Did Steelers make a rash decision to sign Antonio Brown? - Page 2

TRH · 01-17-2013, 08:44 AM

more 2nd-guessing in Steelerland than ever before. Lots of backseat drivers.

Thats what guys make nowadays doing what he does. He's a strong #2 receiver. End of story.
And at the time....
We didn't think we'd sign Wallace - and we STILL probably (no, make that surely, won't). Would really suck if they both left, wouldn't it? Then people would be saying "why didn't we pay him that money??......."

lipps83 · 01-17-2013, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Darkstorm05

Wow. Brown being compared unfavorably to Wallace when the guy was badly injured for a third of the season? Maybe it's time to go hibernate until draft week.

Exactly. When you look at the stat line (especially for those just interested in Fantasy Football, and not real football) you tend to look at just receptions, yards, TD's. Not games played.

That has a tendency to really skew the numbers.

SteelersCanada · 01-17-2013, 11:06 AM

Gerry Dulac needs to just stop. It's like he's writing for a headline and putting out bullshit skewed facts to prove his 'point'. I'm using the word point a little fast and loose when describing Dulac, though.

ZoneBlitzer · 01-17-2013, 11:15 AM

Scary and revealing article.

BlaZeQuietly · 01-17-2013, 11:37 AM

Brown is not a #2 receiver he is a #1 receiver, he plays like he wants to win unlike Wallace, not to mention has way better hands. This team only has a few players that really act like they give a shit if we win or lose, those being ben, brown, harrison, and lewis, who hopefully we find a way to keep.

BlaZeQuietly · 01-17-2013, 11:38 AM

Next season I would be plenty happy with Brown as #1 Sanders as #2 and Cotchery as #3 Anyone know if we will still have Plax? If so him and Cotch could split time, and we'd have a little extra depth at the position.

edit: to answer the origional question, yeah we paid quite a bit but we locked up a great player, better we gave him the deal not Wallace, and someone mentioned Wallace had a bad game against the bangles? Wallace had a bad season against everyone this year, not just cinci, wow.

OX1947 · 01-17-2013, 11:59 AM

Antonio Brown came off a season doing something that no PLAYER in the history of the NFL had done. Have a 1000 yards receiving and 1000 yards returning in the same season. Made THE clutch catch of the year in 2010-11 for the Steelers in the B-More playoff game to come back from a 14 point deficit.

He was paid for performance plus the future. He had a high ankle sprain this year that derailed his entire season. High Ankle sprains are sometimes worse then a sprained knee. Especially for a guy who's entire game is predicated on quick stops and go.

BlaZeQuietly · 01-17-2013, 12:06 PM

Brown has great hands, reminds me of hines ward/santonio holmes a little.

steeltheone · 01-17-2013, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Darkstorm05

Wow. Brown being compared unfavorably to Wallace when the guy was badly injured for a third of the season? Maybe it's time to go hibernate until draft week.

His stats and performance were poor before the injury.

wwhickok · 01-17-2013, 12:29 PM

I might also add that Brown made some big plays after initially returning from injury.

01-17-2013, 08:44 AM	#11
TRH Living Legend Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: eastern PA Posts: 4,140 Gender: Male Member Number: 17206 Thanks: 80 Thanked 141 Times in 101 Posts	Re: Did Steelers make a rash decision to sign Antonio Brown? more 2nd-guessing in Steelerland than ever before. Lots of backseat drivers. Thats what guys make nowadays doing what he does. He's a strong #2 receiver. End of story. And at the time.... We didn't think we'd sign Wallace - and we STILL probably (no, make that surely, won't). Would really suck if they both left, wouldn't it? Then people would be saying "why didn't we pay him that money??......."

01-17-2013, 11:06 AM	#13
SteelersCanada Team President Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 2,311 Member Number: 24400 Thanks: 113 Thanked 633 Times in 414 Posts	Re: Did Steelers make a rash decision to sign Antonio Brown? Gerry Dulac needs to just stop. It's like he's writing for a headline and putting out bullshit skewed facts to prove his 'point'. I'm using the word point a little fast and loose when describing Dulac, though.

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ZoneBlitzer Assistant Coach Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,165 Gender: Male Member Number: 16775 Thanks: 129 Thanked 71 Times in 53 Posts	Re: Did Steelers make a rash decision to sign Antonio Brown? Scary and revealing article.

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BlaZeQuietly Team Captain Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NY Posts: 936 Gender: Male Member Number: 18219 Thanks: 73 Thanked 47 Times in 38 Posts	Re: Did Steelers make a rash decision to sign Antonio Brown? Brown is not a #2 receiver he is a #1 receiver, he plays like he wants to win unlike Wallace, not to mention has way better hands. This team only has a few players that really act like they give a shit if we win or lose, those being ben, brown, harrison, and lewis, who hopefully we find a way to keep. __________________

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01-17-2013, 11:59 AM	#17
OX1947 Team Owner Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,511 Member Number: 723 Thanks: 47 Thanked 177 Times in 123 Posts	Re: Did Steelers make a rash decision to sign Antonio Brown? Antonio Brown came off a season doing something that no PLAYER in the history of the NFL had done. Have a 1000 yards receiving and 1000 yards returning in the same season. Made THE clutch catch of the year in 2010-11 for the Steelers in the B-More playoff game to come back from a 14 point deficit. He was paid for performance plus the future. He had a high ankle sprain this year that derailed his entire season. High Ankle sprains are sometimes worse then a sprained knee. Especially for a guy who's entire game is predicated on quick stops and go.

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