1st round RBs in Tomlin era:. Mendenhall & Harris

Mendy & his linemen got along great...

 

This is too funny, Mendy ain't in the same league as Najee

Mendy once Ray Lewis broke his shoulder his career was over.

Najee could be great if he get's some help. OL

 

My dad still blames him for that sb vs Greenbay. Calls him fumblehall

 

Fumbling was one big issue of Mendenhall's. When he held onto the ball he was good. Definitely a contributor to the SB run in 2010. I agree, I think we were on our way to making that game a lot closer and possibly a win. That was potentially a 14 point swing because I believe the Packers scored off that turnover.

 

Tell your dad to blame David Johnson first for the whiffed block and Ben Roethlisberger 2nd for the two INT's. Turnovers were responsible for 21 points in that game. Mendenhall took most of the heat for that loss and it certainly was a turning point in the comeback attempt but that loss was a combined effort on many levels including coaching.


The Steelers had three turnovers, and the Packers turned all three into touchdowns:

Turnover: With 3:34 left in the first quarter, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was intercepted by Packers safety Nick Collins.

The result: Collins returned the interception 37 yards for a touchdown.

Turnover: With 4:35 left in the second quarter, Roethlisberger was intercepted by Packers safety Jarrett Bush.

The result: Packers drive 53 yards in four plays to score a touchdown on a 21-yard pass from Aaron Rodgers to Greg Jennings.

Turnover: On the first play of the fourth quarter, Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall fumbled after being hit by Packers linebacker Clay Matthews.

The result: Packers drive 55 yards in eight plays to score a touchdown on an 8-yard pass from Rodgers to Jennings.

 

It was 21-17 Packers leading at 14:53 left in the 4th quarter. Green Bay’s offense went 55 yards in eight plays after the turnover, finishing with an 8-yard scoring pass from Aaron Rodgers to Greg Jennings. The score gave the Packers a 28-17 lead with just less than 12 minutes to play.

 

Along the lines of Barry Foster who seemed to have it, then lost it suddenly and was instantly out of football.

 

Only the conspiracy theorist ones.

 

Mendy was a much more explosive athlete. I don't think his football IQ was as high.

Harris, despite his physical limitations, seems to have a love of football that Rashard never did.

 

Barry got sent 2 Carolina. You know how they did for those expansion teams. After He got there he decided he was done, and hung it up.

 

I actually didn't realize/remember that. But after the horrible way the 1994 season ended (sorry for the reminder Santee) on a play in which Foster was involved, he was deemed expendable (due mainly to repeated injuries as well as the emergence of Bam Bam and acquisition of Eric Pegram) and shipped off to Carolina where he was cut before the 1996 season for failing his physical.

 

By His words (Remember He was a Razorbacks, and I'm a Lowly Razorbacks fan) He said He Just was Done. He felt like a old man already, and Just didn't want 2 play anymore. His words.

 

It still hurts that they lost that game because I honestly feel that was the most talented of the 3 teams that went to a sb.

 

Yes , but the D was on its way Down with age, and injuries. Heck Troy P. was a(I hate 2 say) wreck at that time.

 

Then he came out of retirement to play for the Bengals, then retired again two days later.

Then re-signed. Then retired again three days later.

I mean, the guy clearly had issues but we can look back and laugh now...

 

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...r-and-heres-a-big-reason-why-it-didnt-happen/

Apparently he would have been a Steeler if he didn't refuse to take an MRI in his pre-draft visit

Claustrophobic they passed on because he is Claustrophobic. Of all the stupidity in the world