Steal of the draft Markus Wheaton

He's fast and can get downfield and he has better hands than Mike Wallace. He will play a lot as a rookie probably the 4th receiver and he's insurance if Emmanuel Sanders leaves after the season.

 

He already seems ready for primetime to me. I think him and Jarvis Jones both do. I would really like to see what Moye can do against some more top tier talent but he looked good against the backups for sure.

 

can't wait for Wheaton
on the box of
Wheaties



gotta admit better than madden(curse)
that along with the indian burial ground might be too much

 

Wheaton is going to be a play maker from day 1. He has great hands! And Jarvis Jones is also highly impressive, he's around that ball every time.

 

Hey, let's give some credit where credit is do ... it took Landry Jones's performance last week to finally get Gradkowski to look at Wheaton and Moye this week. LOL

 

GOOD thing Tomlin has nothing to do with drafts

how could we ever give him credit for anything?

 

Wheaton great pick for sure.......Wallace who?

 

He's already an upgrade over Wallace!

 

I'm not ready to anoint him yet. Great pick, love what he's done so far but lets give him some time before we start saying he is the second coming of a "Lynn Swann.

 

Why not the 3rd receiver, he looks good but maybe doesn't know all the plays.

 

i think Wheaton is in the top 3 wr's on the team before the 3rd week of the season. hes too good. hes not as fast as Wallace, but he seems to have better control of his speed. Wallace was a one trick Pony. Wheaton although very early seems to have more skills and can be a complete weapon.

 

While I agree that Wheaton loox like a "sure bet", he has done nuthin but good with the chances he`s been given,
I just wanna set the record straight, on that "one trick pony" label attached to Wallace.
I see lots of posters calling him that, but, all it reallly was, was a motivational tool, employed by Tomlin, to get the kid to work on rounding out his game...
When we DID(rarely), give him a chance to catch the ball across the middle of the field, THEN turn the burners on, and accelerate thru the second level of the defense, he was pretty good at that too...
Am I gonna miss him? NO...
I think Miami overpaid, and I have a big problem with his "ego", holding out of camp before we cut him,
I just think in all fairness, he gets a bad rep around here, sonme of it for good reason...
He doesn`t fit in as a "team player" that we like in the Burgh... But to say he isn`t talented, is a stretch...
Yeah, he "lost focus" last season, and I won`t forgive him for that, but I think some posters here, minimize his talents more, based on the fact that he ain`t here no more, than what he brought to the table when he was here.
Again, just wanna say... He was a "one trick pony", more because that`s how we used him, than because of his actual abilites...
For the record, I think he`s gonna be a "bust" in Miami, Too, but that`s because he`s in Miami....(and is an egotistical punk, but he DOES have the physical skills, reminds me of young Randy Moss, Chad Ocho stinko, etc...)
I think he is more than a "one trick pony", if the team decides to use him that way...
Just my opinion, feel free to flame away!!!!
GO STEELERS!

 

Not sure I'd say he's the steal of the draft as that kind of implies he fell to us a lot further than he should have, but I will say I am pretty high on this kid. I just don't think he's a true #1 WR though, nor do I really think Antonio Brown is either. I think we need to address that position. We need a Dwayne Bowe type of receiver

 

Agree with most of above with the exception that Wallace does not have the hands of Randy Moss or Chad Ochoa, nor does he go up and catch the ball like those two. What he has is speed and other than that he is a losy route runner, and below average hands and doesn't high point his catches in traffic.

 

Heath Evans said that Wheaton was the most impressive rookie in the league during the whole preseason. Willie McGinest said Jarvis Jones tied for number one with 2 other linebackers. I like the sound of that.

 

Watched some of the SF/Minn game and quite frankly I think he looks better at this stage than most of the ones taken in the first round. Especially this Cordarrelle Patterson. Weathon looks quicker and a lot more polished as a route runner.

 

My thought after Wallace left was...

A. Brown, Sanders, Cotchery, Wheaton

Now....

A. Brown, Sanders, Wheaton, Cotchery

It puts Cotchery back into the same role he was in last year. Add to that the young kids and this WR core is looking up.

 

I would say Wallace didn't run crisp routes either and when he would go across the middle it would be on a drag route which is a speed route as well. Wallace didn't catch the ball with his hands out in front of him either.