Mendy 34

I wanted to take a break from Wallace and cap trouble talk for a moment, to ask a question of steeler nation.

If Mendy cant return next year....and then after the season is not resigned by the steelers, what do you think Mendy's legacy will be in Pittsburgh?

- the guy that cost us a superbowl?

- a softie?

-a solid contributor?

For me I always liked him and tried to stand up for him, but after this year I'm ready to move on. As conrny as it sounds I Beleive Mendy just doesnt fit in here in the Burgh.....not a "steeler" type guy if you will. After this year i would have to say he was soft, and i dont think I'll miss him. This may be fickle, but i felt like he even got hurt like a softie lol if you watch the play where he got hurt......its kind of hard to beleive he tore his ACL and such. He just fell on his knee, wussie!!
Excited to see Redman get his chance, if anything we know he's not afraid to get hit.

 

Yikes.

 

jesus, I didnt ask for your life story. Next time could you try not to answer with such a long and wordy response lol

 

I really can't put my finger on it, but he never seemed like a Steeler guy to me either. Maybe it is his crazy tweets?

Then again we kind have been spoiled with great RB's, but even Willie Parker would hit a hole and fall forward to get some extra yardage.

I just think back to the 90's where we had a really great offensive line. And we let all these skill position guys go in FA and we still performed well. We plugged in multiple powerbacks with no drop off whatsoever.

I think we can get by without him, and I wouldn't overpay just to keep him.

 

Just.A.Guy

 

Exhibit A for the defense.

 

Great post man. That 90's oline......oh how I miss thee.....or am I thinking of the early 2000's oline? either way.......oh how i miss thee haha.

 

He is not an impactful player at this point. I could be wrong but I don't remember him taking over a game in the 4th quarter and running the clock down like Bettis did.

 

A contributor.

 

what is a Steeler guy? its a myth made by the fans that the Steelers are more blue collar harder working players then other NFL teams that Steelers player never have off the field **** its just not true All the way back to the great 70s team (who's whole Dline was on coke before the SuperBowl in Mia to Holmes going ape**** shooting at cops just a couple ex) all the way though the 80s 90s and now we fans just try and hold the players to an higher ex and make a myth what a Steeler player is

 

I personally don't like Mendy. I think he is soft and too much of a finesse guy. I've just never been able to get it out of my mind when Tomlin benched him for basically just getting under his skin. I don't think he fits in here. I just feel like Redman is more our "speed" I guess. But that's just my opinion. Also I agree with MOJO that our players are not perfect off the field. But it's been more of an issue lately. With Ben, Hines, Holmes, Jeff Reed, James Harrison, Mendy's ABSOLUTELY RETARDED AND EXTREEEEEMELY OFFENSIVE 9/11 COMMENTS. It kinda makes me wonder in hindsight if they didn't see some problems coming for Joey Porter when he was released. He actually went on to have some run-ins as well.

 

To me it should be a solid contributor he racked up a bunch of yards and tds as the starter

 

I'll put in that his comments were not unlike many I heard around that time from young men. Primarily spouting "wisdom" from some word of mouth book written by an unnamed author.

 

You can get a decent RB in later rounds or via free agency after the draft. Never liked him as our #1 pick. Was nothing special and I think can be easily replaced by Redman & Co. If mendenhall is done, what are the chances the 2008 draft goes down as one of our worst in recent history:

Rashard Mendenhall
Limas Sweed
Bruce Davis
Tony Hills
Dennis Dixon
Mike Humpal
Ryan Mundy

 

Still support picks 1 and 2. Davis is the killer. We passed on Cliff Avril. We take him, then two years later we don't need Worilds and can take Navarrow Bowman or Sean Lee. ILB problem solved.

2006 was an awful draft year. We got Holmes in the first (good, but gone) and Colon in the 4th. Nothin' else.

 

Mendy will always be the guy who cost us the Superbowl the Steelers had momentum and he fumbled away our chances.

 

Really? Bens INTs and the Missed block that caused the Fumble didnt cost us anything? lmao

 

SHHH! It's all Mendy's fault and if it wasn't for him Rodgers and the Pack wouldn't have stood a chance!!!

:roll:

 

Mojo are you done trying to ruffle feathers yet or? By steelers guy I simply meant attitude on the field which is of course absent from your spew of what you think other fans think steeler guy means. I wasn't implying that I see our players as superior human beings you idiot.

As for the thought of mendy costing us the game? Not saying I'm in that camp, but it's a perfectly reasonable argument. You can blame Ben too of course, but we had momentum and looked like we were gonna score to take the lead. So it's fine for some people to blame him.....just like you blamed Ben. Have an opinion not just the opposite of everyone else's. Thats something to laugh your ass off about,

 

im trying to ruffle feathers? please grow up then debate

 

Okay man I'm done, last one. I'm not going to debate with someone like you. I make an argument and you poin out something you find funny with the way I phrased something to make fun of as rebuttle? What a joke. If I continued to school you in a debate you'd just point out problems with my grammar.

being so predictable must suck.

 

My take on the "Steelers Player" stuff is that it's overrated. Yes, it's great. Love Redman, love Ward, love Miller. Harrison. Clark. Tough guys. But great players are great players. Marvin Harrison is probably the best receiver of the last decade, and does anyone think he's tough? Or a Steeler type? I would have taken him on my team any day. Now we got people runnin' Mike Wallace out of town for not being a Steeler type. Never mind he's one of the most dangerous players in the whole league and gives a whole new dimension to our offense...

But my biggest problem when it comes to Mendenhall is that he IS A STEELERS TYPE PLAYER. HE IS TOUGH, AND HE RUNS HARD. The notion that he doesn't seems to me like a giant practical joke or something. It's something that gets said and repeated, and is then accepted. People see maybe one or two runs per game where he hesitates at the line because there is nowhere to run and call him soft. Redman does the same thing and no one seems to notice. Mendenhall "dances" at the line of scrimmage and bounces outside for a 10 yard gain, and no one seems to notice. Redman crashes into a wall of defenders and drives forward for 3 yards, people say he should be the starter. Mendenhall crashes into a wall of defenders and drives forward for 2 yards, people call him a failure. It's like his strength as a power running back goes completely unnoticed because Redman is on the roster. Yes, Redman is a better power back. That's what he does best. He is an elite short yardage back in this league. That's one aspect of the position. Mendenhall is also very good at that aspect (although not as good as Redman), and of course better in other aspects. For God's sake, Byron Leftwich throws a better deep ball than Ben Roethlisberger. Does that make him better? I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone around here when it comes to this guy.

 

dude you have issues i NEVER said anything about your grammar SMDH said grow up meaning this is a message board where you debate you know opinions not get all butt hurt and cry

 

this X 100

 

I know you never did, I NEVER said you did. I said "you'd" which mean you would. You would just say something about my grammar is what i said. My feeling didn't get hurt, I can have an argument or disagree and not cry. I just don't like when someone uses fickle things like grammar and the way things are presented as a counterpoint. You make a point and the person responds with you talk funny?

Yeah the whole "steeler guy" thing is just football lingo. Almost every fan can say that about a player. They even break it down to coaches and GM's: "He's not a jerry jones/ cowboys type of guy, he's not a rex ryan type of guy, etc....the list really does just go on and on.

I can understand it feels like you live in the twilight zone. I kind of feel like you have been too. no offense we just see things totally different. I just think Mendy wants to be a cut back runner, which wont happen in the burgh. So i look at it as Redman being the better back for the team....I would never say he has more ability. Mendenhall is a beast physically, I just didn't see it on the field.