would have been okay with getting Loadholt in the 2nd as a RT prospect, but that doesn't impact the discussion here from those who are saying that we should have done something in one of the past 3 drafts to replace Max. Since Loadholt is a RT but not a LT prospect, drafting him wouldn't have impacted our situation with Starks in the least. He would have only competed with Colon.

[SidSmythe]

Re: Sides far apart on Starks' deal

This moving Colon to guard talk is getting as old as the Steelers going to the 4-3

[steelers43]

Re: Sides far apart on Starks' deal

They wanted Unger only if they couldn't get Loadholt. I would have loved Loadholt. Beatty is years away.

It be nice to get Loadholt -- as a right tackle. I don't think he would be a good fit on the left side. Beatty has a lot of upside. He might be "years away," but for all I know, so might Hills and Capizzi.

IF Beatty gets there at all.

Max on the left and Loadholt on the right would be great if you ask me.

Max - Kemo - Shipley - Colon - Loadholt would have been a nice future line.

I would have been okay with getting Loadholt in the 2nd as a RT prospect, but that doesn't impact the discussion here from those who are saying that we should have done something in one of the past 3 drafts to replace Max. Since Loadholt is a RT but not a LT prospect, drafting him wouldn't have impacted our situation with Starks in the least. He would have only competed with Colon.

Everyone keeps saying do something else but besides Collins, all I get is that we COULD have moved up. Nobody knows if we could or not and Collins is NOT better than Max.

All I keep hearing is we made mistakes. What mistakes? Seems like a bit of empty cases of complaints outside of reality to me.

[steelers43]

Re: Sides far apart on Starks' deal

This moving Colon to guard talk is getting as old as the Steelers going to the 4-3

Until we get someone better, I agree. Colon was originally thought of as a guard canidate.

[stlrz d]

Re: Sides far apart on Starks' deal

This moving Colon to guard talk is getting as old as the Steelers going to the 4-3

Especially after this:

BTSC: We've heard many say that Colon is really a guard playing tackle. What is your take on that?

WOLFLEY: Colon is not a guard, he just looks like he should be one. He doesn't have the tools to play guard in this league.

[url="http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/2009/4/2/817159/btsc-chats-with-steelers-analyst"]http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/20 ... rs-analyst[/url]

[fezziwig]

Re: Sides far apart on Starks' deal

man i kinda hate max starks. what a little beyotch. "i thought i was a priority" please. when he starts making the pro bowl on a regular basis and dominates like harrison then he can complain. he happens to play a position that is hard to find talent at and the steelers have no other real options. they have been more than generous to him. it seems to me he is a pretty selfish guy.

I have to agree about getting that kind of coin and not even a wiff of pro bowl caliber. He always seemed slow and clumsy to me and I don't recall him getting out infront for any run blocking or sweeps too often.
I guess we don't run sweeps anymore but still the same, that is a lot of cabbage for a guy that only won out against an injured Marvel Smith.

I don't fault Max for wanting the most for himself, it just seems like too much money for a guy that isn't the tops when, we have real super stars that some of that money could go to.

Just goes to show how little of quality tackles are out there in the NFL.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Re: Sides far apart on Starks' deal

I was just emptying SPAM out of my e-mail account, and I had a horrifying experience.

It was an advertisement for "Trial Colon Cleanse Sample."

In the "From" column, though, was the following name:

MAX COLON!!!



That really freaked me out, man. Seriously. *shudder*

If I get an e-mail tomorrow from Willie Starks, I am sleeping with my eyes open from now on.

[Mel Blount's G]

Re: Sides far apart on Starks' deal

How 'bout "Max Mahan" for some sleepless nights ruth?

[RuthlessBurgher]

Re: Sides far apart on Starks' deal

How 'bout "Max Mahan" for some sleepless nights ruth?

Great...now I'm never going to sleep. Thanks a bunch.