Steelers Done Talking To Wallace

He's incredibly dumb. Knowing that the Steelers have a policy of not negotiating with players that are holding out, it makes no sense to hold out. He gave himself and his agent a week to try to negotiate a new deal, rather than the full camp and pre-season. He screwed himself and only himself. If he had come in for camp and lit it up in the pre-season and practices, the team would have been more likely to give a bit more than they originally offered.

I imagine Bruce Ariens will highly recommend that the Colts make a push for Wallace next off season.

 

If he doesn't play with 100% intensity, then Haley and Tomlin need to sit his ass on the bench and let him know he won't play at all if he doesn't smarten up.

 

i don't think it's really up to MT and haley to do that. it's their job to put the best team they can on the field to win with. colbert is the guy that needs to deal with this. i think he is ok with what we will pay him this year and next. why wouldn't he be?

 

i don't think it's really up to MT and haley to do that. it's their job to put the best team they can on the field to win with. colbert is the guy that needs to deal with this. i think he is ok with what we will pay him this year and next. why wouldn't he be? [/quote:yic01pb5]

It's 100% up to Haley and Tomlin to bench players that aren't giving it their all. Which players are on the field every sunday is not the responsibility of Colbert at all.

 

It's 100% up to Haley and Tomlin to bench players that aren't giving it their all. Which players are on the field every sunday is not the responsibility of Colbert at all.[/quote:2nvmay76]

yes your right. i guess i didn't first read that correctly. forgive my ineptness.

 

It's 100% up to Haley and Tomlin to bench players that aren't giving it their all. Which players are on the field every sunday is not the responsibility of Colbert at all.[/quote:usccczmm]

yes your right. i guess i didn't first read that correctly. forgive my ineptness. [/quote:usccczmm]

Dude, it's opening Sunday. You could kick me square in the nuts and I'd still be happy as can be.

 

yes your right. i guess i didn't first read that correctly. forgive my ineptness. [/quote:3mfrkkd5]

Dude, it's opening Sunday. You could kick me square in the nuts and I'd still be happy as can be.[/quote:3mfrkkd5]


Me too.. haha

 

I don't wish injuries on anyone, and I won't in this case, BUT should he tear his ACL in game 1, he will be wishing he signed the extension.

 

If he plays great this year they can tag him. Then the average over this and next year would still be less than they offered him. He will never make that money up in years 3-5 elsewhere.
If he doesn't play great this year, next year he will get lower offers.
Either way, he losses money.
Brilliant.

 

I don't understand this either, TE, as I'm sure you know. If the number the Steelers was offering was $5 million over 5 years as has been reported, simple math tells you he should have taken the deal. If he's haggling over $1 million over the next 5 years that's $5 million. He's losing, as you pointed out, $7.3 million this year alone. Makes no sense at all.

For Wallace's sake, he'd better have a good season. If he struggles this year and drops a pass here and there, Steelers fans, who have little patience for what they perceive as diva-like behavior, will be on him like white on rice. This may have a psychological impact on him affecting his performance and it's just a snowball effect. Whether he has intended to or not, he has made himself a distraction this year.