Polamalu's future

I hope he retires after the season, so it's not another situation like Hines Ward a older veteran who isn't a effective player anymore then they have to release him. He gives the CBs no help in coverage, too many missed tackles and penalties. Shamarko should be getting more playing time he can't be any worse than some of the guys playing ahead of him. It's time to move on let Shamarko start in 2015.

 

i will tell you what i think about most of our players (troy included) in one month , to me there are a lot of them still out of shape .. expecially on defense , that's tell you why we are wearing down in 4 quarters

 

His future is in the secondary where he belongs. He spends too much time around the LOS,especially with our CB situation in shambles. He is as much to blame on that last TD as Gay.

 

AS much as I hate to say it I am starting to agree whats it been 4 games and Im not sure troy has made One big play
normally he wouldnt go 1 quarter without making a big play

 

http://thesteelersfans.com/forums/showthread.php?9944-Is-Polamalu-Making-Enough-Noise

 

carnell lake, (bad word) LeBeau, mike tomlin. should our two head coaches and two defensive Co-O's get involved more? are they capable of teaching better corner play or safety play for that matter?

carnell played a long time but he has not been coaching DB's a long time. he played everything from LB.S and CB. does he know enough to teach our guys the CB spot? he played in a zone blitz defense here. can he teach them to man up better? can he teach a smaller corner enough technique against a big man? he was a big guy himself so it didn't matter as much for him. is this even a problem? I don't believe it has ever been discussed. lake hasn't been here coaching troy long. does he know how to teach guys to cover for troy when he still tries to be troy?

 

I truly believe Troy is done after this season

 

I agree 100%

 

He might be done now.

 

I don't want to think about this at all; Troy is one of my favorite ever. He even said we need to practice better, that is what this whole team is lacking. I hope Troy finishes strong even if he retires cause I want him to be a first ballot HOF'er

 

I'm not sure that Troy will be done physically after this season. If anything I'd say he'll be mentally done after this $***show currently taking place. Either way, I agree with you...it will be a sad day when he walks away

 

I was saying after the rats game that I honestly feel bad for Troy because it seems he's the only guy that actually gives a crap. I said that night that I wouldn't be surprised if Troy hung it up after this year if we do really bad and he sees no end in sight. I hope that doesn't happen though because he is one of my all time favorite players in ANY sport. Even if he's not exactly "himself" he is still capable of making a play that we will all remember for years to come and that's what I love about him.

 

He should retire after this season. I'm sure he knows he is a liability in coverage. He has nothing left to prove. He will be in Canton.

 

That is one induction I will be attending!!

 

I could see myself doing that too. His speech will probably only be like 2 minutes though. LOL.

 

99 percent sure Mitchell and Thomas will be the safety tandem next year, and should be. Use the cash we save with Troy gone to sign a quality corner. Both moves improves the defense greatly.

 

I'm still holding onto my own selfish hopes that he plays forever; heck I'd still like to see Peezy, the Bus, Lambert, Joe and a lot of other playing. I'm not happy with father time right now haha!

 

hahaha...very true. I also would like to go if Hines Ward gets in...but I think he's going to be shunned for atleast 5-10 years

 

Yeah it shamefully took forever for Andre Reed and it probably will for Hines as well. MAYBE he might get in a little quicker since he has a SB MVP on his resume but if The Bus hasn't made it in yet I don't think Hines will get in quick either.

 

exactly

 

Agree, no impact anymore, but lots of stupid penalties, lost his speed 2 years ago.

 

The defense has changed in a way that doesn't allow him the freedom to change his filed coverages like before. He has to "back up" too many inferior players right now. Is he just as fast?? Did anyone really see any times? He is playing smarter, with wrap up tackles instead of throwing his body into every tackle, risking injury. Since his tackling style has changed so has his speed. That doesn't mean get rid of him. He has an uncanny knack for understanding and reading opponents, and where the ball is. We don't have anyone prepared to fill that.

 

Hines was a better WR than Bettis was a RB. And there's a "Hines Ward Rule" in the books to protect defensive players from vicious WRs. There's no way he doesn't make it in quickly.

 

He probably should retire at the end of this season. He just seems to be slower than I expected. He will certainly be missed. Truly a Steeler legend, and a great person. The same could be said for Dick L.

We loved you both, but sadly it's time.....

 

Oh how I hope you're dead-on with this!