Sweeeeeeeeed!!!

[Steelerphile]

Re: Sweeeeeeeeed!!!

People always like to drag Nate into the argument and dog him but really, Nate might not have made the tough catch consistently, but I really don't think he dropped many if any when he was wide open and the ball hit him squarely at shoulder or chest height with perfect placement.

Nate did not drop that type of pass. The passes that Nate was accused of "dropping" were tougher catches when being contested by a a defender.

I was not a huge Sweed supporter, but he did appear to be improved after spending a good offseason working on things. He is fast and and big and gets open and that cannot be ignored, but dropping that type of pass after supposedly improving a lot is a bad sign. Maybe he is the type of player who tightens up when he knows he is open and the ball is coming and has time to think. Confidence is a fragile thing, and if you don't have it, it is hard to perform. Sweed probably needs a sports psychologist.

[frankthetank1]

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at least mcdonald can catch the damn ball. if sweed wasnt as tall as he is no way he would be on this team or even in the nfl for that matter. i hope sweed turns it around more than anything but i doubt he will. one thing is for sure these awful drops that would have been easy td's have to be eating him alive. he has at least 2 or three of those and the worst thing about it is he has few opportunites to get his confidence up. how does ben have any confidence when he throws sweed a pass?

[NorthCoast]

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So what some are suggesting then is that we should play a WR that gets open but every time the ball is thrown to him we need to hold our collective breath that he hangs on??

Wow our standards have really slipped.

I have compared Sweed with Braylon Edwards, big receiver from a bigtime college, that made big plays. Problem is it didn't carry over to the NFL. Edwards' drops have been legend for the Browns. We don't need that kind of WR on our team. Give me a short shrimp with sure hands.

[mshifko]

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i'm giving sweed time...i think he'll be a reliable target for us in time...he dropped that pass because his elbow hit the turf when he landed...it's not like he flat out had it doink off of his hands...

i'm not down on him like most, i think we're set at WR for the future with him holmes, and mikey...

[feltdizz]

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he dropped that pass cause he can't catch wide open TD's.. I'm sick of the passes given to high draft picks while we demand excellence from undrafted and unknown talent.

All these guys are playing NFL football... fugh the college highlights and 1st and 2nd round status...

put Rucker or Washington or McDonald on Sweeds jersey and I bet all of you apologist would sing a different tune.

I want sweeeeeed to succeed but I can't catch the passes for him...

[fezziwig]

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As another poster said, " Sweed has potential " I HATE POTENTIAL !

Put all the potential out there you want, potential didn't catch a perfect pass.

[steelfanforlife]

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You guys dont get it - ya sweed dropped that pass and reed missed the field goal - but to think that the rest of the game plays out the same is silly. Maybe he catches that and we go up 20 - 9 earlier and then the next series where we scored arians calls a different game and we end up going run run punt and were still stuck in the same boat.

Sweed will be ok - and i put my money where my mouth is and bought a sweed authentic already - will break it out when he starts delivering like we need him to - meanwhile with a 20 - 9 lead and something like 10 minutes left in the game our vaunted steelers D allowed the bungles to drive on us not once BUT twice to put up 14 points on their final two posessions. If i told you that would happen before the season you would laugh me off the board. So give the young feller a chance - he doesnt deserve your scorn.

[feltdizz]

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You guys dont get it - ya sweed dropped that pass and reed missed the field goal - but to think that the rest of the game plays out the same is silly. Maybe he catches that and we go up 20 - 9 earlier and then the next series where we scored arians calls a different game and we end up going run run punt and were still stuck in the same boat.

Sweed will be ok - and i put my money where my mouth is and bought a sweed authentic already - will break it out when he starts delivering like we need him to - meanwhile with a 20 - 9 lead and something like 10 minutes left in the game our vaunted steelers D allowed the bungles to drive on us not once BUT twice to put up 14 points on their final two posessions. If i told you that would happen before the season you would laugh me off the board. So give the young feller a chance - he doesnt deserve your scorn.

might wanna get the moth balls for that der jersey... you could play the what if in the AFCCG last year...

maybe Sweeds drop won that game...

[steelfanforlife]

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to be honest it was a gift - hopefully not a wasted one - i will be sporting my roeth throwback authentic this week - section 109 row T - we better beat the f n chargers

[fezziwig]

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I think I'm mostly upset about the loss is because, we gave it away. Two behind the Ravens and now behind the Bungles. We need the division wins and we can't give away the freebees in my opinion.

With the stacked AFC, 10-6 or 11-5 might not get you into the playoffs. If you don't beleive me, ask the Cheats of last year. It is also how we are losing that chaps me. Would of could of should of is the tune of our almost victories.

[ikestops85]

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I'm sorry but my patience with Sweed has worn thin. You can talk about potential all you want but if a receiver shows he doesn't have good hands then I don't really care about potential. You can't teach good hands ... you either have them or you don't. Sweed should now be treated as if he were an undrafted free agent ... be the #5 WR and try to earn back his QB's trust in practice. If he can do that then start to slowly give him some playing time. By the way, is Sweed a one trick pony? Does he play on special teams? I don't ever remember seeing him on the special teams and if he does play he never has his name called. Maybe Logan can pick up some of the snaps Sweed was taking on the field.

and just so you don't think I'm saving my wrath for Sweed - I'm also losing patience with Santonio. I keep thinking this guy is going to breakout and become a superstar and he keeps disappointing. He was bad for the first 3/4s of the season last year, got hot in the playoffs and made the great SB game winning catch. Of course he did drop a perfectly thrown TD pass the play before. Started out this year with a great game but has been lousy in the 2 following games. He continually drops passes and doesn't seem to recognize when he needs to run a hot route.

and even Hines has made more than his fair share of mistakes this year. With the penalties against him, the fumble near the goal line and he has dropped a couple passes.

Maybe Tomlin ought to mix it up and start Wallace and MacDonald with Logan as the slot guy. Alright, that might be going overboard but it's just frustrating ... especially when the O-line seems to be pulling it together and protecting Ben. Aaarrrg!!!

[steelblood]

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I am worried about Sweed. But, I don't want McDonald yet. McDonald is very average, seems to have trouble getting open, and is plain weak with the ball in his hands. Sweed, played well in the preseason. I'm hoping that he will turn things around.