2014-2015 Pittsburgh Steelers Off Season Thread

Postby **blackjack68** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:06 pm

Not sure where some of y'all dropped out.

DHB is back with the Steelers for one-year. Yay?

And has anyone seen this nonsense about a 9-point touchdown? What a joke.

Steelers compensatory picked was announced as a 7th and then moved to a 6th.

Postby **tifosi77** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:20 pm

A touchdown should be worth 7-points. You get an extra point if you successfully convert, er, a conversion attempt. If you fail, the TD is worth 6 points. The PAT is stupid.

Postby **blackjack68** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:33 pm

Tomlin has suggested that the 2-point conversion be moved to the 1-yard line. And while not a formal proposal, it has some of the owners talking.

Postby **Sam's Drunk Dog** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:41 pm

Tomlin has suggested that the 2-point conversion be moved to the 1-yard line. And while not a formal proposal, it has some of the owners talking.

I like that suggestion over any of the other ones. I hope it would actually lead to more conversion attempts.

Postby **blackjack68** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:43 pm

That's his thinking as well.

Postby **FreeCandy44** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 9:44 am

Bell suspended 3 games for 2015 season.

Postby **blackjack68** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 9:58 am

So Blount gets 1 game and Bell gets 3?

Sounds about right...says Goodell.

Postby **NAN** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:34 am

Should have just hit a woman. Would have gotten less.

This league is a joke.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:38 am

So Blount gets 1 game and Bell gets 3?

Sounds about right...says Goodell.

Blount was only a passenger. Bell got hit with a DUI as well.

Should have just hit a woman. Would have gotten less.

This league is a joke.

Yup. Pretty pathetic.

Postby **Factorial** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:09 am

How about that new woman ref?

Postby **Craig** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:10 am

Who got nothing for hitting a woman?

Postby **NAN** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:17 am

Who got nothing for hitting a woman?

No one said they got nothing. I'm just talking about the original ruling for Ray Rice was only 2 games until a media firestorm pretty much forced them to change it.

Postby **blackjack68** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:08 pm

Per Jim Wexell, Troy Polamalu retires.

Thanks to one of the greats!

Postby **NAN** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:10 pm

Yep. Troy retired.

Postby **FreeCandy44** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:11 pm

Dang...blackjack scooped me. Thanks for the memories Troy.

Postby **blackjack68** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:11 pm

I better scoop you.

It's my thread.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:15 pm

I'm relieved he retired, but sad too. Cannot believe he's gone.

Postby **FreeCandy44** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:19 pm

Def time to retire, but one hell of a career.

Postby **columbia** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:30 pm

I hope his brain is ok here on and I'm not being flippant.

Postby **the wicked child** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:35 pm

Thank god, It would have been sad to see him sucking up the joint in another jersey after such a great career. I'll never forget some of the crazy **** I saw him do.

Postby **Beveridge** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:36 pm

I think he could still be productive as a Linebacker.

First ballot HoF?

Postby **blackjack68** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:40 pm

I think he could still be productive as a Linebacker.

First ballot HoF?

You never know, but I would think so.

Postby **Sam's Drunk Dog** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:12 pm

I just watched on YouTube some of the great plays he made during his career, and just how special of a player he was. It's a shame he lost that ability. I hope the concussions don't adversly affect him because as special of a player as he was, he seems to be an even better person.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:24 pm

I hope his brain is ok here on and I'm not being flippant.

Same here.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:26 pm

Just saw that Jim Wexell is now with the Uniontown (Pa.) Herald-Standard. That dude really makes his way around the scrub media outlets.