This season's salary cap.

[FourThreeMafia]

Originally Posted by Rhee Rhee

and thats what has plagued us with signings like mahan and wilson... (dead weight as someone put it earlier) the one signing i do think worked out was duce but that was only for one season... as he became ineffective after our 15-1 season with the emergence of willie parker

Wilson isnt as bad as people make him out to be. He has great hands actually. His problem is field awareness and he struggles in seperation.

Mahan was a terrible signing from the get go IMO, but I assumed they saw something in him. After watching him play this season, I cant for the life of me figure out what that is.

[lamberts-lost-tooth]

Originally Posted by FourThreeMafia

Hackett is a much better reciever. Numbers lie. He's had injury issues which have hampered his production, which will ultimately cost him alot of money.

Johnson is a great number 3, but nothing special as a number 2.

Johnson fills in on a regular basis as a VERY solid #2...so I would respectfully disagree.

Hackett is legit, but he is sharing catches with Nate Burleson & Deion Branch.

Obviously Johnson would have even more yardage if he wasnt behind two Elite recievers in Boldin and Fitzgerald.

Every single NFL team would take Johnson over Hackett...no contest.

[lamberts-lost-tooth]

Originally Posted by FourThreeMafia

Wilson isnt as bad as people make him out to be. He has great hands actually. His problem is field awareness and he struggles in seperation.

Mahan was a terrible signing from the get go IMO, but I assumed they saw something in him. After watching him play this season, I cant for the life of me figure out what that is.

Actually...Wilsons first year with us..he had more drops than he had catches...he has been a bust. But yea, I have lost hope in Mahan being anything but a wave player.

[FourThreeMafia]

Originally Posted by lamberts-lost-tooth

Actually...Wilsons first year with us..he had more drops than he had catches...he has been a bust. But yea, I have lost hope in Mahan being anything but a wave player.

Wilson had 26 catches his first year with the Steelers, and I can guarantee he didnt have more drops than catches. He was the number 3 reciever for us that year, (number 4 if you count Heath Miller) and he probably wasnt even targeted more than 50 times that entire season. and Im willing to bet at least 10-15 of those targets were OFF TARGET. Id say at most, he dropped 12 balls, and I dont even see that. So, I dont know where you got that at, but its bogus. Wilson hasnt been a star, but he hasnt been a bust An FA bust (like Sean Mahan) is a player you sign to come in and make a big impact, but doesnt. Wilson was NEVER expected to make a big impact. He was brought in to be a number 3. Wilsons issues have never been his hands, its his inablilty to seperate and find holes and coverage, and he seems to get disoriented easily.

Wilson has ZERO drops this season. He has been targets 30 times and has caught 17.

Last year, if I remember correctly, he dropped 4 or 5 passes, and Ward had 7 or 8 drops.

[FourThreeMafia]

Originally Posted by lamberts-lost-tooth

Johnson fills in on a regular basis as a VERY solid #2...so I would respectfully disagree.

Hackett is legit, but he is sharing catches with Nate Burleson & Deion Branch.

Obviously Johnson would have even more yardage if he wasnt behind two Elite recievers in Boldin and Fitzgerald.

Every single NFL team would take Johnson over Hackett...no contest.

It helps having Fitz or Boldin playing next to you.

Im not saying Johnson isnt good or he CANT be a good number 2, but I think he is much better as the number 3, but he will get his chance somehwere to be a number 2 probably, like Carolina.

And no, it isnt 'no contest'.

[lamberts-lost-tooth]

Originally Posted by FourThreeMafia

Wilson had 26 catches his first year with the Steelers, and I can guarantee he didnt have more drops than catches. He was the number 3 reciever for us that year, (number 4 if you count Heath Miller) and he probably wasnt even targeted more than 50 times that entire season. and Im willing to bet at least 10-15 of those targets were OFF TARGET. Id say at most, he dropped 12 balls, and I dont even see that. So, I dont know where you got that at, but its bogus. Wilson hasnt been a star, but he hasnt been a bust An FA bust (like Sean Mahan) is a player you sign to come in and make a big impact, but doesnt. Wilson was NEVER expected to make a big impact. He was brought in to be a number 3. Wilsons issues have never been his hands, its his inablilty to seperate and find holes and coverage, and he seems to get disoriented easily.

Wilson has ZERO drops this season. He has been targets 30 times and has caught 17.

Last year, if I remember correctly, he dropped 4 or 5 passes, and Ward had 7 or 8 drops.

Okay...let me talk plain english since sarcasm didnt work....Wilson has been unproductive by ANYONES standards...he DOES have a problem with drops..in fact...an article was written last year about Wilson and Washingtons inability to hold on to the ball....Wilson dropped a pass last game...so we dont have to look very far back to disprove the "whole season without a drop" remark. I dont think when we signed Wilson it was with the understanding that he would catch less than two passes a game..and that he would only give us two regular season TD's in three years.
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[lamberts-lost-tooth]

Originally Posted by FourThreeMafia

It helps having Fitz or Boldin playing next to you.

Im not saying Johnson isnt good or he CANT be a good number 2, but I think he is much better as the number 3, but he will get his chance somehwere to be a number 2 probably, like Carolina.

And no, it isnt 'no contest'.

How does having a sure handed Elite #1 and #2 in front of you...help....you to get more catches? Wouldnt that mean that the QB would throw to them more??? (To be truthful..Johnson has two #1 receivers in front of him)

I would thing that if you are behind less than elite starters..you should get more playing time and therefore more catches.

But as I said originally...Hackett is a legit WR and I would love to have him...he just isnt in Bryant Johnsons category.

I know you said..Numbers can be deceiving (which must be why you think Wilson is a good WR)...but productivity is the bottom line and Johnson is twice as productive.

Johnson: ...210 career catches 2,675 career yards
Hackett: .....105 career catches 1,394 career yards
(both are 26 years old)
I would rather Johnson "deceive" our opponants with that type of production...than settle for half of that with the "reality" of Hackett's abilities.

[BlastFurnace]

Originally Posted by lamberts-lost-tooth

Because in three years he has managed an average of only 27 catches per year (thats less than 2 catches per game)...387 yards per year (a little over 24 yards per game)....and LESS THAN 1 TOUCHDOWN per year

You know as well as I do that he hardly ever gets the ball thrown to him, but when he does, he is productive. You can't catch it when it's not thrown to you.

Wilson is much better than any #4 receiver we have had in Pittsburgh in quite some time. He's not as bad as people think.

[Rotorhead]

Somehow, with the way everyone is so enamored with Washington, and having Ward, Santo and Miller, I dont see us going into FA to get a receiver . . . there are far more glaring needs. I can see us drafting a late round tall prospect to groom into a receiver. If we dabble in FA, it will be for OL, most likely a Center, but I have no idea who is even available. I agree with whoever said our run game dropped off because of kreider, I truly believe that. Injuries hurt out Def this year, so I can see us drafting for depth there as well as OL in the first couple rounds. It is going to be a slow off season for us like usual unless Lebeau leaves.

[lamberts-lost-tooth]

Originally Posted by BlastFurnace

You know as well as I do that he hardly ever gets the ball thrown to him, but when he does, he is productive. You can't catch it when it's not thrown to you.

Wilson is much better than any #4 receiver we have had in Pittsburgh in quite some time. He's not as bad as people think.

You actually prove my point...he has been regulated to #4 on our depth chart....but he was signed to be a #2 and sadley getting paid like one.
So yea...he is the bet #2 reciever we have ever had at the #4 slot.