Will Allen

[Hawaii 5-0]

Originally Posted by Fire Arians

allen has been playing well, but when troy's ready you know he's gonna be in there. chemistry is great and all but troy's playmaking ability is second to none

let's see now...

Will Allen or one of the greatest Steelers ever?

Will Allen or one of the greatest Steelers ever?

hmmmm?

[tony hipchest]

Originally Posted by austinfrench76

I agree that Allen has been a great substitution but what's funny is that I really liked Mundy until this year. His play against Denver in the post season last year was awful but other than that he was pretty solid. Need to pick up a Safety in the draft.

before the draft, i mentionned on twitter that wee needed to look at safety citing this game and ryan mundy responded reminding me he had 2 forced fumbles and a critical fumble recovery.

i stood corrected as it was the fumble recovery that even allowed us to take the game into OT, instead of losing in regulation.

[teegre]

Originally Posted by Fire Arians

allen has been playing well, but when troy's ready you know he's gonna be in there. chemistry is great and all but troy's playmaking ability is second to none

Exactly.

Chemistry gets a team so far; dynamic, spinning dervishes gets a team a Lombardi.

Likewise, this is the same question being asked about when DD is healthy: do they bench Foster. On the O-line, chemistry is far more important than in other areas... but, DD is so darn good, i think that his pulling ability trumps any chemistry.

[WVABE]

For what its worth,

if it aint broke------don't fix it.

[steelfury02]

I'm not doubting Troy's capabilities, but come on - the guy needs to play more than 1 or 2 games in a row - he is entering Aaron Smith territory if he keeps it up. He has missed significant time 3 out of the past 4 seasons.

[tanda10506]

Originally Posted by Fire Arians

allen has been playing well, but when troy's ready you know he's gonna be in there. chemistry is great and all but troy's playmaking ability is second to none

We'll see. He hasn't really made plays since 2010, which is about 4 injuries ago for him. I'm not sure if he's that great of a Safety when he can't play 100% "balls to the wall". His playing style is why he has been so exceptionally great, but his body doesn't seem to have enough to let him play 100%. IMO, and some other's who have noted it on here before, Troy is a liability in man coverge, and since he's no longer making plays I can't help but wonder if a Safety that's good in coverge (like Allen has been playing) is better for us right now. There's no doubt in my mind that they will put him in as soon as he's "better", but will he last more then 2 games and will the defense continue to play well? Time will tell.