Getting rid of Woodley

Bingo. You think other teams won't have noticed the drop off in his play? The only point where this would happen in a way beneficial to us would be if a team were able to provide something that the Steelers currently can't. Kind of like what Hack keeps saying about Rolando McClain, I guess.

 

in the 70's we had good players too. woodley hasen't played at a pro bowl level for the last two years. yea, i guess we can scare these teams with him and troy, while we pay them tons of money to play 4 games a year because of what they did in the past. best pass rusher my azz. you have to play to be considered that.

 

it's been two seasons now glenn. when do you finally say enough? 18 friggin games in two years he's not been the best pass rusher, yet he collects 8 mil. a year. please. our highest paid players need to be on the field. woodley hasen't been. if this 7-7 team is going to improve in the future you have to have these players on the field. he's lived on the coatails of james harrison.

 

If I remember correctly Bettis was the Rams' version of Woodley. He was a player that had fallen out of favor for whatever reason and was shipped out. The rest is history. I've been critical of Woodley's nagging injuries too but wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of history in this one. It's too soon to give up on him.

 

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yes woodley is worth his money. do you see him in the top 50 in sacks? he's ranked 74th. there are only 32 teams you know. i can see why we would want to keep paying him 8 mil a year.

 

I don't think the Steelers held a gun to the head of the Rams organization,
the Rams chose to go in another direction, I am proposing the same with Woodley.
There is a sucker born every minute!

 

exactly. why pay 8 mil a year then? thats what i'm trying to say. is he really worth it?

 

Where are you getting he has missed 18 games in 2 in the last 2 years? I'm only seeing 10 games missed as of now. Just curious...

 

In the past, it has seemed to me that Woodley has played his best football at the end of seasons. Why that is, I'm not sure. Should his level of play be better over the full course of a season? I'd certainly like to see that.

However, I think Woodley is a very good OLB even when he is not playing at his best level, and I'd hate to lose him.

I'm personally hoping for another Woodley explosion at this year's end!

 

Yes... he would start slow because he would come in camp out of shape and pull a hammy....he evetually played himself into shape as the year went on and would finish the year strong...

You can get away with it when you are young, but as you get older you can't do that anymore...

he needs to rededicate himsel fin the offseason each year from now on....

 

If what you say is true, then I am with you--he should be more dedicated in the off-season. However, I just don't know enough to be able to say with certainty that his off-season habits have resulted in lackluster play and injuries. I'm not disagreeing with you, I just simply don't know.

 

You guys kill me, sometimes!

 

Its not as much about cutting Woodley as it is absorbing the cap hit.

HACK

 

i'm not even talking about cutting him, but a trade would be nice. he could be coupled with someone else. for a player and a draft pick. he has some value as a 4-3 end to someone hopefully. how about him and colon. lose about 14 mil..

 

Thank goodness somebody's on board.

 

Wow, A lot of you guys just won't take off the glasses, talk about being dumb. Every since Woodley signed that big contract he hasn't done **** on the field. He gets injured because he is fat and out of shape. Like a lot of players do. once the big contract is signed they go into hibernation. The reason we suck this year is because we have no pass rush. Troy P will never be the player he once was. Its time to move on. Big Ben will never be any better than he is right now. If thats good enough for you fine. Me, I'm disappointed. As far as Woodley goes. you can get a guy and pay him 1/10 of what Woodley makes and get the same output. Do you really think that Woodley is going to get "healthy" again and be an all pro? This team needs to rebuild and say goodbye to all these high paid superstars who spend most of their time on the sidelines injured. I appreciate what they have done in the past but that is not helping us now. Just my 2 cents.

 

of course if we don't think woodley can regain his power by shedding fat with a good conditioning coach , we have to trade him immediately

 

QUOTE=Romans5:8;116355]In the past, it has seemed to me that Woodley has played his best football at the end of seasons. Why that is, I'm not sure. Should his level of play be better over the full course of a season? I'd certainly like to see that.

However, I think Woodley is a very good OLB even when he is not playing at his best level, and I'd hate to lose him.

I'm personally hoping for another Woodley explosion at this year's end![/QUOTE]

Woodley always played his best at the end of the season, because it took him that long to get in good football shape.

i still think we have a conditioning problem with this team.

 

yet we keep extending people and we will have to continue doing it. we have 35 people under contract and are over by 10 mil if i remember right. someone has to go. we need a team of 53+PS. where do we get that money? we are going to have to pay the piper at some point.

woodleys salary next year is 8 mil. troys is 10 mil. colon is 6.5 mil. ben is over 20 mil. this doesn't include harrisons 5+ mil. and ikes contract. these guys equal half of the salary cap of the team. 6 guys. we need to make up a team on about 60 mil. 47 guys.

this doesn't even take into account the starters we lose that won't be under contract. somebody has to go. we carried 9.5 mil in dead money last year. we lose our starting wr, our starting LT. our starting RG. our backup C. our starting CB. not to mention 3 starting RBs. our 3rd WR. our starting NT. our backup NT. 2 backup safeties. our 5th WR. 2 backup qb's. our starting ILB. 2 backup LB's. do we play with 10 guys next year? somethings got to give.

 

This sorta reminds me of Kendrell Bell, after the steelers drafted him in the second round he was defensive rookie of the year in 2001. Injuries plauged him and after missing 9 games in 04 the team didnt renew his contract so he was picked up by the chiefs with a 45 mill contract, he played most of the regular season games there but never got back to the form he had in his early career: he lasted for 3 years of his contract but was cut after another injury kept him from playing, he had mostly knee problems during his 7 year career, but his stats with the chiefs never held up to the hype he had in his early years as a steeler, and the chiefs never got the player they paid for.....I make this comparrison because Woodley's early success has tappered of like Bell's did because of injuries.....