Rashard Mendenhall Suspended For One Game

TTF I think the Rooney's are tired of Mendy running off at the fingers, or mouth, whichever.
He'll be a pat next year

 

He was told he was sitting out the SD game but was required to attend. He did not attend. Bye bye mendy

 

I believe this is a league rule, maybe a consequence of the labor agreement. The NFL gives teams very little leeway regarding suspending players without pay and fining them more than a nominal amount. It prevents owners from reneging on their contracts by 'suspending' guys who aren't performing. The League Office can get into a players pocket and can suspend him without pay, but individual teams can not.

 

Really rucus? Really? Mendy intelligent?

 

I dont recall mendy ever carrying this team.

 

How about the 3-1 start when Ben was suspended.

 

No sure if this constitutes carrying the team, but in that 4 game stretch, Mendenhall had 89 carries for 411 yds (4.6 yd/carry) and 4 TDs, Including an OT game winning TD vs ATL in the opener.
But if he didn't carry the team, he certainly did his share for the offense during Ben's absence.

 

remember most of those yards in the Atlanta game where in 1 play in OT ....
granted he still did it but it surely inflates the numbers by a LOT when he was basically a non factor prior to that point

 

Exactly.

 

Hey he's not great but 13 rushing tds plus three or four more in the playoffs he absolutely held up his end of the bargain.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY2vPjooYzo

it's a real shame that during his injuries, and others came in to replace him, that he never got his chance to get back to this. Then I guess attitude in the locker room grew and now he and Tomlin are on bad terms.

Sucks. Because his highlights really are pretty fun to watch.

 

I liked mendy I felt. most fans never gave him a chance. I think its his running style hes not a bruiser but neither was FWP.This year the fumbles were bad but before that he was way above the NFL average for fumbles per touch.

 

The guy carries the rock like a loaf of bread EVERY TIME....I cringe whenever they give him the ball.

 

he was doomed from the start , Parker did not have a big problem with fitting in because he had a special skill set , before him Bettis again a special skill set ... mendy not so much unless dancing and spinning is considered a special skill set and I am not aware

 

It all goes back to Clark saying we were spoiled fans. We expect every player to turn into the next so and so and when they don't they suck. I'm not attacking anybody here as I am just as guilty. Comparing any player to a great player is unfair especially if the player hasn't been in the league very long.

 

Good riddance after this season I don't like the way he carries the football when he runs, he always have only one hand on the ball.

 

Trade him and Wallace to Cardinals for Fitzgerald.

 

Never liked that Mendy keeps spinning all the time when he gets to line or ready to get hit.

Am I right that if you are suspended you don't get paid but if you are inactive for a game you still get paid?

 

when ?

the trading deadline has been passed since Hurricane Sandy cleanup began and neither are under contract for 2013 so how exactly can you trade them ?



sorry just am sick to death of uninformed fans always saying trade trade trade when a trade is not even possible ...

 

I was just going to make a post before they announced the suspension to start Mendenhall this week and see if he has a fire lit under his *ss and will run like crazy. If he doesn't he's gone. But now I guess we have seen the last of Mendy in a Steelers uniform. Just remember 3891 yards and 30 tds from '09-11 is nothing to be complaining about.

 

Again, I ain't gonna necessarily say he was carrying the team, but project that to a season of 1664 yds and 16 rushing TDs. The team record for rushing yds is 1690. 16 rushing TDs would be a team record. So it ain't nothing to sneer at.

 

Can we ask for Kolb too? Just saying might might buy us a year or two.

 

Basically, this whole thing amounts to mendy not being a team player.... he's not active, so he pouts and can't be supportive to his teammates. many people were down on him when he got hurt during his rookie season and couldn't be bothered to make the trip to the superbowl to support the team...... the pattern of behavior was there from the beginning and was overlooked... mendy is simply a me first player with no heart... i'd say good luck in arizona next year, but it looks like wiz will be gone after the season too.