E. Sanders. Time to move on?

Once again Sanders is sidelined with an injury. This time to his knee. It's starting to become a constant issue with him and injuries. He's been praised by the team since his rookie season for running solid routes and possessing great speed but the guy can't seem to stay healthy. With the Wallace situation and Ward no longer here, coupled with Sanders appearing injury prone, our WR corp went from looking top notch to worrisome IMO.

I'm not saying write the guy off (i'm a Sanders fan and hate seeing him injured all the damn time) but I think it may be time we start to think about the high possibility that he's not going to pan out. I hope that isn't the case at all but it's very possible. Now more than ever i'm hoping that Clemons impresses and makes the roster. I'm also hoping Sanders gets healthy and stays that way. His potential is pretty high IMO. But we may need to consider the fact that Sanders may not be "the guy".

 

The injuries are a concern. Hopefully this is the end of it for a while.

 

Oh MANNNNNNNNN! I cant believe he is injured already :-(

 

He's worth keeping around for cheap, because he would be cheap... But if we somehow manage to sign Wallace and Brown long term, Sanders will definitely be gone, which I'd be okay with.

 

Kinda what I was thinking too. I really don't see how we would be able to keep all 3 for long except the fact that Sanders would come cheap because of injuries. But then again, if he's not on the field then he's really not worth paying anything for, no matter how cheap he comes. If it's nagging issues then that may be different, but if injuries are constantly keeping him off the field for extended periods then.......

 

His injury in the superbowl and us losing him for the second half was a big blow to the offense.

 

I read on here a lot that it will take a lot of money to sign Brown, Wallace and Sanders. While that may be true of Wallace and Brown, Sanders is not going to cost us a lot of money unless he goes off for about 2500 yards this year. Sanders hasn't done anything in his short career to be deserving of a big contract. It won't take much money to resign him because nobody else in the league is going to throw big money at him.

 

The past injuries to his feet drew some concern. But he's back to 100% they say so I'm not worried about a little knee tweak in mini camp....there were a number of others who have missed some mini camp or OTA with tweaks/etc like this...its nothing serious and I am not concerned about it.

 

What he said. With Wallace and Brown having big contracts in their probable future, it might actually be a good thing as it will keep his value down. That being said when he is healthy it's almost like having another Antonio on the field

 

brown and cotchery as the one and two was not in the plans this year. sign a contract, heal some legs and let's go get this thing done.

 

??Did you forget about Wallace? No way does he hold out all year. he would just be in the same situation again next year.

 

I think that's what he ment with the sign a contract part.....
I actually think we will have a better Team with Brown and Cotcery taking most of the snaps....Both of these guys are better route runners than Wallace,both of them have stronger hands than Wallace,and both of them are better blockers than Wallace...So if you know how the Gap system works then they are a great fit....Wallace is all but done as a Steeler IMO...

Either he finally gets in and he never fits in or he doesn't show at camp and Rooney simple says trade his butt away....Rooney is not happy and each hour of practice that Wallace misses the greater the anger the owner will have....I am sure we have made a lot of offers yet Wallace will not budge enough...

IMO a new contract for Wallace this year has little to no chance...

 

Isn't it a little early on still? He missed some mini camp because of a non-serious knee injury. Not a big deal, imo.

He's set the bar pretty high for himself this season. Next year is the final year of his contract. Let's give him a chance to prove himself.

 

I haven't read any reports that he was hurt.

 

Oh my LANTA!. You guys are making mountains out of mole hills. Nothing serious was reported he just sat out a bit of time with a tweak. Here's an article that says no major injuries happened. If you're already counting him out for missing a bit of time then I guess we need to get rid of Harrison, Worilds, Sylvester, Saunders, C. Brown, and Foster! C'mon I know he has the injury prone but it's a slight tweak not even worth bringing up.


http://www.steelersdepot.com/2012/06/st ... -injuries/

 

All I'm saying is that the Steelrs have other options now that they can go to if Sanders is hurt anytime during this season because his rep is he is a injury prone guy. There are three options that they can go to; Derrick Williams who played for Detroit as a WR and return man. A legit possibility. Rookies, Tony Clemons, and Marquis Maze. Both of these guys have a chance just like Brown and Sanders had as rookies. Remember Tomlin said one hat for two guys. Each week they would compete for that hat during practice. I see one of them suiting up each week. I see Williams making the 53 man roster as one of the WR's.

 

williams is quite fast himself. so is clemons and he's 6-2 which is a nice size target. they will be good, just not wallace,brown, sanders good. it takes quite awhile to not just learn the plays, but how to play with ben. young money and ben are on the same page with back shoulder catches and what bens thinking when he leaves the pocket. the youngers guys don't have that repore with ben yet. it took cotchery a good part of the season to get with him and he's a seasoned vet. it got better as it went with those two. we may need that again if we start the season with them as 1-2. brown will demand the double team and cotch may have to be the playmaker.

 

I'd like to think that the coaches and FO make decisions based on more than "rep". I like what I'm hearing about Clemons, Maze and Williams though.

 

god i hope he pans out

 

I'm not worried about this at all yet either. I would assume many players tweak things all the time in practice with pads on or not. They are athletes pushing themselves at high speeds and making cuts. It happens. I won't even label him injury bugged until it happens a couple times in the regular season too.

 

Wow! Talk about what have you done for me lately.

 

This is why it was and is crucial to sign Wallace. I know alot of you were saying good riddance to Wallace for his high demands and while I agree that his demands were too high for him to expect, there is now way our offense can be explosive without Wallace especially now that Sanders is hurt AGAIN!