Mike Wallace in Purple and Black ?

Yes, he’s easily worth a first round pick, but since we have too many other people to sign (Grubbs, Rice, Flacco), it’s a pipe dream.

No, no no!

thats what your last blind date said.

…Mike Wallace is perhaps the best deep threat in the game…

I think he’s good, but “the best deep threat?” I don’t think so.

Bench Dickson and sign Hines Ward.

Had flacco not drive them down, he would have had the game winning catch. Wallace does not run crossing route or get too physical, but he ll give 1-2 great deepballs, yes Torrey could potentially be a better version of Wallace, but imagine him and torrey on opposite sides, teams would get destroyed by boldin, pitta, and dickson in the middle.

This doesn’t make sense for a bunch of reasons.

1) If we want a 10 mill / year WR, just pay for one on the open market and save our draft pick.
2) This doesn’t hurt the Steelers in the long run, it would probably help them. They lower their cap, and they get a cheap 1st round draft pick for 5 years. They also don’t have this same dilemma next year with Antonio Brown. they can just pay him and not worry about two huge contracts at the WR position.
3) We probably wouldn’t be able to pay all our young stars, like Webb, in the near future.

…but wow, would that be awesome. Kinda like thinking about winning the Powerball.

In reality though, our offensive line was looking like an overweight pile of crap on far too many occasions last year. Re-signing our FAs and shoring up the O-Line has to be the focus right now, if we’re playing the long game.

Even that may be more difficult than it sounds though with noises coming out that Ray Rice is asking for an Adrian Peterson style deal . That would be in the tony neighborhood of 7 years/$100 Million. Obviously this sort of asking price would necessitate the franchise player tag being placed on him. But it goes to show we have some big time needs to address not named Mike Wallace.

I fear it would restrict us too much cap-wise.

I posted this before- I believe we are just an adjustment here and there away from The Big Show. A big splashy FA would be overkill.

Even if he was a UFA, I’d say no, and hell no if we have to give up a 1st as well as major $$$.

its funny how they eat their own when big ben doesn’t get a few 3rd and 28 hail mary’s to put them in the SB…or arizona allows harrison to chug 99 yards or steal a TD from seattle or have ben make a lucky tackle on a bus fumble or have a TD to derrick mason called out of bounds or ………

For one…I think we’re a little hard on Mr Skev. He’s opinionated…maybe a little too much but regardless opinionated.

For one…we should not bring in Mike Wallace. He’s an above average receiver yes. Not elite in my eyes as he leaves alot to be desired in some points of his game. Talented yes. Fearless no. And the combination of those are needed for him to up his game/ test the middle of the field more often and overall become a better reciever. I don’t believe in stocking up on the same type of reciever. We have Torrey Smith. In football X’s and O’s especially in the Air Coryell system he fits in his place and while Boldin would be better in the slot theoretically, with the way Cam runs the system theres no sure way Mike Wallace would fit in and be used to the best of his abilities here.

In terms of Pitt being a top notch organization…lets not lie or overlook things. They simply are. They are a contender almost every year, they’ve won quite a few super bowls in our lifetimes alone and overall have been the bane of the Ravens organization since inception. To not give respect where respect is due is simply ignorance. It’s fine to hate a rival team…but..at the same time how can you not respect someone who has gotten the better of you time and time again?

"There’s going to be some restricted free agents that we would like, but is it going to be worth giving up a significant amount of cash and cap and a draft pick?," Newsome said at the Ravens’ season-ending news conference. "When you deal with that double-whammy, even though the rules have been relaxed, you just go, ‘Nah, no, I wouldn’t do it.’ That’s just my philosophy."

Not my cash…so give it up. How about T.O, Ocho, Moss and Ward…they can play with our oldies Ed and Ray. 1 year tour.

The squeelers got tebowed, when you lose to tim tebow, you have not right to talk, just shutup and take all the shit u got coming ur way.

and this makes too much sense not to happen.

Ya, I know I’ve heard you got a great blossoming deep threat in Torrey Smith. But are you telling me you wouldn’t want to run 3-WR sets of Mike Wallace / Torrey Smith / Anquan Boldin? You’d have two home run threats on either side, and the FS can only shade one way or the other. If they leave both Ss back there, then Ray Rice has lots of running room with one less player in the box. With his cannon arm, giving Flacco two explosive deep threats helps more than giving him another over the middle WR.

Mike Wallace is one-dimensional deep threat? Doesn’t matter. So is Lee Evans. He still managed to put up just shy of 1300 yards when he actually had a QB that could get him the ball. Mike Wallace may be one dimensional but you have the right QB to take advantage of that dimension.

As for giving Pitt a 1st? You’re giving them the 29th overall pick, hardly in the can’t-miss region of the 1st round. With the 29th pick you’d be “drafting” a sure thing in Mike Wallace, a player that isn’t going to bust. You know how he’s performing already, and he probably has at least 5 great years before he even starts to decline.

Pitt would be left taking a gamble with the 29th pick whilst the Ravens would be getting a sure thing, 1st round worthy WR.

Anyways, just my two cents.

But seriously, why commit money and a pick for a second Torrey Smith. I mean, I love Torrey Smith and Mike Wallace, you put those two on the same team they just take each other’s receptions.

I think Torrey has a better chance to shine because he has Boldin on the other side, they compliment each other so well. I would like to see the Steelers draft a big WR to go with Brown and Wallace, to force matchup problems for the opposition. You need a slot WR who can create yards off short routes and open space for your TE’s. Seriously, you guys clone Boldin for us and we’ll clone A. Brown for you and we’ll have two sick sets of WR’s.

ohhh, you mean the boldin we have one play for in the red zone and the one who didn’t see the ball on our last set of downs in the AFCC. you may as well take him but don’t expect to go beyond his route and get open when ben has to scramble. you’d want Pitta then. he was the only one with a scramble antenna.

not kidding, but this JR Sweezy guy could be a good snag in the 5th or 6th round. 6’5, 295 lbs, could be a good gap-filler at Redding’s old position. Maybe he’d play there on 1st or 2nd down and bring in McPhashty on 3rd. I’m not sure if he could do all that as a rookie obviously btu you know what I’m saying.

Corey White, Safety, out of Samford looked damn good in the defensive backs drill. Very smooth runner, and athletic as all get out going up for the ball.

Anyone know what round he’s projected to go in?